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3 Colorful DIY Ideas to Brighten up your Interior.

3 Colorful DIY Ideas to Brighten up your Interior.

Are you looking for decorative ideas to brighten up your interior?

Here are 3, easy to make with children.

Don't worry, they won't cost you much!

Discover these 3 DIY (Do It Yourself) ideas now:

1. A Vase of Colored Pencils

3 Colorful DIY Ideas to Brighten up your Interior.

Very easy to make, this vase will delight your child! For this, you need:

- a medium tin can with the lid removed carefully

- colored pencils

- a rubber band

- a piece of ribbon

- a special fabric marker

- water and flowers

The concept is very simple. You are going to circle the tin can with colored pencils. So that they can hold, you add your elastic all around. And finally, to hide your elastic you add your ribbon, which can be decorated by you with a special fabric marker.

Dressmaker's meter or solid color, it's the little detail that will enhance your vase even more. All you have to do is put down your flowers and some water!

To find out how to use a tin can to turn it into a flower pot, read our recycling tip here.

2. A Multicolored Door Wreath

3 Colorful DIY Ideas to Brighten up your Interior.

Again, nothing could be easier!

You will need a polystyrene crown.

Also grab a pack of small cocktail umbrellas while you're at it.

Stitch your umbrellas all around your wreath, and hang this call to the sun on your doorstep. Success guaranteed!

And with a bit of luck, the real sun as a bonus.

3. An Aeolian Harp With Old Keys

3 Colorful DIY Ideas to Brighten up your Interior.

This third colorful idea will surely appeal to your children as well. Not only will it allow you to have a good time, but also to recycle your old keys.

How to

- Pick up an old piece of wood, provide at least 5 keys, colored string and acrylic paint.

- Paint the piece of wood and the keys with the acrylic paint, you will try to coordinate the colors for a prettier result.

- Hang the keys side by side along the piece of wood, and hang your Aeolian harp not far from a window.

You will enjoy its melody with every breath of wind.