DiY: Cork Board Wall Art

After working with small people all week Flamingo and I decided to have a craft night complete with food and wine. 

Our adventure started as soon as we got to Hobby Lobby she was searching for the right shade of blue to make a wreath. Not having an luck, she gave up and we started our search for cork board and fabric. Within minutes Little Flamingo immediately let her know at the top of her voice that she was pooping. Needless to say we got out of there quickly. We stopped for dinner from Chipotle and necessary wine and we were soon on our way home again.  

We realized quickly that we were going to need a bottle opener, a knife and adult supervision. I called Husby and our problems were solved. 

Here's what you need: cork board, enough fabric to cover your cork board, hot glue gun, and wine! 

I wanted large circles for my wall. I could only find 12x12 pieces of cork board. I used an empty trashcan to draw my circle. Then I took Husby's knife to cut them out since the scissors weren't cutting it (pun intended)! 

I tried cutting through all the way to the cutting board underneath and then popped the edges off. I popped them away from me to prevent as much tearing as possible. 

I cut out 4 for my walls. Super easy and quick! I did have to stop every so often because my hands were starting to hurt. 

Wine breaks in her fancy wine glasses were essential!

These were the fabrics I picked out. You could do as many or as few as you'd like. My favorite was the flower pattern. I'm still trying to figure out other ways to use it around the house! I'm in love with it! 

I cut the fabric so just enough would cover my circle.  I folded the edge over and hot glued a section down over the cork board. 

I continued to glue down the edges until

It was completely glued down. Make sure to stay as close to the edge as you can get. Don't worry about the extra material yet. 

After the material is glued down, take a pair of scissors and cut as close to where you glued as possible all around the edges. 

And you're done! Here's what mine looked like completed! 

There were super easy to make, like maybe an hour. And I only spent about $12 to make them! I got lucky and found my material on sale at Hobby Lobby! And here they are hanging up in my kitchen. I took out my trusty hot glue gun and glued them up there! Hot glue gun makes everything better! 

C'est la vie.