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Skull String Art Made Easy

September 19, 2018 By: Melanie

Skull String Art Made Easy

Have you wanted to give string art a try?!  It looks a bit intimidating if you ask us, but we found a way to pull it off without frustration.  We’re excited to share this skull string art made easy!  We’ve created a template that shows you exactly where to put the nails, and we have step by step instructions with pictures making this the easiest DIY string art you’ll ever do.  If you’ve followed us for long, you know making crafts easy is our motto.  Remember our mason jar string art?  Check it out HERE for another super easy string art craft.

This skull string art is one of our home craft party options right now.  For more information on our craft parties click HERE.

Okay, let’s get to the tutorial!

Here’s what you need:

  • 6 x 9 wood block
  • Black paint
  • Hammer
  • Wire nails (18 gauge x 3/4 in.)
  • Crochet thread (12-15 yards)
  • Skull Template

DIY Skull String Art

How to make it:

Step 1- Paint:

Paint the entire block black.  Let dry.

Step 2- Nails:

Download our skull template HERE.  Place the template on the block.  You will put a nail on all the dots, so easy!  Very first,  hammer a nail at the top and one at the bottom to hold the template in place.

Now start hammering the nails working left to right.skull string art made easy

This picture shows about how far to hammer them in.  A few good taps should do it.  skull string art made easy

Once you have a nail on each dot, tear the paper off.

Step 3- String:

Now for the really fun part!  Start at the bottom, tying the string in a double knot around one nail.skull string art made easy

Wrap the string around each nail once and go around the outside of the skull only.  

Now string around the mouth.

From here start filling in the bottom.  There are no rules here!  Just string from nail to nail however it looks good to you until it’s filled in.
DIY Skull String Art

String the teeth in at this point.Skull String Art

Once the mouth area is filled in, move up to the nose.  Outline the nose and begin filling in working your way to the right eye (or left…it doesn’t matter which direction you go, just remember to work upwards and around.)
Skull String Art

Just keep stringing!  Be sure to hold the string tight as you go.
Skull string Art

Work your way over to the left eye and….you know what to do. 😉

String and fill, working around as you go.skull string art

If there are any spots you want to fill in more now is the time to string your way to those areas.  We happened to end at the bottom, but it doesn’t matter where you end.skull string art

Tie a double knot around the nail to finish.  You will make the knot loop around the nail to tie it off.skull string art

Cut the ends to be about the length from nail to nail.
skull string art

If your ends aren’t tucking well, put a little Elmer’s glue on your fingers and press the cut ends to glue them to the tight string.skull string art

That’s it!  This bad boy is ready to spook up your space!

Thanks for crafting with us!

As always, our goal is to make crafting EASY and FUN!  We hope this was project was both of those.  We LOVE teaching craft classes and putting together the kits.  Make sure you keep up with our upcoming classes and kits – be sure to follow us on Facebook HERE and on Instagram HERE.  We always post the upcoming classes to our followers first. 🙂

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