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Glam ABC Magnets

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Most of us probably remember the bright colored ABC magnets that adhered to our parent’s refrigerator doors as we grew up. A fun way to practice learning our alphabet as small children and later to spell out funny messages to family members. We have several fun phonics toys and love our ABC foam letters in the bathtub. I wanted to find some basic ABC magnets for the fridge too.

Glam ABC Magnets // Life Anchored

I kept seeing friends post about find a huge bag full of letters at thrift stores, my searches always left me empty handed. I was thrilled to walk though the Dollar Spot at my local Target and see packages on letters for $1! Target does it again.

Now the only thing I am not loving about these letters, they are neon colors. I would have embraced bold primary colors but the neon just wasn’t working for me. I decided to glam my letters up with a simple craft upgrade. While I was on the dollar aisle I also came across a simple soft plastic container that was going to be perfect for my future painting projects.

Glam ABC Magnets // Life Anchored

Pretty much ever spray paint project I have done resulted in a bit of paint on the ground. I was determined not to paint my patio or kill my grass this time. I picked up Krylon Gold Metallic spray paint for the glam letters. I also bought the Krylon chalk board spray paint to paint a second set of letters.

I gathered my soft plastic container to set my project in and also the high chair splat mat I use to contain food messes and headed to the backyard.

Glam ABC Magnets // Life Anchored

I sprayed the packet of letters with a light coat of the metallic gold and then a few minutes later did a second coat. That’s all it needed. I allowed to sit and dry outside for a few hours in the hot Texas Summer sun and we were ready to play with our new letters.

Glam ABC Magnets // Life Anchored

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Comments

  1. angie says

    August 30, 2015 at 7:10 pm

    these would be cool to make with my grands. Gonna borrow your idea and make some she is in first grade and he is in preschool would be good letter practice for both

  2. Cathy says

    August 31, 2015 at 9:09 am

    This is amazing! What a creative idea! I would love for you to share this at my link party Making Memories Mondays going on now! ๐Ÿ™‚
    Cathy

  3. Julie Bagamary says

    September 3, 2015 at 9:52 am

    Great idea – just sent it to my daughter and daughter in loves.

  4. Donna Wirthlin says

    September 4, 2015 at 5:30 pm

    What a great idea and so fancy! Thanks for sharing at #OMHGWW!

  5. Becky at The Dempster Logbook says

    September 5, 2015 at 11:13 pm

    Love it! I just sprayed something with gold spray paint this afternoon because you just can’t go wrong with gold. ๐Ÿ™‚ Thanks for sharing with us at The Creative Corner! Can’t wait to see what you link up tomorrow night.

  6. Shellie Bowdoin says

    September 7, 2015 at 9:14 am

    My kids used to spend hours playing with letters on the fridge! Thanks for joining us on Oh My Heartsie Girl Wordless Wednesday!

    Shellie
    http://www.thefabjourney.com

  7. Kristi says

    September 9, 2015 at 9:59 am

    The bold primary (or neon) kids’ colors definitely get to be a bit much!! What a great idea to go with gold for these ๐Ÿ™‚ thanks for the reminder of the big changes that spray paint can do!

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