tiny hand string art.

This image makes me want to say high five. So this string art idea is taking the (pinning) world by storm. When looking for a valentines day craft, I was thinking of doing some string art with hearts or some such Valentine’s day staple. However, I thought doing a tiny little Crew hand would be more meaningful, and fun, and something I could hang later. Of course this project can be done with any shape.

You need these things:

Small nails. I used 1 inch. Make sure they have a small flat head to hold string in place.
Block of wood. I bought unfinished and gave it a coat of white. Any craft store.
Scissors, pencil, hammer.
Colored string or yarn of your choice.

I thought the idea of tracing a tiny hand would be super easy. Wrong! However, I bribed him with mini chocolate chips and the battle was an easy win. You can use yarn too, but I chose string because I thought a finished product of a fuzzy yarn hand would come out looking like a paw.

Trace your shape. Small chubby hand for me.
Cut it out.
Trace it on to your block of wood in pencil or something light.
Hammer your nails in along your trace. Thankfully, I had a husband who volunteered for this part. The tighter you place them, the tighter your string art will be. Choose based on the effect you want.

Tie a tiny knot around any of the nail heads to begin. Pull tight as you begin to loop around.
Start looping to various nails. There is no right way so just string and pull and loop.
Knot the end around a nail after you feel like you’ve achieved the look you want.