Here a is cool bulletin board project. You can use is to hold your papers or your pictures. You can hang it up for everyone to see and the real plus is that you made it yourself.
Kathy Zengolewicz
Here is what you will need to get started:
- One 1” x 12” x 36” sheet of styrofoam
- Fabric measuring 18” x 30”
- Ribbon in three contrasting colors or designs (I used circles, diamonds and gingerbread men)
- Buttons
- A ruler
- A sharp pencil
- A serrated knife and an old candle or dental floss
- Straight pins
- Thick, white craft glue
- A low temperature glue gun and glue sticks
- Two sawtooth picture hangers/li>
Using a ruler and pencil, score the foam sheet to create a 12” x 24” rectangle. Wax a serrated knife with and old candle. Hold the foam sheet firmly an a flat surface and cut on the scored line using the knife like a saw or you can try the dental floss. Stand the sheet on its edge and hold a 20” length of floss along the scored line. Put one hand on the top of the board and one hand on the bottom and draw the floss down through the foam sheet at the scored line.
Place the fabric right side down on a flat surface and spread a thin, even coat of white craft glue on the edges of the foam rectangle. Center the foam on the fabric and carefully wrap the fabric around the foam. Fold the corners neatly and glue and pin the fabric to the back of the foam sheet.
Cut the circle ribbon into two, 28” lengths. Starting 3” down from each corner, glue and pin the ribbons to the back of the bulletin board and around the front forming a criss cross pattern. Repeat with the diamond ribbon. Cut the gingerbread men ribbon into four, 12” lengths and position them into a v-shape. Glue in place.
Cover two buttons with fabric and glue to the front of the bulletin board covering the point formed by the gingerbread men ribbon. Let it dry.
Glue the two sawtooth hangers to the top two back corners and you’re ready to hang it. For additional support you can insert and glue two straight pins into the holes in the sawtooth hangers.
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