Hi there!
As usual, I was late again this morning… A look at the clock? Hang on a minute … I don't actually have such a mundane, yet useful object in my room. I'd much rather decorate my walls with attractive souvenirs, pictures, photos or postcards from all over the world. A boring old clock would somehow look out of place. On the other hand, it would be useful… So I thought for a while about how I could design and make a clock myself – one that would be decorative, attractive and useful at the same time.
And lo and behold, a beautiful wall clock made from an old baking tin brightened up with a fresh coat of paint and a fantastic motif (decorative sticker "vogerl") now adorns my wall and has become an eye-catcher in its own right…
Materials
- Tart tin
- An old clockwork mechanism incl. hands
- Decorative sticker "Vogerl" (Art.-Nr.:19005)
- Acrylic paint
- Brush
- Battery-powered screwdriver
How it's made
- Drill a hole (approx. 1 cm in diameter, depending on how big your clockwork mechanism is!) in the middle of the cake tin.
- Paint the back of the tin using the paintbrush. Apply several coats if you want the paint to be opaque. If you prefer a more shabby chic look, apply just one layer of paint or combine several different colours.
- Allow the paint to dry, if necessary using a hairdryer.
- Fix the clockwork mechanism to the centre of the tin (unpainted side), e.g. with a hot-melt adhesive, so that the section in which the hands will later be positioned can pass through the hole.
- Now to the eye-catching part of the clock: press the decorative stickers onto the painted side of the tin, cut off any edges.
- Carefully insert the hands in the right order into the clockwork mechanism.
- If you want to hang up your clock, use the hot-melt adhesive to stick a hook to the back of the clock.
Naturally, you can use other motifs for your creative DIY clock. You'll find a large selection of decorative stickers here.
Looks great, doesn't it?!
