Boho , Juju African Hat 🎩 Wall Decoration
by
Jenny Tease
3 Materials
$10
20 Minutes
Easy
I see a lot of these in Bali and Pottery Barn used to have them for a children’s room but they no longer sell them. So I thought- well maybe I could make one and make it easily and a lot cheaper than buying I online!
his fun feather design was originally worn by tribal chiefs and dignitaries in the Cameroonian kingdoms. Use them to add bright pops of color and playful style to kids’ spaces.
I started with a sea grass place mate which was $3 at Kmart
I also picked a boa which I bought at spotlight but are available in most stores that sell dress up things they’re were loads of colours to pick from but as I am going for a beach shabby style in my home I stuck to white
And a heat glue gun was all I needed and I found it easier to put glue every 2 inches on the place mat and press till I went all the way around . once I reached we’re i had started I kept going but moved inside about 1.5 inches to do the 2nd round and by the time I had got back to the same point I had just enough of the boa to reach at the start of the boa there was a little loop which I left hanging out slightly so I can use that to hang the juju on the wall
I then need to find something to add in the centre ie shells or work out how now to hold back the feathers to e pose the sea grass
And this is the final result ;) I hope you like it! (and be careful of that heat glue gun my fingers are still ouchy)
Here’s another same as above but this time I added a few light blue/teal feather just heat glue gun and added it inbewtween the white
Here is a pic of just randomly placing the blue feathers
add as many as you like
Here I cut a piece of cardboard to fit in the centre and randomly glued shells to fill it up then I turned it over covered it with the heat glue gun glue and pressed into the centre of the placemat
And here is My finished juju
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3 comments
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It's pretty, Get some silicone finger tips so you don't burn your fingers with the hot glue.
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Love the fuzzy feathers, so cute!
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