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DIY Rapunzel Inspired Letter
Before I go back to college for my third year, I wanted to make some door decorations for my friends and I. This Rapunzel inspired letter is for me, since I love Disney and consider myself Rapunzel.
While I used an "L" for my name (Libby), this design could also work on the following letters:
C, D, E, F, H, I, J, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, U, T, V, W, X, Y, Z.
So it can be used on many different letters, you just may have to alter it a bit and maybe add some floating lanterns in the empty spaces!
So let's get started!
Supplies:
Wooden Letter of your choice
Paints in pink, yellow, purple, and white (The colors I used are: Purple passion, bright yellow, daffodil yellow, light antique white, and cherry blossom pink)
Paintbrushes
Gold glitter glue
Butterfly Clip and glue gun (optional)
(not pictured: paintbrushes and light antique white)
1. First step is to draw an outline of your braid on the long part of whatever letter you choose. L is an ideal letter because the braid fits well while also showing the end of the hair.
The outline is pretty simply and the letter I got from Michael's is very easy to erase on without leaving marks, which is good because I messed up a few times.
2. Next, I used the brush pictured and used Purple Passion to paint the background around the braid.
As you can see, I needed multiple coats of this color.
3. While waiting for the purple to dry (which it dried pretty fast), I painted my braid with the paint called Bright Yellow.
Yes, you can still see the pencil marks, but those go away with more coats of paint.
4. While waiting for more of the paint to dry, I decided to do the hair tie real quick because I didn't want the purple or yellow to tint it too much and make it hard for me to make it a nice pink.
I used the paint called Cherry Blossom Pink.
5. Pictured are the second coats of the yellow and purple. (Left: purple. Right: yellow)
The yellow is showing up rather nicely, but I did want another coat and the purple definitely needed more coverage.
6. This is after one more coat of yellow and at least 2 more coats of purple. So I did need a lot of coats for the purple to be the dark color I wanted and to not look so splotchy.
However, since the paint dried pretty quickly on the wood, I don't think it was that bad waiting for the paint to dry to do numerous coats.
7. Now for some detailing! For me, from now on, is the fun part because it's more creative and not so much just painting in the lines and making it the right color.
I used the paint called Daffodil Yellow to outline the braid and show the little indents in the braid to make the braid seem a bit more golden and shiny. This also really covers up any pencil markings.
Be sure to use a fine paintbrush to make it not very gloppy.
8. Time for flowers!!
I used the paints Purple Passion, Light Antique White, and Cherry Blossom Pink.
I did the purple flowers first and they all have different petal counts, but I think it looks fine anyway. Then I did the white flowers and then the pink ones. I made sure to not put too many flowers on it because there are more braid-like decorations I will be adding so I made sure there was some space in between the flowers.
9. Then I added the centers of the flowers using the Bright Yellow paint, making it kind of blend into the rest of the braid.
A small detailing brush works best for this. Use the very tip and just boop it on there!
10. Time for glitter glue!!
I picked glitter glue because I wanted some 3D decorations on the letters I was making to make them more unique and enticing.
For the glitter glue on the braid portion, I dotted it to make it kind of look like smaller braids. Then the bottom portion, I just lined it to make the hair glow!
Be sure to let this dry FLAT and for a long period of time! It can get messed up very easily and slide around. I let mine dry overnight and touched it up in the morning, since you can't tell the places you missed when you first apply it. So allow plenty of time for the glitter glue to dry.
If you don't want to use glitter glue, I'm sure some glittery paint would work just as well. I would not recommend using regular glue and adding glitter because that can be messy and falls off easily, especially if it is going to be hung up.
11. Heat up the glue gun and apply the butterfly clip! You can also apply flowers or any other decorative baubles you would like to fill any spaces that seem too bare.
Note: I also painted all the edges purple as well. Didn't take as many coats however, and gives it a finished look.
And you're done!!
You're own Rapunzel letter to decorate with as you please!
Happy Living!