Miniature Bread Board Tutorial

 Happy Day Friends!  This tutorial for my bread boards could not be easier!  Simply made of card stock, wood glue and paint.  I love making something that doesn't require dragging out supply after supply.  Honestly, sometimes my crafting area gets to be a huge mess!  Not this time :)  Hope you enjoy!!

Here is what we are making.

And here's how it goes. 

Draw out any shape of bread board that you need.  Some vintage ones are larger than a normal cutting board.  Also, it depends on what you will display on the board.  So here, please use your own judgement on size to fit your own miniature needs.

Draw one and cut it out for your pattern.

Next, trace four more and cut them out.

Glue them together.  I enjoy using wood glue.  I feel that it makes a more solid end result.  Plus, you can sand wood glue which happens to be the next step.  Sand the edges of your bread board.

At this point, you can mark up your board using a pin or tip of a knife.  Just to make indentions to imitate boards or cut marks in the "wood".  

If you wish to make a hole in the handle for hanging, place your board onto a real cutting board and press a sewing pin through the handle to make a hole.

Lastly, on to the painting.  I find it hard to get a good real wood look with paint sometimes.  If you put out different shades of tans and browns and sort of pick up multiple colors with your brush and just thickly paint your board in the same direction you are likely to get the wood look result.

I like to sort of age the edges with either dry brushing dark brown paint or using a brown ink pad.  Just for depth.

Hope you make lots of these!  Please share your creation on Instagram and use the hashtag #peppysis

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I hope you have a wonderful day!