Personalized Pencil Wall Art Tutorial

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Instead of getting an end-of-year gift for Gabe’s teacher, we generally make a craft type project during Teacher Appreciation Week. This year Teacher Appreciation Week coincided with our wedding week, and I couldn’t get around to it. Last year, I made Gabe’s preschool teacher a Monogrammed Wall Canvas. I had made several wood projects for my wedding, and that inspired me to try my hand at another wood project for Gabe’s kindergarten teacher. A friend of mine showed me some wall art from somewhere like Bumblejax.com, so I thought it might have been a good idea to give something like that a try. Jeremy had some sassafras planks laying around that had already been planed; I believe a tree fell on the farm, and he likes to salvage everything. I decided it would be fun to create a pencil shape, paint it, and add her name using permanent vinyl. I absolutely love how this Pencil Wall Art turned out, and I doubt this will be the last one that we make. If you don’t count drying time, this project took about 30 minutes of actual working time to complete and a few dollars in craft supplies.
Pencil Wall Art Supplies:
- 3 foot wood plank/board about 7 inches wide
- Orange/red paint
- Yellow paint
- Gray paint
- Black paint
- Optional vinyl letters or stencil
Jeremy trimmed the back corners and then rounded them down with a sander to resemble an eraser, .
We used a straight edge to create the pencil point and Jeremy made the cut. The board was lightly sanded and I removed all residual dust. Jeremy drilled two holes that could be used to hang the Pencil Wall Art using nails/screws or string/ribbon. buy zoloft online https://medstaff.englewoodhealth.org/wp-content/languages/new/zoloft.html no prescription
Use painter’s tape to tape off the area that would be the pencil eraser, roughly 2 inches wide. I used an acrylic paint with a small sponge brush, the color was vermilion. I removed the painter’s tape before the paint dried completely to help prevent peeling. I used painters tape to repeat the step for the silver band, pencil lead tip, and yellow banded area. I left the wood grain showing through on the “sharpened” end.
- Tip use painter’s tape to tape off the “sharpened” area, and do so in an haphazard manner. When you actually sharpen a pencil, remember it won’t be entirely even. I wanted this project to resemble a real sharpened pencil as much as possible.
I thought about using a block letter font on the pencil, but Canva had recently added a few new script fonts (including Brusher, which I used on this project). I created a 24 inch by 6 inch image in Canva, and simply typed out his teacher’s name. I saved the image as a PNG file, and cleaned it up in Design Space before using my Cricut to cut the image. I cut it on the 24 inch long mat, and it measured approximately 22 inches in length. buy zovirax online https://medstaff.englewoodhealth.org/wp-content/languages/new/zovirax.html no prescription
I love using my Cricut to personalize projects, and I use my machine nearly every week. You could also use pre-cut permanent vinyl letters or paint them on with a stencil.
You could also make the project smaller to create a door hanger, or drill a hole in the tip or eraser to hang vertically.
Doesn’t this look just like a giant pencil? Gabe was so excited to give it to his teacher. I’m actually shocked he didn’t ruin the surprise because he had helped to paint it. I suggested that she use a marker and let all her students sign the back for a personal keepsake.
This Pencil Wall Art might be one of the easiest and cutest crafts that I have on the blog. If you decide to make this project, feel free to tag @asouthernmother on any social media site so that I can check it out and maybe share it with other readers.
So darling!! Love it!
Thank you. It was so easy to make and his teacher loved it.
SUPER CUTE!!!!!!
Such a fun idea!
Whats the font you used?
The font is called Brusher. I like that it’s a script but not too hard to weed.