 Hey guys Drew here from Lone Fox welcome back to my channel I am so excited for today's video because it's going to be my first video in the kind of like Christmasy holiday decor series I know not everybody celebrates Christmas So this is going to be sort of just like holiday inspired decor like winter decor I guess you could say and I'm gonna have so many videos coming soon for you guys I want to do DIY ornaments like a decorate my house for the holidays DIY gifts like anything along the lines of that I'm really excited to do that So if you want to see any of those videos or if you have any idea of your own Please leave it in the comment section below because I would love to create it for you guys this video I'm actually gonna be doing a giveaway for you guys. I'm so excited about this I'm giving away three one hundred dollar Amazon gift cards to anybody in the world completely open international But I will give you guys all the details at the end of the video in the outro section Just so you guys can watch the DIYs and then enter the giveaway at the end And this honestly is just because I really want to kick off the holiday season with of course like a little Giveaway for you guys, but also I want to thank you so so much for getting me to 100,000 subscribers I think we're at 105,000 right now, which is absolutely insane And I just want to thank you guys from the bottom of my heart and I love you so much But in this video I have four insane holiday DIYs they look incredible like they look like you buy them at a store Like I don't know. I just love the way that they turned out I think you're going to really enjoy them and let's just hop on in today's video For this first project here that is super easy, but super super cute All you're going to need is a pillow a blank pillow pencil fabric adhesive and some gold sequins trim And I found this at Joanne's fabrics and then I also pulled up this reference photo from Pinterest I love the way that this loopy sort of cursive Mary was spelled out So I sort of used my pencil to trace the similar style of the word Mary And I also wanted to let you guys know that I found this pillow in the dollar section at Target So right at the front by the door they have a lot of different Christmas pillows right now They're only $3 each so that's what I used this white one with the red trim on it I thought it was super perfect for this project actually and then once I have that word Mary mapped out You can sort of see what I have going on here with the pencil mark. That's very faint on there I used my Faber-Tac adhesive and I went all the way around the letters and I did it in small sections So that way I can glue down the sequins ribbon all the way around and the sequins is just so pretty and the Faber-Tac adhesive Is nice because it adheres anything to fabric which of course is the pillow So that's why I did that and I went all the way around the pillow with a glue in small sections and just adhered it down the sequins ribbon This glue also does take a little while to dry maybe about a couple of hours So you have a little bit of like free time to play around with the shape and just like move it Maneuver it around if you want to and then I cut off the ending That's the end of my word Mary and it turned out perfectly And then I thought I would pick off a couple of the sequins and sort of place them around just to add a little more extra Shine to the project, but I ended up not liking it I just took them off in the end and just left it sort of plain and more minimalistic Which is what I totally loved and I am so obsessed with this it's on my bed currently and that's a pillow This advent calendar is super quirky, but also super useful and I use 12 toilet paper rolls some black paint a hot glue gun some coordinating tissue paper and a Pair of scissors as well So what I started off by doing was finding the middle point of each toilet paper roll Which was the 2-inch mark and I cut down the center of the toilet paper roll with a pair of scissors And that is because we're just gonna get 24 of these half toilet paper rolls Which is gonna of course be our 24-day countdown to Christmas and I cut down all of them Just fluff them up when you're completely done Next you're just going to add a very thin bead of hot glue around the rim of the toilet paper roll and place it down on top of Your tissue paper like so and just let it dry for a couple of minutes You're going to repeat this on all 24 of the toilet paper rolls And I do want to mention that this project seems a lot more like time-inducing that it actually is this only took Me like 45 minutes to create and it was just like very therapeutic and easy It's not a hard project at all. So don't think it's very daunting if you do think so because it's pretty simple and easy honestly So then I just went in and roughly cut around the tissue paper edges with a pair of scissors That just makes it a lot easier when we go to the actual cutting portion here And all I'm doing is just budding my scissors up to the edge of the toilet paper roll and just cutting off all that Excess tissue paper on all 24 rolls And now it is time to create the house shape so the house shape