Saw out wooden letters as decoration
Crafting is one of the most popular pastimes. This is especially true at times when the weather or time of year does not permit long outdoor activities, such as when it is raining. In addition, it is a very useful activity for children of younger ages, as it trains and promotes fine motor skills and children's imagination. Popular craft motifs are wooden letters that you want to use as decoration.
Make wooden letters yourself
That Handcraft of wooden letters as decoration is a nice thing that children can also participate in. You can design the wooden letters, for example, as a decoration for the children's room door, with which, for example, the name of the child is vividly represented on it.
- The exact selection of the material is up to you. Depending on how big and strong you want the letters to be, you have to wood obtain. Hard and soft wood panels or plywood are suitable, but pressboard panels are not so good because they often splinter.
- You don't necessarily have to buy the wood either. In the bulky waste you will often find pieces of old cupboards or other furniture suitable for your project, for which you do not have to spend extra money.
- Before starting the handicraft, consider whether you want to use a fretsaw or an electric jigsaw to cut out the letters as a decoration. The thicker the material and the larger the letters should be, the more we recommend using a jigsaw, as it would otherwise be very laborious to saw with your own strength.
Saw decorative letters out of wood
- First, cut the letter templates clean with thin cardboard or sturdy paper. With the help of these stencils, you can transfer the letters onto the wood with a sharp, soft pencil. For each letter, please make sure that an edge always exactly aligns with a The outer edge of the wooden board closes off and the letters are at least 2 mm apart to be recorded.
- Now place the saw on the edge of the wood, where the beginning of your letter should be and saw slowly and with a fine saw blade Follow the recorded line as precisely as possible until you are back where you started and the letter has been completely sawed out is.
- Now do this with all beeches in the same way until you have the wooden letters in front of you completely individually. With a fine wooden file you can now, if necessary, Rework any inaccuracies in curves or corners and sand with fine sandpaper At the end, please clean off the surfaces and edges well so that there are no splinters, chips or unevenness lag behind.
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You can now dust off the wooden letters and design them in color as a decoration. Whether you use stain or paint for this is up to your imagination. Enclosed areas, such as an "O" for example, where a lock would actually be, put where it would be would normally be cut out, simply with the same color as the later background has where the letters are be attached.
