Painted Lawn Stars
5 Materials
$40
30 Minutes
Easy
I'm always up for new, unique ideas to add to my list of event planning decor and someone I know shared a photo with me of these amazing red, white and blue sprayed stars on a lawn. I had to try it and they came out really cute. I'm totally going to keep this project in mind the next time I have an outdoor party--you can do any color that's available in water-based spray paint and what's even better is that it won't kill your grass!
Our lawn guy came just in time for me to try this project out!
Supplies:
STEP 1: Make a Star Pattern on Paper
STEP 2: Cut a Square of Cardboard
STEP 3: Trace Your Pattern on the Cardboard
STEP 4: Cut out the Cardboard Star
Here's my star stencil!
STEP 5: Spray Paint Stars
Aren't they neat?! Hindsight I wish I would have made my stencil a few inches larger and also gave myself extra "oops!" room because when the wind blew the spray, it went a little past the edge of my cardboard, but overall I was happy with how this quick, unique decor idea came out.
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I have a pattern very similar to yours, but I did the reverse. I sprayed the outside edges, and left the star open, It was on the grass, so the grass will grow, be cut, no problems.
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I have been thinking of spray painting using a heart stencil on the wedding aisle that my daughter's wedding will be done at our 3 acre property, Something like this photo.
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Could u do this on a sidewalk; would it wash away; have new sidewalk so don't want to do anything permanently of course. Thanks.
I can not draw anything... how did you get a perfect star? I would like a 'huge' star, like yours because I want to paint a flag on my wood fence. Fence is 6 ft. tall & 75 ft. long, so might do a flag as big as possible, then a huge star and then another flag. I can't find any stencils with large stars.
Why? I am sure that you meant well, but was this good for the environment? And well, just, why?