marie cecchini Bronze Post Medal for All Time! 204 Posts
April 13, 2007
Choose colors to match your decor and make beautiful switch plates for every room in your house. Make extra ones for special gifts.
Crafting Time: 15 - 30 minutes
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What You Need:
plastic switch plate cover
1/2 a yard of green 1/4 inch ribbon
1/2 a yard of pink 3/8 inch ribbon
scissors
craft glue
two small silk flowers, pink and white
Directions:
Cut 4 pieces of green ribbon, each about 1 inch wider than the switch plate. Cut 2 pieces of pink ribbon about 1 inch longer that the switch plate.
Glue one of the pink pieces vertically to the plate along the left side of the switch opening. Glue two green pieces horizontally across the plate, placing one above the screw hole at the top, and the other below the screw hole at the bottom.
Glue the second pink piece vertically to the switch plate to the left side of the first pink piece. Glue the two remaining green pieces horizontally across the plate, placing one above the ribbon at the top and one below the ribbon at the bottom.
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Glue all ribbon ends around to the back of the switch plate. Trim the ribbon ends at the back of the plate.
Glue two small silk flowers to the top of the switch plate where the ribbon colors intersect. Allow all glue to dry.
I have been cleaning one of our junky drawers in the dining room. Among the interesting things I found in there was this light switch plate, and a stamp from a toy long forgot.
Have fun decorating the switch covers in your home. One idea is to paint a Picasso-like image on them. This is a page about making a Picasso light switch plate cover.
