Yes– I went as PINTEREST. 🙂 It was alot of fun and I got alot of good giggles at the Halloween Party I attended.
I was originally just going to go as a witch. I got a new costume this year and as much as I LOVED the costume I really needed something that was more ME..
Pinterest/Crafts and something homemade is TOTALLY ME!!
I tried to find a used cork board and could not. However I think this turned out better because it is SUPER light weight! Very happy with it!
So I will explain how I made it …
I started off with a 20×30 foam core board I got for 1.50 (or close to that) From Wal-mart.
I have a roll of craft paper on hand that is 22 inches wide so that worked perfectly. I sprayed one side of the board with spray glue adhesive and covered the board with kraft paper. Tripped off the excess and allowed it to dry.
To give it a boarder as if it was a real cork board we edged it with 1 inch white artist tape. On all 4 sides allowing each side to over lap.
Once all 4 sides taped – a trick I used in H.S. graphic design class – using a ruler and exacto cut diagonally through the tape only (not the board) Then once you do remove the two pieces and you get this….
A nice beveled edge that looks closer to mitered wood.
The next thing I did was print off a pinterest logo approximately 10 inches wide. Then I printed off the name of the board I wanted to be.
Last I printed off the bar you find at the top of your board about how many pins & followers you have. This I had to print on 2 pieces of paper so it could be approx 16 inches wide.
I printed off 12 samples off my real Halloween Board. I did this by screen capturing the screen and importing into photo shop and cropping.
I printed everything on cardstock. I then laid it all out before gluing it all down.
Once I glued everything down I needed a way to hang it around my neck. I decided to use some 3M command hooks set upside down on the board. Used ribbon and tied it to hook to the command hooks.
I found these awesome over sized cork board pins- however they are magnets. So they did not have pins actually in them. SCORE. This too was found at Wal-mart.
Used some strong adhesive on each pin.
I then glued on pins onto each “pinned” item on my board. You could go totally with out this- however I needed to make sense of the brown background. Why it was brown.
I love how it turned out!!! 🙂 I am very happy with it. Didn’t cost me very much at all and like I said before. It is VERY light weight yet sturdy.
I will be attending a few more Halloween parties before next week and anxious to see how the next party goes. I have noticed many MEN have no clue what I am — OR its older women that have no clue. WHAT??? They are SOOO missing out on Pinterest!!!
Both deaf since the age of 3, Chad and Mary Beth enjoy not only raising their little family but photographing together, cooking & crafting as well. Living in Central Florida with their ...
I absolutely LOVE this idea. So clever and funny!