Kids Cute Cloud Clock Tutorial

great piece for a child's room, it's way cuter than any clock you can buy in a shop and they can be proud that they helped make it. While I wouldn't recommend you let kids loose on the whole project all the marking out painting and glueing would be in their wheelhouse. this is a great way to transform a less than stellar looking clock into something your kids will love

For this project you will need:

a cheap clock

a compass

a jigsaw or handsaw

clear fishing thread

grey poster paint (or black and white) and blue poster paint

plywood

mark where to put the numbers for the clock by removing the cap on the hands and using a compass ( set the compass to slightly longer than the hour hand )

draw your cloud shape around the circle

cut out your shape using a jigsaw or handsaw i would recommend putting in some relief cuts to streamline the process

should look like this

put on the clock hands and by hand move them around marking of the position

at each hour

Paint outside the circle and allow to dry then put on the hour markers

the font i used for the markers can be downloaded here http://www.fontspace.com/beeline/alphaclouds

attach with glue and leave to dry

then paint inside the circle

cut out from plywood and paint using the same method raindrop shapes for under the cloud

Attach to clock by putting nails in the back of the clock board and drilling holes into the raindrops tie on using clear fishing line

Sit back and admire how gosh darn cute your creation is