Xylophone Wall Art

As  a Season 1 winner of American Crafters one of the prizes was 
this Vintage Toy Xylophone from Oopsee Daisies!

This toy will be going in my son's room in a music area I have planned 
{I've yet to start my son's room}
I decided to make some  matching wall art for this area using the leftover shims from my sunburst mirror.

 I marked a shim using the xylophone as my guide.

 The hubby FINALLY showed me how to use his saw and I proudly make ALL the cuts by myself!! I stacked 2 shims and made two sets.

 We had a few leftover cedar fence slats and I cut one using the toy as a guide.

 I had all the perfect colors in my craft paint stash!

 Oh I LOVE all the bright  fun COLORS!

 I used some small nails and just hammered til the 2 boards where connected....

this gives more of the xylophone look plus the 
shims will split if you hammer to far without pre drilling.

To hang my art...I used a hammer and nail to make a hole...
then pulled my bailing wire thru the back.....
I wrapped it around the end of my pliers..

 and pressed it to my board.....

 then in some areas of the wire I wrapped it around a pen to give it that cute swirly look....

Oh isn't it A.D.O.R.A.B.L.E. !! 

I think this would be the perfect gift for a music teacher and I have added it to my Etsy Shop! 

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