Do It Yourself: String Art

How to Make a Word Into String Art

Here are quick directions to make your own! This project can take a little over an hour to nail enough pins so make sure to budget time for it! The total cost of this project for me was under $4.00. Comment with questions!

Materials:

• Wood board - You can find ones that are 9x12 at Michaels for $2.99
• Print out of a word you want to make into string art
• Paint for the outsides of your wood
• Paper for the background of board
• Paint brushes
• Tape
• Embroidery thread in the color you like (I found mine for .49 in Michaels)
• Mechanical Pencil
• Hammer
• Pins or Nails

Directions:

1.  Start by painting the edges of your board
2. When dry, use mod podge or glue to adhere the paper to your board 
3. Cut out your word as close as you can to the letters and tape down onto your board
4. Start by hammering pins around the outer edge of the letters (I would suggest a font that runs together like script. It makes it easier when doing the string)
5. Keep hammering nails until all the edges of the letters have evenly spaced nails
6. Take the tip off a mechanical pencil and feed the embroidery thread through the end
7. Tie the end of the string to the top of your first letter and cut the ends off
8. Start running the thread around the outside of the first letter wrapping it around every few nail heads
9. When outline is finished fill in letter by going from nail head to nail head 
10. Continue this pattern until all letters are filled in
11. When you get to the end of the last letter tie off the string
12. Hang it on your wall and enjoy! 

*When finished with the nails rip the paper over the top one letter at a time so you don't lose the original shape of the letter. Learn from my mistake and don't rip the whole paper off at once! I couldn't find the shape again of a few letters and had to redo it with a different word!* 

Materials

Paint board

Make sure to space the nails apart evenly

Finish the entire word before adding string

Keep hammering nails until all letters are filled in

When finished with the nails rip the paper over the top one letter at a time so you don't lose the original shape of the letter.

Feed embroidery thread through end of mechanical pencil

How string will look from above

Make sure the letters are filled in enough!

Finished!

Stay Crafty!

Rina