Simple String Art for Beginners
Simple String Art for Beginners makes cute string design pictures and is a hammer & nail, make noise, wind it up with string type of craft.
Servings: 1 string art project
Cost: $7
Equipment
- Hammer
- Cardstock paper (optional)
- Needle-nose pliers (optional)
Ingredients
- WTN String Art Patterns
- 1 5 x 7" Wooden Plaque for background- plain wood, stained or painted a color of choice
- Paint or stain- (optional)
- String of choice such as Embroidery Floss or Crochet Thread
- Nails- crafting nails about 1 inch long with a small head to hold the sting
Instructions
- Prepare the board- it can remain as raw wood, be stained or painted the color of choice
- Download one of the designs that are available on WTN, print it in the size you need for your piece of wood. WTN String Art Patterns link
- Put a towel under the board to protect the countertop or table and to muffle noise.
- Hammer the nails into the board through the pattern.
- Gently tear the pattern off the board.
- The string is going to outline the design first. Tie the end of the string you are using to a nail on the edge of the design. Place the knot to the inside of the design so it won’t be noticeable once the design is made.
- Loop the string around each nail traveling all the way around the design. If you have a design with a shape in the center that you do not want to fill with string, outline that shape as well.
- Randomly loop the string back and forth across the design, looping around nails, back and forth filling the design with crisscrossing string until you are satisfied with how you have filled in the design.
- Tie off your string when you are satisfied with your design.