Saturday, May 14, 2011

DIY Mossy "P"

I saw a super neat project in another blog and wanted to give it a try. Check out my inspiration here.

The project required a trip to Hobby Lobby and a giant piece of Styrofoam from my dad's shed.

First, I printed off a large "P" from Miscrosoft Word. The curvy portion wasn't big enough, so I went with a "D" and traced it into a "P".  P is for Pearson, in case you were wondering.


My original thought was to use scissors to cut but I quickly resorted to this bad boy. 



I clamped the Styrofoam between my legs and sawed away.  Don't worry, I pointed the saw AWAY from myself.  Thank goodness for having brothers who were boy scouts. Unfortunately I got a little carried away with the saw and sawed OFF the loop of the "P".


Nothing some hot glue couldn't fix!  At Hobby Lobby I found some bright green moss. 2 packages for $8, if I were better at planning ahead I would have printed a coupon offline. 

After tearing the pieces off and fitting them over the "P"...

You end up with this!  My camera doesn't do it justice, I promise. It is cute, homey and was made for the grand total of $8!


1 comment:

  1. i saw this on a blog too!!
    I have a wooden letter G that I was going to do this too as soon as a came across some moss. the dollar storehad some but it was brown so i waited until i get to a craft store or come across it somewhere else. LOVE IT!!

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