String Art!

This was such a fun craft we did at my Mom's group this week.....wanted to share!

Super simple but so fun to just get out a hammer and pound away! And then using whatever string or yarn you have on hand to finish up this project is a really quick process! This would be a really great project for kids too....fun with String!!
You need:  A small piece of ply wood, a printout pattern of a letter or shape, string, hammer and nails.

1. Print out an outlined letter or a shape: such as a heart or cross. The more space in the middle, the more area for string.
2. On a small piece of ply wood, hammer small nails along the edges of the shape in various spots. More nails mean it is easier to string back and forth and cover all the spaces.
3. Tear out the PAPER!  I forgot to do this step and it was really difficult to get out from underneath the letter.
4. Tie a knot around one nail and just start wrapping the string around nails, up and down, back and forth and all around until the string in the middle is as thick as you want it. 
5. Tie off the string around another nail.

I used a variegated string, because I didn't want to have to change colors, but you could switch colors and keep tying off the previous one.

Here is the letter before I got the paper out from underneath.  Ugg, tweezers and little tiny pieces of paper were involved!  But, yay, now I love it!