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“A” is for Apple Paperweight

August 8, 2014

DIY wood apple paperweight
An easy back to school teacher gift made using a piece of 4×4 scrap wood.
Any teacher is sure to love a personalized apple paperweight to display on their desk.

The leaves and stem are wood too.

I attached a piece of chalkboard painted flat moulding on front for the personalization but you could leave this off.

How to make an apple paperweight:
Step 1: Cut 4×4 into 4″ piece.

Step 2: Miter all 4 sides of both cut ends at 30 degrees.

Step 3: Drill 3/4″ hole at center and insert 3″ length of 3/4″ dowel.
Paint apple body red and stem brown, once dry sand edges smooth.

Step 4: Cut 5/32″ basswood leaves.  I used my Rockwell BladeRunner but a jigsaw should work too.

Step 5: Paint green and sand edges.

Step 6: Drill hole for wire.

Step 7: Thread wire through holes and twist snug.

Step 8: Wrap wire around stem base and twist leaves snug.
Step 9: Paint 5″ pieces of flat moulding with black chalkboard paint.

Step 10: Glue and nail chalkboard piece in place.
Write teacher’s name with white chalk marker.

I’m linking up to:
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Filed Under: BUILD, CRAFTS, CRAFTS, DIY, GIFTS, PAINT, SCRAP WOOD, TEACHERS4 Comments

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  1. Steph @ Three Loud Kids! says

    August 8, 2014 at 6:47 PM

    This is such a cute project!

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  2. Our Pinteresting Family says

    August 12, 2014 at 5:33 PM

    Absolutely adorable!

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  3. Cliff Horn says

    October 11, 2014 at 8:51 PM

    If you want to save time you can use Ryobi #20 wood biscuits for the leaves. All you have to do is drill the holes and paint.

    Reply

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