Wall Hanging

I've been wanting a piece of art of some sort for above my bed, especially now that I will be moving into a larger bedroom in a week.
I didn't quite know what I wanted to do, but I wanted it to be cheap, colorful, and fit into the crazy color scheme I have going on in my room.

This part weekend I was one of the volunteer coordinators for a health fair. We had boxes and boxes of toothbrushes, toothpaste, and floss donated to us. There was a lot of cardboard waste when we consolidated these boxes. The floss had many thin cardboard separation pieces that I just couldn't let go to waste. I was originally thinking they would make good bookmarks for kids to design but ended up having an idea.

So of course I ran to Michaels (with my 20% off entire purchase coupon!) and picked up some colorful 99 cent bottles of acrylic paint (SO CHEAP!) and decided to see what I could come up with.

This was the first step. Painting each piece of cardboard... it really didn't take long at all and it dried super fast, so 2 coats took no time at all!

Then I started thinking of what I could do. I picked up a foam board when I was at Michaels because it was the perfect size for an above the bed hanging, so I started stacking the colorful pieces on:

I thought it was looking pretty cool but couldn't figure out the best way to attach them. Luckily I had recently fixed my blue bedside table and had lots of wood glue leftover. I knew that would be really strong but was still unsure.

Out of the light

With the light

So, this is what it turned out to look like! I was very satisfied and it only cost me less than $8 worth of foam board and paint. Definitely cheaper than this cool wall hanging!

Now I just have to figure out how to get it to Colorado without the edges bending... I didn't really think of that until afterward! I'm going to keep my eye out for extra large boxes and sandwich it between 2 pieces probably. Wish me luck!

Stay crafty! :)