Recently when walking into my house I looked down and realized I still have a Halloween themed doormat. It’s July I could either just tough it out a couple more months or I could paint myself a brand spanking new one. I opted for plan B. Doormats are so fun and easy to make, check out this DIY Rainbow Doormat and my Taco Door Mat. Please note this was originally a sponsored post and contains affiliate links.
SUPPLIES
Plain Door Mat
Fabric Paint
Paint Brush
Scanner
Computer
Printer
Fabric Marker
Ruler
Embroidered Effects: Projects and Patterns to Inspire Your Stitching (Sublime Stitching)
TRIM
I used a metal ruler to create a border around the edge of my plain beige mat. I filled in the border using Tulip Fabric Paint.
PICTURE PERFECT
I used a pattern from Embroidered Effects as my design. I loved the cute little birds and thought they would look great on my door mat. I scanned in the embroidery pattern and enlarged it to fit on my rug. I printed up three separate pictures.
TRANSFER
Unfortunately, I could not get transfer paper to work on the texture of my rug so I was forced to draw the picture. I should say my husband was forced to draw. I used a Fabric Marker to transfer my design.
PAINT
After my design was on the rug I went back in with Fabric Paint and filled in. I also decided to add a few embellishments of my own!
WIPE YOUR FEET
Now I can put away my Halloween door mat for the next two months and display my own customized cute as a button mat in the meantime. I’m hoping the fun birds will distract visitors from the holes in the screen left by my over zealous 140 lb dog and 24 lb child.
Want more doormat inspiration? Keep reading!
Rainbow Doormat – Did you know they make fabric spray paint? It makes for a mean rainbow doormat!
Leopard Mat – Not exactly a doormat – but it sure would be easy to make a leopard print doormat using this same DIY idea!
Taco Mat – Let’s taco about how cute this doormat is! Regular old half circle mat given the taco treatment with craft paint.
That is such a great idea! And it turned out fab, I love it! The little birds are so cute. Well done you!
You crafty person, you, create the birds in magnetic sheets and use them to cover the character in the screen. (the sheets will stick to each other with the screen between them).
this is wonderful. so easy and supplies so readily available at the craft store. the design whimsical. love it. thanks for the tutorial.
Fantastic and adorable.
Such a great idea. And I love the expression on your doggie's face. 'who me?'
This is an awesome craft idea! You could do a different mat for each season!
Stay crafty!
*genius*
nice idea!!!
and beautiful result
🙂