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Supplies needed: - 4mm plywood - acrylic paints in orange, yellow and light brown - sandpaper - saw - thin wire - drill with 1.5 mm bit Summer Crafts - Wood Crafts - Scroll Saw Projects - Wooden Flower Chain or Garland This cheerful flower chain will pep up your windows or glass patio door in the summer! The orange and yellow colors have a friendly summer look to them and the flowers themselves are quickly cut out and painted. If you have kids, you can cut out the pieces in advance and let them paint the flowers for you as an afternoon activity. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Instructions: 1. Print your pattern out so that the flowers are the desired size. These flowers measure the width of the copy paper. Make your template and trace 3 flowers and 6 centers onto your plywood. 2. Saw all 9 pieces out and paint 2 of the flowers orange on all sides and 1 flower yellow. 3. Paint 4 center pieces yellow on all sides and 2 center pieces orange and let all of the pieces thoroughly dry before continuing. 4. Dry brush all of the orange edges with light brown and drybrush all of the yellow edges with orange. 5. Drill 2 holes in the top and bottom of each the top and center flower and one hole in the top of the bottom flower. 6. Insert thin wire pieces to connect the flowers to each other and to hang the chain. Free Template: Bird and Flower (Use the flower and the round center) Basic wood cutting with a scroll saw tutorial Drybrushing tutorial How to make patterns tutorial Country Birdhouses   All patterns, pictures and text found on Craftideas.info are property of the owners of this website and may be only printed out and used for private or non-commercial purposes. It is not permitted to use them on the internet or in any other publication. More wood craft projects for Valentine’s Day, spring and Easter Find more wood crafts for all occasions Find fall and Halloween wood crafts More wood craft projects for Christmas and winter Craft Patterns and Templates Craft Tutorials Drybrushing tutorial Basic wood cutting with a scroll saw tutorial Tips and tricks for paper crafts, card making, etc... Subscribe to Our Free Newsletter       Enter your search terms Submit search form Web www.craftideas.info