How to make Easter Wall Art

It's time to have a craft party.

This beadboard bunny sign will be a fun spring project.

 

 

 

Here's what you will need for wood:

3/8" thick plywood for backing, cut  10 1/2" x 25"

Beadboard panel (I used unfinished birch), cut 9 1/2" x 24"

Bunny cut from MDF (it is a thin wood panel about 1/8" thick)

You are welcome to enlarge the bunny silhouette to use as a pattern for your personal use.



Carve the edges of the plywood back using your jigsaw

holding it at a slight angle.

The angle of the cut will look something like this:

See, the edge will have a slightly carved look

giving it that rustic feel.

Sand all of your pieces.

Now you're ready to paint.

Paint the back of the plywood black so it will look finished when complete.

Paint the front of the plywood white leaving the edges for raw sienna color.

Splatter white with camel color paint.

Paint the beadboard.

I used blues and shaded the edges a bit.

Here are some colors I mixed:

I painted the bunny white and rubbed a raw sienna wash over top

then brushed raw sienna on the edges.

Using a script font from the computer,

I printed out the text

to fit the length of the bunny.

Using my patio door as a light box,

I held the text printout right side against the window

and then using a pencil I traced the letters on the back side.

Now I have a pencil line that will transfer to the bunny

when I lay the pattern in place and press down on top of the text with a pencil.

That gives me a nice pattern to follow with gloss paint and my liner brush.

Use 1/2" sheetmetal screws to attach beadboard at 4 corners.

Use 2 screws to attach bunny on top of beadboard.

Optional to use sawtooth hangers on back

or two 1 3/16" screw eyes to hang from ribbon on top.

The Great Thing about a Craft Party is

that everyone has their own ideas

for color and text.

Let's see what the girls came up with!

 

 

Such a fun time with family!

Feel Free to use this design idea

for a craft party of your own.

Thanks for stopping by.

 

 

Linked to :

Spring Fling Link Party