For the annual school auction I made a pallet flag with kids handprints for my daughters 3rd grade class basket. Best part of working with pallets is you can make the project basically for free with a little bit of elbow grease. One of the moms got the pallets and dropped them off at my house plus I already had the paint. I ripped apart 1 pallet and then nail gunned 2 of the pieces along the back to secure the boards.
I taped off half the width and half the length to paint the blue part of the flag. The rest of the flag I painted with watered down white paint and painted that on. Another mom spray painted wooden stars that I would glue on after getting the kids handprints.
We used red paint to get a set of handprints from the class including the teachers and a black sharpie for them to sign next to them.
We used red paint to get a set of handprints from the class including the teachers and a black sharpie for them to sign next to them.
I roughly measured out the blue and lined up all the white stars. I used wood glue to adhere them then let the flag dry overnight. I covered it in two coats of water based poly letting it dry for an hour in between coats. In retrospect I probably should have used acrylic red paint since I used water based poly because some of the handprints smudged. Lastly I screwed in hanging brackets and attached a wire between them. I think it turned out well for my first one!
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