DIY: Obraz z nažehlovacích korálků

Když jsem pak v místním antikvariátu narazila na dřevěný rám za pár drobných, nebylo o čem přemýšlet. Inspirací mi také byl vyšívaný obraz, který jsem dostala od své kamarádky jako svatební dar.

 

Co budete potřebovat

 

Postup pro zažehlovací korálky

Pokud budete dětem kupovat zažehlovací korálky, doporučuji mít všechny od jedné značky. Nejsou totiž všechny rozměrově stejné a mohli byste mít potom problémy při jejich zažehlování (nemusely by vám k sobě dobře doléhat).

Všimněte si světle fialových korálků, které jsou tenší než ostatní

Potom je postup úplně snadný – korálky se podle fantazie naskládají na podložku s hroty, a když je dílko hotové, přes papír (úplně stačí pečící) se zažehlí. Žehličkou (zapnutou na střední výkon) je třeba přejíždět tak dlouho, až se korálky “spečou” – spojí se jejich okraje. Nemusíte se bát, přes papír to dobře uvidíte. Pak se dílko nechá chvilku zchladnout, sundá se z podložky a odlepí se z něj papír.

Výroba obrazu

 

Ironing beads are a great activity for kids for rainy afternoons. There are countless colors and patterns which kids can create and train their fine motor skills with. In today’s post, I will show you how to easily make a framed picture of the “kid art”.

After our started attending local kindergarten, the amount of his artwork began to flow into our house, as it was back in the Czech kindergarten. Among various drawings, lots of small plastic patterns made of ironing beads started to appear. When our younger son entered kindergarten, their numbers began to grow dramatically, and I wondered what to do with them. I did not want to throw them out because sometimes they were interestingly patterned, plus nicely resembled the different characters of our children: on the one hand, the precise geometric patterns, on the other hand, randomly placed colored beads – in a word, chaos 🙂

When I ran in the local thrift store to a wooden frame for pennies, there was nothing to think about. It was also an embroidered picture that I got from my friend as a wedding gift, that inspired me.

Supplies

As I mentioned above, I´d bought an old picture frame. Although the color was pretty nice, at some parts had begun to peel off.

That´s why I repeated the process I used during the last year´s renovation of an old picture frame – you can find it here. I painted it using a dark-blue textile-color (dissolved in hot water) and after drying I applied an acrylic paint. To achieve the desired color I mixed dark blue, black and silver.

I also painted a cardboard, which formed the rear side of the frame because it then served as a pad for gluing the beads.

Then I began to making the picture. I´d first put the squares randomly on the pad until I was satisfied with the final form, then I started to glue them.

I admit, I didn´t measure exactly the distance between the squares and glued them “by eye” 🙂

But the final result is not bad, what do you think?

If you liked my tutorial, don´t forget to pin it on Pinterest!

And of course, I look forward to reading all your comments.