Monday, May 24, 2010

Easy Board Pictures




I used to make such cute things when my kids were younger and I had more time. I came across these pictures that I made for Duncan's room many years ago and are now stored under his bed.

These were so very easy to make; you could use any sort of book but we choose the Mr. Small theme because, well, we're the Smalls. I just bought very inexpensive copies of the Lois Lenski books The Little Fire Engine and The Little Train and decided which pictures I wanted to use. I then cut those pictures out of the books. It's nearly a sin, I know, but I have "real" copies of the book for reading. I found two boards in the shed that had been part of a bookshelf or something once, so they were already stained. I made "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish" pictures likes this years ago when Jesse was little, and for those I painted the board glossy yellow.

After cleaning the cobwebs off the boards, I just got my bottle of Modge Podge and decoupaged on the pictures and text.


I love to find projects that I once made. It reminds me that I really can come up with inexpensive decorating ideas all on my own—that I don't have to go buy new stuff at Target just because it's easier. And that's just one of the things I love about summer—time to create, paint, and make our home a little more us.

5 comments:

  1. What a good idea! And how cute! My daughter would like to make those. She's the creative one in our house. :-)

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  2. you know you are on facebook too much when you read someone's blog and look for a "like" button at the bottom...

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  3. Okay, I have to admit, Glee is a guilty pleasure of mine too. I was in choir in High School and more recently in church and love to sing. Love Glee bringing back alot of the songs from the past.
    Blessings
    Diane

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  4. What an awesome way to make a great new decoration out of something that might otherwise have gone to waste. We have several books that are a little, okay a LOT, worse for the wear and would be perfect for a project like this!

    Hey, we'd like to feature you on BlogTrotting next Monday! Can you have a tour post ready?

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