DIY Project: Nursery Letters
I thought a lot about the kind of letters I could hang on the wall of a nursery. I could buy ready pricey nursery letters, or buy wooden letters and "mod podge" a pattern to it. I even thought about yarn wrapped cardboard letters and letters from buttons as well. But for my little girl I wanted to make something unique and pretty. I also wanted an inexpensive option. So I picked a "Painting on canvas" instead. I decided to paint some pretty picture and paint the letters of her name on top of the painting with different fun colors. For the project I picked up canvas (flat ones), acrylic paint, some brushes and ribbon to hang canvas.
Since I did this project while ago, I don't have step to step pictures of it. However, it's very easy to make. All you have to do is pick an image you want and paint it on canvas. I picked cherry blossom. But here are some other options: flowers, moon and stars, aquarium with fish, bubbles, birds, sky and clouds, rainbow, different shapes and etc. I picked a "V" shaped arrangement to hang the letters, you can also choose either horizontal or "zig-zag" arrangements.
Once the painting is finished, paint letters in your favorite font (you can use stencils if you want, or you can print letters on the paper, cut them and then trace on canvas). That's it!
Now, it's time to hang canvas. Cut around 10 inches of a ribbon and glue it to the back of canvas as shown in the picture (I only had super glue available at that time, if you have a glue gun, you can use it too). Then cut another 10-12 inch of a ribbon and make a bow. Glue your bow to the center of the ribbon that is glued to the canvas. You're done! Now you can hang the letters and enjoy the piece of art you've just created!
So beautiful and creative!!!!!!!
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