Friday Fun – Songbook Craft

So about a month ago I took an informal survey of the Facebook world to see if I would be shunned for using old songbooks for crafts.  The consensus was, it was ok!  So here is the tutorial for how I’m doing it.  We are planning on selling these as a fundraiser for Women’s Ministries.

 

So a closet was cleaned out and then this is what resulted: tons of old (and I mean old!) songbooks.  They’ve been hiding in the closet for at least a decade, so I decided to once again show their pages to the world.

What happens when you clean out a closet in the corps!

 

Supplies I used for this project:  Small(ish) canvas board, mod podge, sponge brush, songbooks, paint, and a small paintbrush

 

The first step is to pick out a song.  Today I chose the Founder’s Song- – O Boundless Salvation.  Then I cut the song out from the rest.

For this project I ended up needing the song from 6 song books.

Next (and the hardest step I think) is to lay out the pieces how you feel looks best.  At first I tried the straight and standard approach, but didn’t like it so tried something different.

Finally, I decided on a wrapping technique making sure that all spaces were covered.  This required wrapping the pieces around to the back of the canvas and taping it down like so:

Once you have everything figured out, put a layer of Mod Podge on the canvas, lay the paper where you want it, and press it down.

When you’re finished with the layout, put a layer of Mod Podge over the top and sides of the entire project.

 

After this dried, I took the acrylic paint and painted words across to add a little extra oomph

Red, Yellow, and Blue are the obvious choices for a song so steeped in Salvation Army tradition.

 

All in all this project took only about an hour (or would have if I hadn’t taken a trip to Wal-Mart while the Mod Podge was drying!)  It’s fairly easy to do and doesn’t require a lot of supplies.  We had our women’s group start this project a few weeks back (I’ll post those pictures on Monday!)

 

Be on the lookout for these and more at the NSC Women’s Retreat in April!