Gold Glittered and Painted Acorns

If you haven’t noticed yet, I’m all about working the cheap or free angle for a lot of my projects lately.  We’re down to a one-teaching-salary-income this year, and it just means I get to be extra creative in my thrifty upcycled projects.  Needless to say, I love the challenge.  This acorn project – FREE!  (Mainly because I have too many craft supplies stored up in my house, but still, even if not, it would still be super cheap!)

I used gold acrylic paint on the bottoms of some of the acorns, and glue and gold glass glitter on the tops of some of the acorns.  I actually think I’m going to bring my girls acorn hunting again, so we can make some glittered bottoms and painted tops to throw in the mix.

I think these would be adorable scattered on a table centerpiece, or placed in glass jars.  I added a smaller votive holder to the top of one of my jars that the candle can sit in, but you could also just stick a candle right in the acorns.

While I was painting these little guys, inspiration struck for my Thanksgiving table setting.  I actually don’t even know if I’m hosting anyone this year, nor have I ever decorated my table for a holiday, but I’m all about pushing myself this year.  Stay tuned for my vintage nature-inspired Thanksgiving centerpiece and table setting!

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I’ll be creating and posting my repurposed and upcycled holiday decor items for the entire month of October.  I hope you follow along and gain some inspiration to create your own DIY holiday items!

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