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Thursday, March 15, 2012

diy baseball scoreboard artwork tutorial

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this project is waaayyy easier than you may think.

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you’re going to smudge and smush and fingerpaint your way to an awesome piece of artwork—perfect for a little boy’s room (or a big boy’s room!)
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SUPPLIES 

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also, a helper.

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my mdf board was a leftover piece snagged from the in-laws. it was roughly primed and even had some pencil lines (as you can see in the above photo). i used it as-is. if you have an unprimed board that’s your first step.

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***if you have a cricut or silhouette or grasshopper or whatever then obviously this would be much easier. but here at the googiehaus we kick it old-school.

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let this dry, and move on…
 
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the last thing i did was take a paper towel and rub different spots. because the paint was not completely dry it acted like light sandpaper, peeling and wearing down different spots.

once it was completely dry i painted all the edges black and used heavy duty screw in eyehooks on the top. it was a kit from walmart that came with the eyehooks, wire, nail and hanging bracket for like $1.50. because this is MDF you don’t want to skimp on the hardware—it’s heavy!

hang it up…

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and make a little boy happy! 
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4 comments:

  1. this is fabulous! and your helper (and recipient) look like theyre happy about it! and i love that this is finally a silhouette free tutorial on a craft blog :)

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  2. Way too cute!! I love the smudginess and all the colors and steps you did to make it perfect!

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  3. Love the layers of color and great tutorial. It really does remind me of an old scoreboard. Oh the memories!

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  4. Thanks gals! I was so happy with the way it turned out. And he loves it too--so that's the best part ;)

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