Whimsically Wacky Wall Clock! Excellent Gift Idea!

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With Christmas just around the corner, I decided to create a Whimsically Wacky Wall Clock for my youngest daughters room. I wanted it to be a one of a kind and very colorful. I used Birthday Bash as the Cricut Cartridge of choice and boy oh boy was I excited when I finished it! I made sure that the cardstock I was using matched her room perfectly and then just went to town creating! (Do forgive me for the glare on the clock. I used Liquid Laminate and the lights were reflecting terribly in all my photos.)

Believe it or not this clock from start to finish including Paint and Liquid Laminate Drying, Drilling the Wood and Cutting all the Characters only took 6 hours! Definately worth the time invested!

Let me show you how to make it!

Materials Needed:

Cricut Expression

Birthday Bash Cricut Cartridge

12x12 piece of 3/4 inch Plywood (I purchased mine in the wood section of Michaels)

Lead Free Soldiering Wire (I found this at Home Depot and it was the thicker gauge that was 1 pound.  The cost was around 25.00)

Wire Cutters

Gel Super Glue (I used Loctite)

1 Quart White Zinsser Paint Primer (This was way too much but it does not come any smaller)

Small Disposable Paint Roller

White Acrylic Paint

Drill

Drill bits:  One to match the wire diameter and one to match the shaft of your clock mechanism.

Ruler

1 Clock Mechanism 3/4 Shalf

1 Set Black Decocative Clock Hands
Hot Pink, Light Pink, Lime Green, Teal Blue, Light Teal Blue, Orange, Light Yellow, White and Black Cardstocks

Tombow Mono Aqua Liquid Adhesive Glue (It only takes a tiny amount!)

Beacon's Liquid Laminate

Paint Brush for Laminate

Large Wooden Dowel

Instructions:

Using a ruler, mark of the 6 inch marks on the sides of your board with a small dot.  Measure to the right and left 3 1/2 inches and put another small dot.  On the BACK of your project, draw lines to connect opposite dots to each other.  It will look like you have a 6 sided astrisk.  You want to now use the Drill with the bit that matches your wire to drill small holes in the sides of your wood drilling at the angle the lines were drawn.

Select the drill bit that matches your clock mechanism shaft and in the middle where all the lines intersect, drill a hole.

Prime the Wood using the Zinsser Primer and mini roller.  Set aside to dry.  Once dry, paint with a coat of White Acrylic Paint and set aside to dry.

Using the Cricut Expression, Click the Fit To Page button and with a sheet of Hot Pink Cardstock, select the Astrisk and cut it out.  Set it aside for the face of the clock.

Cut the following Animals and all their layers out using the Birthday Bash Cricut Cartridge:

#1  Squirrel at 5 inches

#2  Sheep at 5 inches

#3  Giraffe at 7 inches

#4  Ladybug at 5 inches

#5  Shark at 6 inches

#6  Armadilo at 4 inches

#7  Skunk at 5 inches

#8  Snake at 7 inches

#9  Fox at 5 inches

#10  Cow at 6 inches

#11  Octopus at 5.5 inches

#12  Dog at 5.5 inches

The Numbers were cut at 2 inches for numbers 11 an 12.

 

 

With the Soldering Wire, wrap the wire around a wooden dowel tightly.  Remove from the dowel and using wire cutters cut every 5th loop.  With pliers, shape a double loop at one end and a straight area at the other end.  The loop end will hold the character and the straight end will will be inserted into the drilled holes.

Being sure to protect your work surface, use Beacon's Liquid Laminate to cover both the front and back of your character.  Be sure to let it dry between coating the front and the back.  Let dry well.

Place your Large Hot Pink Astrisk in the middle of your clock face and using Liquid Laminate adhere it to the middle.  Let dry.  Once dry, poke the hole for your clock mechanism and insert according to the instructions.

 

While your characters are drying, use the Loctite Gel Super Glue insert a small dot in each hole inserting wire into the hole as you go.  Let dry.

Place each character using the looks like a paperclip in the appropriate spot. 

Watch your child's face light up when they see their clock for the first time!

Happy Scrappin'