is actually four of these rolls wide and six tall which equals 24 and I did find this idea on Pinterest actually I saw someone else create it There was no tutorial on how to make it But I saw someone like create it as a finished project and I really wanted to create a tutorial on how to do So so I'll link the original one below so I can give credit to the owner because this project was really cute and fun And so all I did was just glue all of these toilet paper rolls together in a row again four by six And that finishes off the base of the house Next what I did was cut two pieces of scrap cardboard to just a two inch wide by seven inch long strip Just to create the top panel of the house and I use a little bit of hot glue just to secure it to the little Cylinder panel that we already created and then I wanted to cut out a small little section to go on the inside as well So I just trace that on the another piece of scrap cardboard and then cut that out And then we're gonna glue that on the interior just to sort of finish off the frame of the house And before we add the candy, which is the fun part or whatever you want to add in there I use a thin paintbrush and just a little bit of black paint to very carefully sort of write on the numbers So I did one two three four in a row and just went down accordingly all the way till you hit 24 22 got a little wonky there, but I think that it ended up perfectly fine I don't think it's like a huge eyesore and then I use a little bit of Ferrerochet and these little Ghirardelli peppermint barks Which are my favorite and I filled up this advent calendar, but you can really put whatever you want in here Like you can put little trinkets Random things I don't know whatever you want to put in there You can put in there But I just put candy in there because it just seems the easiest at the time And then I cut a small panel of cardboard just to place on the back side of this to finish it off And you're just going to hot glue this panel down Just trim any edges if you need to but this is basically gonna finish off the project All I did to finish off it completely was add a little bit of yarn to the top as a hanger But you can also just lean this up against a wall or whatever you want to do with that A little scrap piece of yarn that I hot glued to the very edge here on the top And you could hang it up and that is your finished advent calendar You just got to poke your finger through and grab your treat for the day I personally thought this next idea was just really really cute And I used some Styrofoam balls and assorted sizes this Snowtex white paint I found and then some glitter and a paintbrush as well So this Snowtex white paint is literally just like very very chunky white paint That sort of resembles snow when it dries down, which I totally love And also these jars of it is only $1.99 each, which I thought was a pretty great deal You get a good amount I only used one for the whole project and what I did was use this brush here And I just bristled on the white Snowtex around the entire little Styrofoam ball here And after I went ahead and did that and just kind of like brush it on You have to get it into all the little cracks and crevices of the Styrofoam Which is kind of annoying But honestly it takes like a couple minutes per Styrofoam ball And then you move on to the next one And on some of the Styrofoam balls I actually went in and added a little bit of glitter I only did it on some Glitter is from Target in the kids section actually I love the way it kind of has an iridescent shimmer to it And that's really all after I brushed all of them You can sort of just let them dry And I also created the cutest little sign for them Which I'll show you how to make in a second here For the sign I used a bit of white cardstock, black paint, white paint, and a paintbrush So I just scored it on a little bit of black paint And I really wanted sort of like a chalkboard effect Which is why I didn't use black cardstock to start off with And then I used some white paint just to spell out the word snowballs And it says snowballs $1 I just like, I don't know, handwrote that out Just eyeballing it I guess you can say And that finishes off your little sign You can cut it out and then you can just shove it in there with like a toothpick Or a little popsicle stick, which is exactly what I did This last project is the perfect winter accessory And what I used for this was some glass vases, mod podge, glitter, some printer paper, paintbrush, and some scissors So what we're creating here is just some paper snowflakes And I'll show you exactly what to do So you're going to fold down the corner of your printer paper To create a perfect square here And you're just going to fold it down to where it stops on the edge Cut off the excess and you have a perfect square And then what I did was just fold that square in half and then in half again So I got a sort of like reference line to create four smaller squares And then what I did after that was just fold the triangle down the center as you can see here And then I decided that the background was not working with me So you guys couldn't see what I was doing But you're just