easy DIY Pet Art (Full tutorial, video, & PDF)

DIY PET POSTER INSTRUCTIONS

Preparing the Wooden Frame

1. Decide if you would like your framed poster to have a frame with overhang. Take your measuring tape and measure the width of the top of the poster. It should be 18 inches long if you made your poster the same size as the tutorial in the previous lesson. If you decide you want your overhang to be 2 inches on each side, simply take the number 2 and multiply it by 2, which comes to 4. This means you will add 4 inches in total to the length of the frame, coming to a total of 22 inches. Please be aware that most saws will remove 1/8th of an inch.
2. Using your tape measure, measure the entire length of your piece of wood and verify that you have plenty of wood for your frames. In the tutorial, mine is 48 inches. Since I only need 22 inches for each frame ( I will need 4 pieces of wood at 22 inches each), I have more than enough wood.
3. Using your tape measure, measure 22 inches and then mark that spot with your pen.
4. To cut your wood, take your miter saw and place it in front of you, place your wood in the inside of the miter saw box and push the wood all the way to the back of the miter saw box so it is flat against the inside of the box and your mark indicating where to cut is lined up with the open slit. You can also flip your wood vertically if you feel it will be easier to saw, like I did in the tutorial.
5. Remove the guard on the saw, using one hand to hold the miter saw box with the wood, and one hand holding the saw, begin sawing back and forth until the piece of wood is cut. This will take awhile to saw. Your cut piece of wood should be smooth but if you feel it is rough, simply use sandpaper to smooth it down.
6. Repeat the steps for all 4 pieces of wood you need for your frame.
7. Take your poster and arrange it with the wooden frames to visually see if you like the length of the cut wood.

Attaching the Wooden Frame to the Poster

1. Place 1 of the wooden pieces under the end of the poster, verify that you have an even overhand on each side. Place about ½ inch of the poster edge on the wood. 
2. Using either glue or a staple gun, secure the poster to the wood, starting from the middle and moving outwards. Always make sure to smooth the poster as you go to make sure there will be no wrinkles in the final product.
3. Add another piece of wood on top of it, drizzle a strip of glue onto the wooden part of the frame and place  another piece of wood on top. Make sure to line it up so it’s even with the bottom piece of wood and then press it down. 
4. Hold the wood together for 30 to 60 seconds to help the glue to set.
5. Repeat the process of attaching the wood to the other end of the poster.
6. Place wood clamps or heavy objects onto the wooden frames until completely dried. 

Adding the Hooks

1. Measure the top frame of the poster, it should be 22 inches, now divide by 2, which equals 11, now divide by 2 again, which equals 5 ½. 
2. Measure 5 ½ inches on both sides from the end of the frame going inwards. Mark the spot with a pen somewhere it won’t be visible. 
3. Take the frame and hold it vertically, like how it would be hanging, take your eye hook and gently begin to insert it into the top of the wood.
4. Repeat with the second eye hook.

Hanging

1. Make sure the string or rope you have chosen is able to fit through the eye hooks. 
2. Cut one piece of string 2 to 3 feet long.
3. There are multiple ways to hang the poster with the string. You could place the string through the eye hooks and then tie it once. You can also tie it individually to each eye hook. 
4. Now your poster is ready to be hung in your home.