Simply Made Sunday: Name String Art

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Supplies

- Wood in the size you want for the art - Wood Stain - Embroidery Floss - Nails - Hammer - Printed Letters Learn More

We used scrap wood from a project my husband had made, but you can go to your local hardware store and buy a piece of cheap wood in the size you want.

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Next, you’ll want to start hammering your nails into the wood. I started by nailing all the outer corners, then evenly distributing the nails along the lines of each letter.

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Once you finish nailing all around the letters, take off the paper and tape and you are left with a nailed outline of your word/name!

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Tie the end of your first color onto a corner of your first letter. Start by wrapping the string along the outline of the letter, making sure to loop the string around each corner nail.

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Once your letter is outlined, start to randomly wrap the string around nails all over the letter, filling it in with string.

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