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Sketch Pad
Sketch Pad

Make a present for a budding young artist. This sketch board is easy to make and fun to give. It's made of a scrap piece of 1x12 pine board with a handle cut out so it's easy to carry. There's a sketch pad of paper with elastic belting to hold the markers. You can use stick on Velcro too.

Cut the 1x12 pine into an 18 inch long piece. To make the handle drill two 1 inch diameter holes (using a spade bit) three inches from each edge and 1 1/2 inch down from the top. Draw horizontal lines across the tops and bottoms of the holes and use a coping or saber saw to cut out the handle. Round off the edges inside the handle cutout with sandpaper. (Or if you have a router and rounding-over bit use it.)

Apply a natural wood finish that you can wipe on.

When the finish is dry, staple the cardboard back of a drawing pad to the board.

Gluing Loops
To secure crayon/markers to the sketch board you can do either:

  • Attach Velcro hook and loop fasteners to both the crayons and board so they'll stick in place.
  • Staple elasticized belting to the board to act as a holder.

We used two rows of 6 inch long, elasticized belting stapled in place 3 inches from each edge for the markers.

Tip: Staple the end of the belting to the board under the pad and put a marker or crayon nex tto the staple. Pull the elastic tight and staple it in place. Do this with the remaining markers.















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