Easy to make magnet board…(for about $1)
December 2, 2009 by Alison
Easy to make Magnet board!
I think I’ll have my daughter make this for her friends for Christmas.
1. I got this piece of metal at a metal shop. Look up metal shops in your area and see if they can cut you a piece. I paid about $1 for this 8×8. I’ve also seen the metal at crafting stores.
2. Punch a hole in it with a Crop-a-dile. If you don’t have one…just use a metal drill bit and drill a hole in the metal. The edges of the holes will be sharper, but just sand them down.
3. Lay the metal on your scrapbook paper and trace around the edges. Cut the paper out so it’s the same size as the metal.
4. Apply Mod Podge to the metal! Make sure to get the edges.
5. Smooth down the paper with a credit card or pan scraper this will help get all the bubbles out.
6. Poke holes in the paper where you drilled the holes.
7. Sand the edges lightly if you have paper hanging off.
8. Add ribbon
9. Add magnets
10. Give as a gift or make a huge one and stick in your child’s room and they can keep track of all their friends! Great Super Saturday ideas too!
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thanks for the wonderful post! i planned to make something like this with our MOPS group this spring and would have never thought of going to a metal shop. i probably would have ended up overpaying for the metal!
lovin’ your blog.
blessings,
shana
I wonder if you could cover the whole thing with fabric (with Modge Podge as the glue) and it still be magetic enough to hold the magnets?
Yes!!!!! Use a thin fabric of course. Send us pics when you have it done. We’d love to see it.
Alison
That would be a great recipe-card holder!
I’ve been thinking of doing something similar but with corkboard squares and fabric… think I like this better! Any idea how much the metal is in craft stores?
I saw it last year for around $7, but if you google ‘craft coupons’ you might be able to find a %50 off coupon to Michael’s, Roberts, Craft Warehouse…whatever store is in your area!
Alison
I have been to my local dollar store and picked up 12″x12″ metal sings with not so cute pictures on them and use these as magnet boards, for a dollar you can’t go wrong and they are a great size!
cool project! Thanks for sharing it with us!
I like the ribbon, it’s a nice touch!
gail
I have done several magnet boards covered with various fabrics, papers, vinyl they work great. Just use strong magnets (not the self-adhesive strip of magnet tape)
You can see pictures on my blog.
Love this idea. I can think of so many uses for one of these.
Those of us you don’t have a metal shop you can actually buy this metal in home depot in the roofing department they carry about three different sizes, and they are all under $1.
Thanks for the tip
I made this for my grandmother who was in the hospital, It was a perfect little gift, she loved it she could tape all the cards and things people had brought her. r.i.p nonna