Add some fun to your boring corkboards and make them fun painted pin boards. An easy DIY craft tutorial idea for a kids craft!
Making fun kids crafts with my kids is one of my favorite types of crafts. I love looking at their cute smiley faces when they look at what they made. The “I made that!” feeling can’t be beat! Last week we painted some cork boards and I let the kids do it all. These painted pin boards are super cute and a lot of fun to make.
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How to Make a Painted Pin Board
We started out with simple Cork Foam Boards
We then dug into my washi tape
I explained to my 10-year-old daughter that we were going to put the tape all over the board, paint over it and then remove the tape to show fun shapes and patterns, and she was super excited.
She had a lot of fun putting tape EVERYWHERE!
You’ll want to quickly go over all of the tape and make sure that it is securely pushed down on the board. If it isn’t, the paint will sneak under and you won’t get the nice straight lines.
We pulled out the crate of acrylic paints
I love the bright colors that she chose. You will also need at least one foam brush
Then you paint. You can paint in patterns or random. Honestly, no matter how you do it, it is going to look awesome when it is finished.
When the paint is completely dry, remove the tape and your masterpiece is revealed!
To add to the pin board I also let them paint some push pins to match their board. These wood push pins
Using a paint brush paint the push pins with a color that will match their pin boards.
Can you see that “I made that!” look? She’s so proud of her masterpiece and that just makes my heart happy.
What crafts have you made with your kids? Share and leave a comment below! other fun kids crafts have you made?
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Love this project! thanks so much for sharing on craft schooling sunday!
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!!
Thank you Sarah. My girls really did have a lot of fun, and I love how they turned out too!!
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
Thanks Melanie! I’m glad we got to be together! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
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!
Thanks for the Pin Erin! I would love to see what your kids come up with.
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!
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.
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
What a fun way to spend time with your girls and personalize their room. 🙂
This is a great project for the kiddos (even us moms too). Great Idea!
Thank you Renee, it was a lot of fun to make and I love how proudly my girls hang them in their rooms.
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.
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.
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
Hi Patti,
Yes, Here is the link to Hands-Only Camera Mount video: https://youtu.be/Ktkzfu0EvdY
Hands-Only Camera Mount Post: https://thecraftyblogstalker.com/diy-overhead-camera-mount/
Thanks!
Those are really, really cool! Great idea! 🙂 Lisa
Thank you Lisa! It was a fun project and the girls had a ball!