Wednesday, April 26, 2017

String Art Signs for Teachers

string art teacher appreciation

We have another teacher in the family! My niece graduates from college with her teaching degree this weekend and so I made her this String Art Sign as a gift for her classroom. 
(It would also make a great end of year/teacher appreciation gift for your favorite teachers!)

Here's how we made it:

In preparation of this project, I enlisted my husband to cut, sand and stain a board for me. 
While he was busy in the garage, I got to work on the computer and printed out a template. She will be teaching elementary grades, so I chose an easy to read, non-cursive font. After printing, we took a ruler and marked every few centimeters along the letters, so that we would know where to put the nails. Once the stain was dry, (like a day later) we used painters tape to secure the template and then used a drill with an ity-bity drill bit to pre-drill the nail holes.

string art template

We then removed the template and carefully nailed the nails into the pre-drilled holes.

teacher appreciation string art

Here's the stained, nailed board ready for the string.

teacher name sign

I used a variety of embroidery thread in bright, bold colors. All you do is simply tie a knot around the head of one of the nail heads and then outline your letter.  Next, zigzag the thread randomly across the letters. When I was done, I made one last outline of each letter for a more finished look. TIPS: The only hints I can offer are to not pull too tight (the nails can bend toward the center if you do) and to try not get the thread knotted as you go. it's a pain to fix.

String Art for teachers

String Art Signs for Teachers

String Art Signs for Teachers

25 comments:

  1. This is awesome. I'm an art and technology teacher and would love one of these in my classroom!!
    #handmadeMonday

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  2. That is very effective. I love the rainbow colours. What a great gift.

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  3. OMG! This is awesome! I love this idea!

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  4. This is SO COOL and I love the rainbow colors! I can't decide if I want to do it for my daughter's room or mine first! :)

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    1. Good luck on your projects! I'd love to see how it turns out!

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  5. This is so lovely, what a beautiful thing for a classroom.

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    1. Hi Julie, just to let you know your lovely sign is one of the features at #HandmadeMonday this week :-)

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  6. Such a fun project for the kids to make! Thanks for sharing with us at Brag About It. Pinned :)

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  7. What a special gift for the teacher. Kids would have so much fun doing this. Thanks for sharing at Over The Moon Party.
    Hugs,
    Bev

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  8. String art is really making a comeback. Thanks for sharing with us at #CCBG

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  9. Such a good gift idea! Teachers will love this!

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  10. Somebody make me one, please? I'm a teacher! My name is spelled Mrs. Pies! LOL

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  11. This is awesome! I love the colors and string art is amazing. We featured it at Snickerdoodle Link Party this week! Hope you can stop by, Julie.
    http://twochicksandamom.blogspot.com/2017/05/fast-patriotic-gift-and-snickerdoodle.html

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  12. Such a clever gift! I love this! Pinned and sharing. Thank you for joining us at Family Joy Blog Link-Up Party. I hope you will join our next party starting Sunday at noon EST.

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  13. Awesome!!! I would have loved to have had one like this in my classrooms. #HandmadeMonday.

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  14. Lovely gift for a teacher. Thank you for sharing at Ravenwould.

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  15. That is amazing string art I love the rainbow affect :)

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  16. Hello, I hope you're having a great week. Just wanted to let you know I'll be featuring this on the To Grandma's House We Go link party. :)

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  17. What a great gift for a teacher!! Thanks for sharing on the Pleasures of the NW's DIY party!

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