How to Make a "Dream Board"

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How to Make a "Dream Board"

Make a beautiful work of art to hang in your room reminding you of your aspirations and to never give up!

Sami Zimmerman

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Step 1 of 8

Start off with a plain cork board (or a thick poster board). I painted the framework on mine white to personalize it and make it fun!

Step 2 of 8

I cut out the letters for "dream" using different pages in magazines. Anything with a cool background or fun colors works. Just stencil it and cut!

Step 3 of 8

Print out pictures that represent your goals. You can also add in your favorite quotes and photographs! I'm waiting till I have everything to put it all together.

Step 4 of 8

Glue the thumb tacks onto your flowers (or any other decorative item you have) using tacky glue or a hot glue gun. This way you can add and move them around easily with no fuss.

Step 5 of 8

Accumulate old necklaces, headbands, earrings, ribbons, etc to put on your board. Be creative with it!

Step 6 of 8

Start laying out where you want your pictures to go so you have an idea of what you want. Ex: You could have the "dream" letters vertically, horizontal, diagonal, etc.

Step 7 of 8

Finally, thumb tack your pictures onto the board. I overlap them a little bit, and then pin them where they overlap to save tacks. When you are done pinning, feel free to add your decorations!

Step 8 of 8

Your board is done and ready to inspire! :)

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Sami Zimmerman

Cross Plains, Wisconsin

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Cork/poster board

Magazines

Decorative objects (flowers, old necklaces)

Thumb tacks

Glue

Scissors

Your imagination!

I love this idea! Great job Hun! Me & my older sisters used to make collages w mag pics & other special things & put them in a picture frame under the glass which was so fun but I love the 3D of this idea :-) very inspiring!!! God Bless!

Jennifer Jenkins 6 months ago

Cute this has helped me get A's in school -take care 😊

Kayla Dillinger 11 months ago

Oh, I've never seen that! I'll have to check it out. My board was inspired by one I saw in a magazine.

Sami Zimmerman (author) 11 months ago

Oh I remember why this is familiar! When i was watching LRW i saw MrsBrown make something similar, except she did it by using some scrap color in the background towards the middle with a little board showing

Marie-Anne B 11 months ago