The materials are inexpensive (under $15) and it only took me a total of about an hour to make.
This is the sign I made for my daughter's nursery.
To Begin, you will need:
- A wooden sign (I got mine at Walmart for under $5)
- Paint
- Paint roller or paint brush
- Nails
- Hammer
- Ruler
- String or yarn (This roll of yarn was more than enough for my sign)
- Printer so you can print the letters/symbol that you want to make
1. I put 2 coats of paint on the sign and let it dry overnight. Meanwhile; I printed out and cut the letters I wanted to use for the sign and made sure they were straight using a ruler.
2. Start hammering the nails into the paper. You can use as many or as little nails as you want. I wanted to make sure you were able to see the actual letter so I put a bunch in.
2. Peel the paper up from the wood so you are left with just the nails.
3. Pick a nail to start at (I used the bottom left one) and tie a knot to get started. Begin stringing the yarn around the outside of the letter so you have an outline. I looped the yarn around each nail to secure the yarn.
4. Once you get the outline completed, take the yarn and wind it around different nails in different directions until you have a pattern that you are happy with. I ended at the nail I started with and knotted the two ends together.
4. Here is an example of what mine looked like half way through.
5. I played around with the height of the nails until I got a height I was happy with. I didn't want too much nail and not a lot of yarn. It all depends on the look you are going for. Once I was done, each nail was pretty much lined with yarn to the top.
6. And here is the end result!
