Chocolate Flower Wall Art

Create elegant floral wall wart in less than an hour. Use your favorite fabrics to create different pieces for a new decorating scheme or new season.

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Materials:

• STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam:
  • 1" x 12" x 36" sheet, one
• Fabric: two, 16" squares
• Ribbon, 1" x 1-1/2 yds.
• Ruler
• Sharp pencil
• Serrated knife and old candle; or, dental floss
• Thick, white craft glue
• Glue gun and glue sticks (optional)
• Straight pins
• Sawtooth picture hangers, two

Instructions:

1. Using ruler and pencil, score foam sheet to create three, 12" x 12" squares. Wax serrated knife with an old candle. Holding foam sheet firmly on a flat surface, extend one end and cut across score line, using knife like a saw. Or, try dental floss: stand the sheet on its edge, and hold a 20" length of dental floss along the scored line, positioning one hand at the bottom of the board and the other at the top; draw the dental floss down through the foam sheet along the scored line. Save one foam square for another use.
    
2. Spread white craft glue on one foam square. Center fabric over foam square and glue in place; carefully smooth fabric over edges, folding fabric neatly at corners and pin or glue to the back of foam square. Repeat for second square.
    
3. Glue sawtooth picture hanger to back. For additional hold, insert and glue two straight pins through holes in sawtooth picture hanger.
    
4. Let dry before hanging.

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