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Craft Tutorials | Crafts for Kids | Other Kid's Crafts | Craft Stick Watermelon

Craft Stick Watermelon

Author by Amanda Davis on August 1, 2012 Updated on January 15, 2019

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Craft Stick Watermelon

 

Watermelons are fun and colorful and a great craft subject. This watermelon craft is great as a little homemade sign, or you can simplify it for kids to paint by eliminating the faux finish and changing the hanger to yarn or ribbon. Using craft sticks is a great way to create a plaque when you don’t have one handy. So today, let’s make a watermelon!

Craft Stick Watermelon

This is a fun themed craft for Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day or just for a general summer project. Makes a fun decoration for a child’s room too. Instead of the word “sweet” use the scrabble letters to write your child’s name.

Craft Stick WatermelonThere’s a printable version below, but basically you’ll paint the craft sticks and glue them together, then wrap some wire around a pencil to use as a hanger. Attach the hanger and the scrabble letters, and put some felt on the back to protect your wall from the wire. That’s it!

Craft Stick Watermelon

Hope you are having a wonderful summer :)

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Craft Stick Watermelon

Supplies

  • 9 jumbo craft sticks
  • Scrabble tile letters*
  • 12 " piece of raffia
  • Pink button
  • 24 " craft wire
  • White craft glue
  • Brown or black Sharpie marker
  • Hot glue gun
  • Scraps of felt
  • Paint: pink green, dark green, black and white

Instructions

  • Paint three of the craft sticks green and the remaining six pink. When dry, use the handle end of a paintbrush to add seeds to the pink craft sticks with black paint. Use a liner brush to add dark green small triangular shapes along one side of each of the green craft sticks.
  • Dry brush** the alphabet tiles with white paint and go over the letters with a Sharpie.
  • With a piece of scrap paper underneath, glue the pink craft sticks together, side by side. Glue one of the green craft sticks to the left of the pink ones with the dark green triangles facing to the left. Glue a second green craft stick to the right side of the pink sticks, this time with the green triangles facing to the right. Finally, glue the last green craft stick to the bottom all the others with the green triangles facing downward. Let dry.
  • Peel as much paper off the back of the plaque as you can, though you may want to leave some in place as it an help to hold the item together. Dry brush white paint onto each craft stick. Hot glue the alphabet tiles to the front of the plaque.
  • Thread the raffia through the button holes and tie into a bow. Trim the excess and hot glue to the upper left corner of the plaque.
  • Wrap the craft wire around a pencil or the handle of a paint brush. Slide the coiled wire off and stretch it out. Curve into a hanger, trim if needed. Turn the plaque over and hot glue the ends of the hanger to the back of the plaque. Cut small scraps of felt to cover the ends of the wire and hot glue in place. This will protect the wall from being scratched by the wire ends.
  • Hang!

Expert Tips & FAQs

*You can use actual recycled scrabble tiles from an old board game, or purchase these alphabet tiles at your local craft supply store.
**Dry brushing means to add paint to your paint brush, then wipe the excess off of the brush onto paper towel. Use the 'dried' brush to lightly stroke the paint onto the surface giving it a soft, wispy appearance.
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Amanda Davis is the crafty, entrepreneurial mother of four children. She loves to bake, cook, make kid's crafts and create decorative items for her home. She is a crafting expert and guru in the kitchen and has appeared online and in print publications many times over the years.
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  1. maggy, red ted art says

    August 8, 2012 at 4:15 pm

    Too cute!

    Thanks for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!

    Maggy

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  2. Kirstin says

    August 7, 2012 at 1:40 am

    What a cute ‘grown up’ decor friendly craft stick project!

    Reply
  3. Sarah Forhan says

    August 6, 2012 at 6:31 pm

    Such a great idea – we love watermelon crafts for the summertime.

    Reply
  4. Brittany @ Crafty Mischief says

    August 5, 2012 at 11:25 pm

    So cute!

    Reply
    • Amanda says

      August 6, 2012 at 8:36 pm

      Thanks Brittany!

      Reply
  5. Sue {munchkin munchies} says

    August 5, 2012 at 5:39 pm

    So cute! I pinned this so I can be sure to make them! :)

    Reply
    • Amanda says

      August 6, 2012 at 8:36 pm

      Thank you Sue!

      Reply
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