DIY Wooden American Flag

A couple of weeks ago, while Mr. Savvy and I were riding in the car, I asked him if he still had the pallet that the outdoor dining set came on? I then mentioned that I would like a flag made out of it. He said he was sure he could do that and then a few days later he was just working away on it in his garage.

He really needs to learn how this blogging gig works because I didn't get a before shot of the pallet. Well, anyway y'all know what a pallet looks like. He had already taken the best boards and was cutting them to size.

I needed to head to the craft store and get the paint and to figure out what I was going to use for the stars. I certainly can't draw a star worth a flip.

 I was thinking I could buy star stickers and paint the area where the stars go white first and then add the star stickers, paint the blue over them and then pull the stickers off and voila you have stars. So I told Mr. Savvy my bright idea and then he saw the stars I brought home and said they were too small for the flag. Darn, back to the drawing board.

I went to Michael"s craft store after finding nothing at Hobby Lobby. I found three packages of ten 1.5 inch wooden stars which were perfect. Only thing I needed 50 not 30. I traveled probably sixty miles round trip to four different Michael's looking for two more packages of stars and only found one. Okay I need just one more. I'll learn not to wait late before a holiday to find what I need. I ended up buying a package of 20 1 inch stars and told the mister to just mix them up because I wasn't looking anymore.

He brought the flag up to the house and set it on the kitchen island and over the bar stools. I was like no, you can't work like that so he brought up the saw horse.  He had already marked the lines for the stripes.

He had painted this part on the island before he brought the saw horse up.

The blue is done and now on to the stripes. He carefully taped off the stripes to paint the white ones first.
He is such a perfectionist even though I told him it didn't have to be.

White stripes are finished. Now on to the red.

He taped off for the red and we both painted the red stripes together.

Uh oh, the red bled some.

No problem. He taped off the red and painted the white over the spots that bled through.

I should have bought white spray paint, but I had only picked up white craft paint so he hand painted each and every star. Two coats! He's such a trooper!

Stripes are perfect and stars are glued on.

He did a fabulous job! I was going to age it a bit with dark wax, but I'm afraid of messing up all the hard work he put into this. I love the way the stars turned out with the two sizes.

Supplies used:
 Navy and white acrylic paints, red milk paint already on hand, frog tape, brushes and Gorilla Glue not pictured.

Stay tuned to see where I'm using it.
Can you guess where?

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See the reveal here.