Baby Shower Decorations

Zebra Chair

This shower was for a special Baby Girl, named Vada.  The Theme was Animal Toys.  Oh, and lots and lots of Pink!  Today's Blog will be the chair for the Lady-in-Waiting.  The chair went through many stages and changes, because I really did not know where I was going with it.

I bought this chair, about 10 years ago, for $4.00.  I painted it to match a dining set, and it has been used for 10 years.  New dining set, new use for chair.

I painted the chair with pink stripes, twice.  This is the first stripe version.  Then I decided to put the Zebra's head on, and the stripes did not match the chair.  For the Zebra's head, I found a photo of  a zebra on Google, and made a large grey and white pattern.  I cut the silhouette out on a white foam craft sheet.  Then, I cut out the stripes on pink.  An exacto knife cuts it like butter.   Then I decided it needed a body, I made another pattern, moved it cut it, and shaped it to fit the chair.

The stripes did not match the body, so I repainted it.  I just sketched in a few stripes to match the body and free-handed the rest. 

 This is the completed giraffe.  I added a nose, eye, a full mane, a flower, black hooves, and a tail.


It was great fun to make.  I love letting my imagination go wild.  In later blogs, I will post the matching centerpieces, shower umbrella, and a Memory Box I made as a gift.  I hope you enjoyed seeing the steps in creating a chair into a Zebra.