Make Something Monday - String Art DIY
Sometimes you just need to make something! This craft is fairly quick with only a few needed items to complete it. Items Required: Piece of wood (you can purchase at any craft store - we mainly used 5x5 blocks) Paint (if you wanted to paint your wood) Floss Hammer Finish Nails Shape or Letter (I printed off shapes and letters to use) Instructions: First, paint your board your color of choice. Then, decide what shape, pattern or letter you'd like. We had a lot of initials and Wisconsin shapes! Use the printed shape you've chosen and start hammering the finish nails around the edge of the shape. There is no magic spacing, but I typically space them out about a pinkie width or 1/4 inch. Remove the paper from your board and select your floss color. Tie a double or triple knot the floss on one of the nails, leave a tail and start stringing! There is no right or wrong way, just string. If you need to push down the floss so that you can string more, g