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9 Apr

Personalized Periodic Elements Pallet Project

 

Personalized Pallet Art tutorial at U-createcrafts.com

I love science and I married a man who loves science. That being said, it should come as no surprise that my children love all things science; especially my son!  He was so excited about the idea of making his name using the Periodic Table.  This Personalized Periodic Elements Pallet Project is such an easy project; we had a great time creating it!

The idea for this pallet project came very accidentally:

Ethan and I were Googling the Periodic Table of Elements to find a certain spelling when I came across the coolest website: LMNTOLOGY.com.  You can type in any word or name and this site will make the word using the elements.  AWESOME!  Some letters do not have an element {E,J, X, Z, etc.} so Lmntology.com created a few fictional elements (they are in purple).  I was ok with a fictional element in Ethan’s name.

lmntology

Anyway, while Ethan and I were playing with LMNTOLOGY.com, it dawned on me that I could totally do this for my Sister Wars Pallet Project! I started on it right away and had it done by the end of the day. 

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DIY-252520Personalized-252520Science-252520Pallet-252520Project-2525201_thumb-25255B2-25255DI took four pieces of the pallet wood from an unused pallet and sanded them down.

DIY-252520Personalized-252520Science-252520Pallet-252520Project-2525202_thumb-25255B2-25255DI snagged 12 of metal brackets with screws at the hardware store.  This is how I connected the wood.

DIY-252520Personalized-252520Science-252520Pallet-252520Project-2525204_thumb-25255B2-25255DUsing some leftover Minwax Wood Finish from my table makeover a couple years ago, I stained the wood really dark. 

DIY-252520Personalized-252520Science-252520Pallet-252520Project-2525205_thumb-25255B2-25255DOnce I had the wood the color I wanted, I left it in the sun and went inside to create the lettering. 

DIY-252520Personalized-252520Science-252520Pallet-252520Project-2525206_thumb-25255B2-25255DWhenever I need a custom stencil I always use vinyl! I created the letters using the program that comes with my electronic craft cutter. I just used a box shape and create the element inside the box; the font is Times New Roman. The finished elements are 12×12 inches.  After I cut the vinyl, I took out the negative.  Basically, I removed whatever I wanted yellow.

DIY-252520Personalized-252520Science-252520Pallet-252520Project-2525207_thumb-25255B2-25255DUsing chalk and a ruler, I made little lines where I needed to line up the vinyl in order for it to be perfectly straight.

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DIY-252520Personalized-252520Science-252520Pallet-252520Project-2525209_thumb-25255B2-25255DI laid the vinyl on the chalk lines and removed the transfer tape. 

DIY-252520Personalized-252520Science-252520Pallet-252520Project-25252010_thumb-25255B2-25255DIt looks pretty cool looking using only the vinyl, but I wanted to be bold and use a bright punch of color.  Bring on the yellow!

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DIY-252520Personalized-252520Science-252520Pallet-252520Project-25252012_thumb-25255B2-25255DI painted a thick layer of the yellow paint over the vinyl stencil.  Before it dried completely, I took all the vinyl off. At this point I thought I had a serious craft fail on my hands.

DIY-252520Personalized-252520Science-252520Pallet-252520Project-25252013_thumb-25255B2-25255DI expected nice, clean straight lines, but the paint kind of spread through the slats of the wood.  So, I set the wood up and stepped back to look at it and it didn’t look too bad.

DIY-252520Personalized-252520Science-252520Pallet-252520Project-25252014_thumb-25255B2-25255DWith some fine grit sandpaper, I roughed up the yellow a bit to create a more weathered look.  This made the “imperfections” in the paint look less imperfect and more antique-y.  The picture above is the sign fresh out of the vinyl.  The one below shows the sign after I sanded it down.

DIY-252520Personalized-252520Science-252520Pallet-252520Project-25252015_thumb-25255B2-25255DI sprayed one coat of satin polyurethane over the entire sign. I attached three heavy duty sawtooth hangers to the back of the finished sign and hung it in Ethan’s room.  He totally loves it!

DIY Personalized Science Pallet Project

I love that he takes everyone back to his room to show off what his mom made for him…and I also kind of love that I won the first round of Sister Wars! 🙂

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Comments

  1. missybug says

    April 10, 2013 at 1:36 AM

    OMG i love this great idea!! my son and daughter are total science geeks…i love this thanks for sharing…i see a present coming their way..

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    • Becky Marie says

      April 10, 2013 at 4:03 AM

      YAY! I am so glad you like the idea! I am pretty proud of it too. 🙂

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  2. Rachael Lake says

    April 11, 2013 at 2:20 PM

    This is fabulous!!! I just spent a 1/2 hour on that website as well (so much fun:). Thank you for this wonderful idea.

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    • Becky Marie says

      April 18, 2013 at 3:23 AM

      You are very welcome!

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  3. Tracie Nall says

    April 22, 2013 at 10:15 AM

    This is a super cute idea!

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  4. Angie says

    April 24, 2013 at 9:46 PM

    Wow this is so cool and such a genius idea, good job. If only I had the time. Maybe in the future.

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  5. Kari Suderley says

    May 17, 2013 at 11:54 AM

    OH WOW! Do you still have those stencils??? I have a son named Ethan who loves science!! A friend posted this to me on Facebook! I can’t even believe it! I need to do this NOW! LOL!

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    • Becky Marie says

      May 17, 2013 at 8:53 PM

      I pretty much ruined the vinyl stencil when I rip it off the board. Sorry I couldn’t be more helpful. However, I am planning to sell the 12 x 12 letters if there is plenty of interest. I am so glad you like the sign I made my son. Ethan must be a science name. 🙂

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  6. Kari Suderley says

    May 17, 2013 at 11:55 AM

    OH WOW! Do you still have those stencils??? I have a son named Ethan who loves science!! A friend posted this to me on Facebook! I can’t even believe it! I need to do this NOW! LOL!

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    • Becky Marie says

      September 10, 2013 at 9:19 PM

      I made the stencils out of vinyl so I just tossed them when I was done. Sorry about that. Ethan must be a scientific name. 🙂

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  7. Terry says

    May 31, 2013 at 4:36 PM

    So what do you recommend if I don’t have an electronic craft cutter?

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    • Becky Marie says

      September 10, 2013 at 9:22 PM

      Great question! You can use poster board stencils from the craft store. They are awesome because you can reuse them on other projects.

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  8. Ms. Marti says

    July 10, 2013 at 12:43 AM

    What type of “electronic craft cutter” did you use?

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    • Becky Marie says

      September 10, 2013 at 9:22 PM

      For this particular project I used the Silhouette, but I have also been able to easily replicate it with my Cricut.

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