Kids Craft Painting A Cork Board

October 31, 2024 by Katie Adams 21 Comments

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Let kids unleash their creativity by painting their own corkboard! This fun, easy craft doubles as decor and helps organize their space.

Two girls holding up painted cork boards.

Making fun crafts with my kids is one of my favorite activities. I love their cute, smiley faces when they see what they made.

Last week, we painted corkboards, and I let the kids do it all. These painted corkboards are super cute and a lot of fun to make!

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Craft Video Tutorial
Supply List
Apply Tape
Paint
Add Hanger
Paint Wood Pins
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Supply List

Supplies: cork foam boards, washi tape, acrylic paints, wood pushpins, floral block, and a foam brush.

These corkboards are great because they are lightweight and easy to handle.

This would also be a great way to makeover that old cork board lying around too!

Apply Tape

We then dug into my washi tape supplies and pulled out some of my less favorite patterns. We were just going to be painting over it, so there was no reason to use the cute stuff.

We also grabbed the painter's tape because it is a little bit wider, so we could have some variance in the line widths.

A roll of blue painter's tape and several rolls of washi tape.

Place the tape all over the board in no specific pattern.

Placing strips of washi tape on a corkboard.

My daughter had a lot of fun putting tape everywhere!

Cork board covered with strips of washi tape.

Push on all the tape strips to ensure they are securely pressed down on the cork surface. If they aren't, the paint will sneak under, and you won't get the nice straight lines.

Paint

I pulled out my acrylic paints and she picked her favorite bright colors.

At least one foam paintbrush is needed. We used a couple so we wouldn't have to wash in between.

Six bottles of craft paint on a paper plate with a foam brush.

Then paint. You can paint in patterns or randomly. No matter how you do it, it will look fantastic when you are finished.

Painting sections between with washi tape with craft paint.

When the paint is completely dry, remove the tape, and the masterpiece is revealed!

Painted pin board after the tape has been removed.

Add Hanger

To create a hanger, we used ribbon and hot glue.

Cut two lengths of ribbon that are about 24 inches long.

Place the corkboard face down, and put a dot of hot glue in the top right and left corners. Press the end of each ribbon into each glue dot.

Bring the other ends of the ribbon together in a bow. The pinboard can hang from that ribbon bow.

Paint Wood Pins

To complement the corkboard, I helped them paint some push pins to match their board.

These wood push pins are just asking to be painted!

Poke the pushpins into a foam block to make them easier to paint.

Poking wood pushpins into a floral block.

Paint the push pins with a color that will match the pin boards.

Painting wood pushpins with a paintbrush.

Doesn't this DIY painted cork board look so cute? She did such a good job!

image of the finished painted cork board with the young girl artist

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This Fiskars Paper Trimmer is easy to use and cuts nicely without frayed edges.
These Scotch Precision Scissors cut like a dream, and you get multiple pairs in a pack!

Comments

creativejewishmom/sara

October 13, 2015 at 12:17 am

Love this project! thanks so much for sharing on craft schooling sunday!

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Sarah Eliza @ devastateboredom

October 13, 2015 at 10:25 pm

No kids here, but um, I think I will definitely be using this brilliant idea myself!! I have done the paint tape project with wee ones before (kindergarten teacher), but never would have thought of putting it on a corkboard and I LOVE that idea. 😀

PS The colors and patterns your daughters chose look awesome!!

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- Katie
  
  October 14, 2015 at 7:46 am
  
  Thank you Sarah. My girls really did have a lot of fun, and I love how they turned out too!!
  
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Melanie redd

October 14, 2015 at 9:06 am

Hey Katie,

Your painted pin boards are very cute! I love what your girls have made!

I was "parked" by you today on Grandma Ideas, and I'm glad I've gotten to read some of your posts.

Have a great day~
Melanie

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- Katie
  
  October 14, 2015 at 7:42 pm
  
  Thanks Melanie! I'm glad we got to be together! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
  
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Erin @ Nourishing My Scholar

October 14, 2015 at 12:29 pm

This looks so fun!!!! Sharing and pinning. I hope to do this activity with my children next week! Visiting from A Little Bird Told Me!

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- Katie
  
  October 14, 2015 at 7:39 pm
  
  Thanks for the Pin Erin! I would love to see what your kids come up with.
  
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Heather

October 14, 2015 at 5:57 pm

These are so cool!! I love the designs. I'm thinking I could even use your tape method on canvas squares to fill a blank wall in the guest bathroom! 🙂 Thanks to you & your girls for the inspiration! I found you through Grandma Ideas!

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- Katie
  
  October 14, 2015 at 7:38 pm
  
  Thank you Heather! Using this method on canvas squares would be awesome! If you do it you'll need to email me so I can see. Thanks for stopping by.
  
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Megin

October 16, 2015 at 9:12 am

What a great project! I love the fun colors but I could totally see making (myself) one in GOLD!
Thank you for sharing this week at Brag About It link party on VMG206 (Mondays at Midnight). I plan to feature you next week!
~ Megin of VMG206

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Audra @ Renewed Projects

March 18, 2016 at 10:02 am

What a fun way to spend time with your girls and personalize their room. 🙂

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Renee

March 19, 2016 at 7:30 am

This is a great project for the kiddos (even us moms too). Great Idea!

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- Katie
  
  March 20, 2016 at 7:49 am
  
  Thank you Renee, it was a lot of fun to make and I love how proudly my girls hang them in their rooms.
  
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Mother of 3

March 21, 2016 at 12:56 pm

Such a cute idea! we have cork boards in each of the boys rooms but I never thought to personalize them! The boys would love this.

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- Katie
  
  March 22, 2016 at 8:01 am
  
  My girls had a ton of fun making them, and I even heard one of them tell their friends - Yup, I made this all by myself.
  
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Patti McDermott

April 29, 2016 at 8:05 pm

Katie,
You did a posting a while back on how to construct a camera to do videos. I would love to try this myself and start doing videos. Can you link me to this video? Thanks and hugs. Patti

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- Katie
  
  May 01, 2016 at 8:21 am
  
  Hi Patti,
  Yes, Here is the link to Hands-Only Camera Mount video: https://youtu.be/Ktkzfu0EvdY
  Hands-Only Camera Mount Post: http://thecraftyblogstalker.com/diy-overhead-camera-mount/
  Thanks!
  
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Cucicucicoo: Eco Sewing and Crafting

October 03, 2016 at 3:14 am

Those are really, really cool! Great idea! 🙂 Lisa

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- Katie
  
  October 03, 2016 at 8:24 am
  
  Thank you Lisa! It was a fun project and the girls had a ball!
  
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Rachel

May 18, 2019 at 7:18 pm

Great idea- especially to use washi tape for different widths. Have you tried this technique on anything else? I was thinking how cool it would look on the side of a bookcase or tabletop. I wonder if the washi tape was placed on top of a painted surface if it would pull the paint up? Thanks!

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- Katie
  
  May 23, 2019 at 10:23 am
  
  Thank you Rachel. As long as the paint is completely dry it shouldn't peel up the dried paint beneath it. Washi tape is less tacky than other tapes.
  
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