# DIY Window Fashions
Things You'll Need
- Acrylic paint
- Hair pins
- Styrofoam
- Wrapping paper
- Ribbon
- Plastic spiders
- Cotton spider webs
- Silk flower swag
- Red, white and blue fabric bunting
- Plastic cars
- Fishing line
- Safety pins
- Hot glue gun
- Hot glue
- Hair bows
- Hair ties
- Colanders
- Tennis rackets
- Pool sticks
- Hockey sticks
- Craft wire
- Scarves
- Neckties
Instructions
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Turn a bland living area into a whimsical conversation piece with a few strokes of the paintbrush. Pull down your mini-blinds. Lay the blinds on a flat surface. Turn every other slat vertically on its side, holding them in place with hair pins. Paint the slats that lie flat with acrylic paint. After the paint dries, paint the other slats in complementary colors. You may opt to paint the first batch of slats in a single bold color. Leave the remaining blinds paint-free for a contrasting look.
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Patriotic bunting is found at most department stores all year. Use the holidays as an excuse to dress your windows for the season. Replace your traditional window toppers with temporary holiday fashions. Wrap a rectangular piece of Styrofoam cut the same length as your window in gift paper and ribbon during the Christmas holidays. Secure it to the drapery rod above your window with craft wire. For Halloween, dangle plastic spiders from their nests or webs, placed precariously over your windows. A swag of silk spring flowers brightens the space during spring. Patriotic bunting pinned to the curtain rods fills the bill from May through July.
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Your children's hobbies become the inspiration for window fashions that boast their personal stamp. Hot glue the underside of plastic cars to small safety pins. Knot clear fishing line around the pins, spacing the cars no more than six inches apart. Hang several rows of these cars that appear to be suspended in midair in front of your son's window. You can extend this idea to designs that use your daughter's hair accessories. Snap her old hair bows over the fishing line. Use a dab of hot glue to adhere bulky hair ties.
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Vintage colanders can be displayed above your kitchen window. Quick fixes abound for just about any room in your home. Display your collection of metal and copper colanders above your kitchen window. Criss-cross tennis rackets, pool sticks and hockey sticks over the egress windows in your basement bar. Adhere them to the drapery rods with craft wire. Pull your unused collection of scarves or ties from the closet to adorn your bedroom windows. Simply drape them over the curtain rod, securing them with safety pins.
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