Dog Yarn Painting

Looking for easy craft ideas for home decor, gifts, or kids crafts? This dog yarn painting from Melissa Langer is the answer! You'll be amazed at how easy it is and how beautiful it looks when you're done.

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Materials:

• A board
• Glue
• Yarn scraps
• Sharp scissors
• Bone folder to help place & burnish the cut yarn.

Instructions:

1. The first thing I did was to print a photo of Moe. Then I glued it to a board.
   
   
    
2. Then I started filling in the shapes with strips of yarn.
   
   
    
3. I burnish each piece of yarn down with the bone folder after I lay it on the strip of gel glue. I gently push it up against the previous row and snip it at the end with the sharp scissors to the correct length. I think it really changed from a photo to a painting when I filled in the eyes.
   
   
    
4. I think it adds more interest when I change some areas from horizontal to vertical yarn placement.
   
   
    
5. The final step was to put in the background which I also filled in with both horizontal and vertical yarn placemant to add flow and texture.