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Rainbow Kid's Bathroom Art from Painted Toy Ducks

by: Jo
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Rainbow Kid's Bathroom Art from Painted Toy Ducks
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I wanted to make a colorful and fun piece of art for my nieces' bathroom. Right now, they are obsessed with ducks since they have some ducklings on their farm. I also wanted to incorporate their love of rainbows, so that was my color palette.

I ordered some plastic toy ducks and picked out a rainbow of spray paint colors from ColorShot (available exclusively at Home Depot)

Rainbow kid's bathroom art from painted toy ducks

Step 1: Spray paint the ducks rainbow colors

The easy-use cans and fun colors of ColorShot paint made it a breeze to paint the ducks. Quick tip: to make coverage easier, use the lighter spray paint colors on the lighter ducks and the darker colors on the darker ones.

Rainbow kid's bathroom art from painted toy ducks

Step 2: Build a simple shadowbox frame

After laying the ducks out to see how I wanted to arrange them, I used some simple 1x2 pine to build a shadowbox frame the right size to hold the arranged ducks. I used plenty of wood glue on the mitered corners and secured each corner with my brad nailer. Then I clamped it all until it was dry. I also cut a thin piece of lauan to size for the back, and painted it white.

Rainbow kid's bathroom art from painted toy ducks

After nailing the lauan to the back of the frame, I painted the frame white to match.

Rainbow kid's bathroom art from painted toy ducks

Step 3: Add the ducks to the shadowbox

I double-checked my color arrangement and lined everything up carefully, spacing the ducks evenly. Then it was time to mount the ducks in the shadowbox.

Rainbow kid's bathroom art from painted toy ducks

I added a big dollop of hot glue at the widest part of the duck.

Rainbow kid's bathroom art from painted toy ducks

Then I set the duck in its spot and held it in place until it was fully cooled and set.

Rainbow kid's bathroom art from painted toy ducks

When they were all glued on, I definitely had "all my ducks in a row"!

Rainbow kid's bathroom art from painted toy ducks

A quick hook on the back and this colorful art was ready to hang. My nieces absolutely loved this new addition to their bathroom!

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