Making a cross out of wooden clothes pegs
Take some ordinary pegs and remove the springs . . .
Design 1 : Using 14 pegs
IMPORTANT: Allow the glue to dry after each stage. Be patient.
Remove the springs and glue 13 of the pegs back-to-back. Leave the last peg unglued . . .
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Glue three pegs together . . .
Make four of these.
Extend the fourth one using the remaining glued peg and the last two halves and glue together as shown . . .
Position the four arms of the cross.
I found it useful to draw a cross on paper as a guide.
Glue on a centre piece of your choosing. This gives the cross a little more strength.
The cross can then be left plain or decorated.
The final cross
Design 2 : Using 15 pegs
Remove the springs and glue the pegs back together. (15 separate pegs – not one great big lump!)
Paint five pegs a different colour (I’ve painted mine black)
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Glue three pegs as shown below. The middle peg should be black, but I’ve made it grey so you can see how they are arranged more easily. With hindsight, I see that I should have used a lighter colour than black!
Make five of these.
Glue them onto a backing as shown.
Check out the internet for ideas or experiment.
You can use full size pegs or smaller ones sold by on-line craft shops.
The very small ones are a bit fiddly.
Vikki
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