nursery peek

As a baby shower gift I received two of these adorable magnetic boards for the babies room. They are sold at Babies R Us. I decided to make a few changes to them so they went with the woodland theme in Levi's nursery.

The first thing I did was add this cute tree ribbon using fabric glue.

Next I made magnets using these large flat back glass discs. For making magnets I recommend getting a large size (mine are 1 1/4"). I could not find any large sized discs in any of the stores in my area and had to order them online.

I cut my pictures out of some vintage books.

If the idea of cutting up a book freaks you out, just use scrapbook paper.

Place a glass disc on your image and trace it with a pencil (I used a sharpie here as an illustration so you could see it). Then cut the circle out.

Brush Sobo glue (from the craft store) onto the flat side of the disc and place your image on top. The image will appear milky from the glue at first, but don't worry, it will dry clear.

You want to get thick, strong, magnets for this project. I also ordered these online.

Glue them on the back using a drop of the Sobo glue. Make sure you space them apart as they dry. These magnets were pulling at each other which messes up the placement of the magnet.

Here is a close up of a few of the finished magnets.

I just love the vintage woodland creatures, so cute!

Since I had extra supplies I made some magnets for myself using scrapbook paper. This project was so fun. I was tempted to keep going and going until I covered the house in magnets. Maybe I should buy a second refrigerator for the kitchen, more room for magnets!

Here are the magnet boards at home in the nursery.

So cute!

Nail heads are ugly so I hot glued a button on top to cover it up.

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Write by: AN - Friday, November 13, 2009