A Junker's Re-Purposed Yardstick Advent Calendar
November 09, 2013
Hoping to think of a great project to make with yardsticks, I bought three last month at an antique shop. They were $3 each.
Last year I made this Christmas tree out of a yardstick, jute and a metal snowflake.
My junker re-purposed yardstick Advent calendar is almost complete.
My version of an Advent calendar!
The first step in my new project was to cut the yardstick off at 25 1/2".
Next I hot glued twenty-four 1/2" round craft magnets to the yardstick.
I glued the magnets at half inch intervals.
I cut a Baby Jesus out of a catalog, and decoupaged Him onto the end of the 25 1/2" yardstick. I thought I might like the yardstick with a little more of an even finish, so I brushed on one coat of matte polyurethane.
I purchased four packages of rusty tin 1" stars.
The rusty stars stick to the magnets.
I made small hole in the one inch end of the yardstick, and tied a piece of string in the hole for hanging.
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Love, love, love this idea!!!
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