Rustic Starfish Craft: Wooden Ruler Plaque
Supplies
- 9 wooden rulers flat - no ridges
- 2 paint stir sticks
- 5 white vase filler twigs
- 1 pebble
- Americana paint: Pebble Toffee, Sea Glass
- Tools: Wood glue heavy duty scissors, Turbo Tacky Glue, paintbrush, sandpaper (240 grit)
Instructions
- Paint three of the rulers Toffee, three of them Pebble, and the last three Sea Glass. To get a more rustic look, do not clean your paintbrush between colors. A little mixing gives it character.
- When dry, use sandpaper to rough up the edge a little and sand off some of the excess paint. This will allow a bit of the writing to show through from the rulers.
- When all nine rules are lined up together to make the plaque, they will measure approximately 9 1/2-inches. Measure your paint stir sticks to about 9-inches and trim off the excess.
- Apply wood glue to the paint sticks and lay them on a flat surface next to each other with about 7-inches in between them.
- Starting at the bottom, lay a painted ruler onto the paint stir sticks and keep stacking them upward until all rulers are in place.
- Use Turbo Tacky Glue to glue the white sticks in the shape of a starfish to the center of the plaque. Glue a pebble to the center of the star. Allow everything to dry before displaying.
Expert Tips & FAQs
Since you weren't with me at Menards to pick up these white sticks, you can use small branches from your yard, strip off the bark and paint them white.