COLORFUL BOHO HEADBOARD
Make this colorful bohemian headboard with unexpected materials like clothespins and liquid dye!
Step 1
Unwrap your clothespins Pull off the spring in the center of each one Prepare your Sunshine Orange Rit Liquid Dye in a large bowl with hot water Soak 300 clothespins in the Sunshine Orange Dye for about 30 minutes
Step 2
Dye the other 100 clothespins in Golden Yellow Rit Liquid Dye Place the clothespins on newspaper to dry after 30 minutes Dye all of the 300 joiner biscuits in Apple Green Rit Liquid Dye Let them set for 30 minutes and then dry them on newspaper
Step 3
Mark the center of your plywood on the 6" wide side Create the shape of the headboard with large sheets of newspaper Cut and trace it on the plywood
Step 4
Carefully cut out the headboard shape and sand the edges
Paint the headboard in the colors you chose
*We used Serene Blue for the top and Innocence Pink for the center on this design
Step 5
Arrange your dyed clothespins and joiner biscuits in your design *Play around with them until you get it just right Carefully glue each piece down with either E-6000 Glue OR wood glue and let dry
Step 6
An idea of what you'll need for this project 4'x6' piece of 1/2" thick plywood 400 wooden clothespins 2 jars of 150 joiner biscuits Americana Decor Chalky Finish paint in Innocence Pink and Serene Blue Rit Dye in Sunshine Orange, Apple Green and Golden Yellow Sanding block or sander Jigsaw E-6000 or Wood glue Paintbrush
