Beadboard Flag

You can make one of these flags easily to hang in any room of your home or vacation place. The theme can be adapted to any location. Materials: rectangular piece of beadboard, glue gun, acrylic paints, small stretched canvas, brushes, sandpaper, rope and other found objects. Attach hanging wire and hooks on the back.
Directions: Mark off a section where you would find stars on the flag. Paint it a color from your color scheme. Paint a smaller canvas that can decorate this area. Hot glue objects like seashells, flattened bottle caps, curly wire, anything that might have sentimental meaning or that is decorative. Hot glue the canvas to the beadboard. Paint the horizontal stripes of beadboard in different repeating colors. When it is dry have ready a set of words and phrases that describe your family, the beach, the mountains, lake, for wherever you will hang this. Thin out the acrylic paint you choose with some water and simply write the words across each line. They can run off the board, it doesn't matter. When it is dry, take sandpaper and rub it to give it a distressed look. Use a length of rope with a knot at each end to hot glue onto the left side of the flag. There you have a great piece of art to hang on your wall!