How to make a pretty $8 art display board from foam core board and paint….

Hi everyone! I am in the middle of giving a bedroom makeover to the room Little and Oldest share. They are getting a new look top to bottom, and it’s kind of fun to do something really cool and colorful, and with lots of  goodies! I wanted to share the  projects as I go along, until the big reveal.One of the first projects is a pretty $8 art display board  made out of foam core and clothes pins! Lots of bang for your buck!

The firs thing I did was buy super thick foam core from the craft store. It was $5.99 for a big piece which was perfect! The other $2 was on paint and clothes pins. 🙂 I made a template out of newspaper, not realizing until later that it was the obituaries. That’s some classy crafting  for you.

I traced over my lines to make sure I cut it out along the right lines.

I did have a few re-traces. That’s where the dark, marker lines help.

After that I painted the entire thing one of he room colors and let dry. Once it was totally dry, I traced a rectangle in pencil to the inside of the edges.

I painted the inside rectangle gold so the art work would pop out.

Then I painted the clothes pins the same color gold and after they were dry, hot glued them on the board.

I made sure I measured the correct spacing for the art work I picked. I also used a gold sharpie to outline the board. I just followed  the edge about a 1/4 inch in. It’s not perfect, but I still like the way it turned out.

Once everything was dry,I hung it up and clipped in the art work!

I picked this amazing print from Katie Daisy’s shop The Wheatfield.

I love her shop! She is super talented and amazing.

And she was super-sweet to ship it to me quickly too! I can’t wait to order a few more of her prints to switch them out.

Little loves her print and her $8 art display board and the way her part of the room is coming along! And the nice thing is it’s really light so if she happens to knock it down it shouldn’t hurt that much. 🙂

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