Keep your papers and pictures posted with this easy and cute girl's bulletin board. Have it up for everyone to see.
Materials:
- STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam:
- 1" x 12" x 36" sheet, one
- Pink gingham fabric: 18" x 30"
- Ribbon: Pink grosgrain, 1" x 56"; pink & green polka dot, 3/8" x 56"; green grosgrain, 3/8" x 48"
- Covered button forms, ¾", two
- Ruler
- Sharp pencil
- Serrated knife and old candle; or, dental floss
- Straight pins
- Thick, white craft glue
- Iron and ironing board (optional)
- Low temperature glue gun and glue sticks (optional)
- Sawtooth picture hangers, two
Steps:
- Using ruler and pencil, score foam sheet to create 12" x 24" rectangle. Wax serrated knife with an old candle. Holding foam sheet firmly on a flat surface, extend one end and cut across score line, using knife like a saw. Or, try dental floss: stand the sheet on its edge, and hold a 20" length of dental floss along the scored line, positioning one hand at the bottom of the board and the other at the top; draw the dental floss down through the foam sheet along the scored line. Save 12" foam square for another use.
- If necessary, iron fabric. Place fabric, right side down, on flat surface. Spread thin, even coat of white craft glue along edges of foam rectangle. Center STYROFOAM™ brand foam on fabric, and carefully wrap fabric around foam, folding corners neatly, and glue and pin fabric to back of foam sheet.
- Cut pink grosgrain ribbon into two, 28" lengths. Starting 3" down from each corner, glue and pin ribbons to back of bulletin board and around to the front, forming a criss cross pattern. Repeat with pink & green polka dot ribbon, layering it on top of pink ribbon. Cut green grosgrain ribbon into four, 12" lengths. Position green ribbons in a v-shape, ½" from pink ribbons; glue in place.
- Cover two button forms with gingham fabric; glue to front of bulletin board, covering point formed by greengrosgrain ribbon. Let dry.
- Glue sawtooth picture hanger to top two corners in back. For additional hold, insert and glue two straight pins through holes in sawtooth picture hanger.
- Let dry before hanging.
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