Easter Break

Over the Easter holidays I did some woodwork. The project I had created was a box for all my hair things with little compartments. There was a lot of measuring and making sure I was accurate but I got there in the end. The first thing I needed to do was measure my draws so I could actually get my box to fit. Next I had to pick a good wood to use and then measure the length in which I needed it to be. Then we got the hammer the nails and the drill out and started to drill the holes for the nails. After that I sanded the edges so the paint would go on nicely. When I had finished that I chucked on some old clothes and put the base coat of paint on. Then I waited for it to dry. As it was drying I started making a chalk board for the fence around the backyard. It’s sort of the same process. First I cut the ply wood to the right size, then I sanded it with the electric sander and made it smooth. Then I put on the base coat of paint and waited for it to dry. It dried a lot quicker then my other project though. After that it started to rain so i put my box in the garage and left my chalk board on the lawn. Lucky I had put the first coat of chalk board paint on my ply. In  the morning I went out to the shed to put the next coat of paint on my box. The colour I had chosen was a french white and it went really well with my draws. I put the last coat on my chalk board and the last coat of paint on my box the next day. Then we hung up the chalk board and put the box in my draw and I was finished.