We are going to make one of these!!
Alrighty! I love these things…. don’t you? Come to find out….they’re pretty darn simple to make. The back doesn’t look really pretty…. but we don’t care about the back!!
Anyway… Here is what you will need:
Hot glue gun (& glue)
Staple Gun (& staples)
Ribbon of choice
Fabric of choice
5 Beads, buttons, whatever!
2 Pieces of corkboard (1 sq. foot ea)
Polly Fill stuffing
OK! First. Let me tell you about the cork board. I was at walmart looking to price the regular framed boards that you can buy (over in the stationary department) … and I came across a package of 4 of these Square foot tiles of cork board! I thought immediately… that these would make a GREAT project!! They were about $5. Alrighty.. on with the “what to do’s” 
First and foremost – Glue two of the cork boards together with your hot glue gun – Makes the board thicker, which saves the staples from going through.
Ok. Now that the boards are glued, Take your fabric (I doubled mine up) and lay it down on a hard surface so it lays flat (a table works great!). Begin stapling the fabric to the cork board. If you’ll notice… I used two staples to ensure a good grip.
Staple three of the four sides … LEAVE the corners!! Once stapling is done with the three sides… it’s time to stuff! Grab small handfuls of your poly fill and work it into the “pocket” you’ve made. Move your hand on top of the fill to get it to form right and to fill all the spaces.
Keep filling until the board has just the right amount of “oomph” for you.
Now let’s close that last side!! Remember to pull the fabric fairly tight… but not TOO tight, or the cork board will bend up.
For the corners – Grab the flap – Push the sides of the flap in tight and then staple. I threw a few staples on the corners once again to ensure a good grip.
Not too hard so far, eh? Here’s some fun! Grab your ribbon – Take it from one center end to the next, leave some extra at the ends, and cut. Do this a few more times until you have enough pieces to make the pattern above.
Staple your ribbon to the back of the board. I stapled one end of each without much thought – when it came to doing the other ends, I pulled tight, made sure they were even, and then stapled them down. When it comes to placing the ribbon going the opposite way – weave those pieces through your existing pieces.
Whala!! Now you can do the hot gluing. I chose to place a dot under each ribbon connection to make sure they stay in place. I then glued some beads my daughter had saved, seeing as how these are the boards I made HER…
For hanging – You can get any type of “picture hanging kit” and glue the hanger on the back of the boards. Dollar general has a kit for a buck. Nice and cheap!! The hangers I used look like this :
Anddddd…. That’s IT!!! I hope this wasn’t too hard for ya’ll and that maybe, just maybe you enjoyed it. I’d love to see what ya’ll come up with!! Feel free to send me your results to me at acpryor@live.com.