going to fold the edges as shown here Just up and over So you kind of create this weird kind of like fox looking shape, I guess you could say And then I use my pencil to just trace on random snowflake shapes So this is where you can get each of your snowflake ends And that's what you're going to do Just trace them on using a pencil Use a pair of scissors and cut them out And once you have the full shape cut out, you're going to unfold it all And it's going to create a cute snowflake It's so easy and so fun And not to mention this project is also super universal Because you can really create so many different things with the snowflakes You don't only have to stick them on a candle holder You can really put them on anything you want Once all of your snowflakes are cut out I use this hard coat mod pod which really hardens up the paper a lot And I just did three coats of it on each of the snowflakes So I just used a watercolor brush And painted on that mod podge all over all the snowflakes Both front and back That way it gives it like a nice hard encased coating Again, I sprinkled a little bit of glitter on each of them Just to give them an iridescent shine And just really padded it onto the mod podge base Just so that it got a nice shiny look It looks much more shiny in person Than it is picking up on the camera, I swear And then I also wanted to add a little bit of accent to the little glass jars So I used some mod podge and painted it on the edge of those glass jars And then I sprinkled on the glitter as well And the mod podge dries completely clear So you're not going to have any of that white showing through It's just going to dry down and the glitter is just going to be stuck on there Which is pretty cool and nice It's going to look like floating little miscelly Like wintertime effect I don't even know what I said there Please disregard it And then once you have all those on there You're just going to glue down your snowflakes I used a little bit of hot glue On the edges of the snowflakes And just glued them right onto the vase You can really put them anywhere you want to And just drop in some pillar candles And that is your finished little snowflake embellished vase So guys, that was today's holiday DIY video And I hope that you really enjoyed it Again, this is just part one of two Because in the second video I'm actually going to be revealing the giveaway winners And yes, giveaway winners I'm having a giveaway I mentioned at the beginning of the video So let's just jump on to the details Right now on how to enter the giveaway So the giveaway is open 100% internationally So if you are anywhere in the world You can enter this giveaway All I need to know is that you have an email address Because that's how you're going to obtain the gift card And also this giveaway is going to be Three different prizes So three winners Each winner is going to receive a $100 Amazon gift card And the reason I chose Amazon is because They ship internationally They have tons of craft supplies Tons of DIY supplies Or you can just shop for gifts on there Holiday decor Whatever you want to do I thought Amazon was a nice place Just to give you guys a gift card too Just because it is super broad And open to everybody in the world So how you enter this giveaway Is the first thing you have to be subscribed to my channel So subscribe below It's somewhere down there Subscribe to my channel first off And then also give this video a thumbs up And leave a comment So that's going to be your first entry So just leaving a comment And being subscribed to my channel And giving the video a thumbs up Is going to be your first way to enter And you can comment whatever you want Like, let me know which DIY you like the best Video ideas you have for me Anything below in the comment section Is going to be perfect for that entry But I did want to give you a second way to enter And the second way to enter Is to follow the Lone Fox Instagram account It is on the screen right over here It's Lone Fox Home And I post stuff over here That's very home decor Just inspirational If you want to follow the Lone Fox Home Instagram account That's going to be the second way to enter And the way you get this second entry here Is to leave an additional comment below So make sure to comment for your first entry And then leave a second comment That's completely separate from the first one And this is going to be letting me know That you followed me on Instagram And just leave your Instagram handle in that comment So I can check that out if you do win that way Super super fast recap The first way to enter is just to subscribe to my channel Thumbs up the video Leave a comment And the second way to enter Is to follow Lone Fox Home on Instagram And leave a second comment Letting me know that you did so So that is everything you guys I'm so excited And I hope you guys really enjoy this video And the second part is going to be more holiday decor Because I have so many more ideas That I want to share with you guys So this is just going to be a part one And yeah, if you have any more ideas Leave them in the comment section I love you all so much Happy holidays And I'll catch you next time Bye guys