Summer is here and the birds have been chirping like crazy. I was in Walmart and came across a wooden birdhouse plaque. I thought it would be fun to turn the birdhouse plaque into a fun light up birdhouse.
The supplies that I’ll be using are listed down below.
1. One wooden birdhouse plaque from Walmart
2. Hot glue
3. Drill 4. Drill bit and a 1” hole saw drill bit
4. Engraving tool
5. Stencil
6. One recycled container
7. One clip light from our website
8. X-acto knife
9. Waverly truffle chalk paint
10. Wavery antique wax
11. Paint brush
I found the wooden birdhouse plaque in the craft isle in Walmart.
I cut the top of the recycled container to match the height of the plaque. You can use whatever type of container that will fit the size of the plaque.
I traced the hole of the birdhouse onto the container. Be sure to have the opening of the container at the bottom of the plaque. Once the hole was traced I then cut it out.
I decided to spray the inside of the container with a heirloom white colored spray paint. This an optional step but I do not want the light to have a blue tone.
The next step is to paint the plaque and the container with the truffle colored chalk paint.
I added some of the antique wax over the paint. Once the plaque was dry I then placed a stencil on top. This stencil is from Walmart.
I used the engraver over the stencil. The engraver is by Plaid and I purchased it from Walmart.
The next step is to glue both pieces together.
I used the hole saw bit to drill a hole at the bottom back of the container.
I added the clip light to the back of the container.
I decided to drill some holes into the brach part of the stencil. This will allow some light to shine through the branch.
