How to Create a Honeycomb Hexagon Personalized Shelf

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Honeycomb Hexagon Personalized Shelf - truck motif shelf with a toy inside

Make several of these hexagon shelves and hang them in a honeycomb pattern in an office or hallway. This is a page about how to create a honeycomb hexagon personalized shelf.

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Honeycomb Hexagon Personalized Shelf

By 15mhhm15 [959 Posts, 2,274 Comments]

June 16, 2017

Honeycomb hexagon shelves are very popular and trendy right now. On handcrafted websites these hexagon shelves range anywhere from $15+ and up for regular plain ones. They are more expensive if you want them to be personalized. I purchased this plain hexagon wooden shelf at Target for $7. The method I am showing you would be cute and ideal for a baby, toddler, or child's room.

Total Time: 45 minutes

Yield: As many as you want

Supplies:

hexagon wooden shelf
Mod Podge
foam brush
paint
paint brush
scrap paper
paper
masking tape
pencil
scissors

Steps:

Using a white piece of paper trace the hexagon base as your template. You will continue to trim your template until the white paper fits the base. Once you have your template, trace onto your choice of paper and cut it out.

Honeycomb Hexagon Personalized Shelf - use a piece of paper to make template

Honeycomb Hexagon Personalized Shelf - trace around the hexagon shelf

Honeycomb Hexagon Personalized Shelf - pattern will be used to cut decorative paper for inside the shelf

Honeycomb Hexagon Personalized Shelf - check fit paper - car and truck motif paper inside the hexagon

Honeycomb Hexagon Personalized Shelf - other optional paper

To add more personalized features, I used masking tape around the trim on the inside and outside, so I can paint the top of the hexagon, red. Allow paint to dry for a 5-10 minutes.

Honeycomb Hexagon Personalized Shelf - using masking or painter's tape around the inside of the shelf

Honeycomb Hexagon Personalized Shelf - and the outside

Honeycomb Hexagon -Personalized Shelf - paint the edge

Ready to mod podge your paper down to the base. Apply mod podge on the base and on top of your paper. Allow to dry. Remove tape.

Honeycomb Hexagon Personalized Shelf - use Mod Podge to stick paper down and then apply to surface of the paper

Honeycomb Hexagon Personalized Shelf - allow to dry

Honeycomb Hexagon Personalized Shelf - remove tape

Once dried, you are ready to display items you child wants inside and you can hang on the wall (which I will be doing later).

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