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Collect all required items and let's start!
tesa® Double-sided Tape Universal is a highly versatile self-adhesive tape that is ideal for carpet fixation, handicrafts and home decoration.
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Hang in there - with the self-crafted maritime mobile with paper fish and wooden spheres. Everything is possible with the discreet because transparent tesa Powerstrips® Deco Hooks, because they simply disappear after use.
We need:
- watercolor paper
- watercolor
- watercolor brush
- water
- thin cord
- wooden spheres in different sizes
- driftwood branch
- acrylic paint in turquoise
- brush
- wooden sticks
- scissors
- pencil
- fish template
- thick paper for the stencil
- tesa® double-sided adhesive tape Universal
- tesa Powerstrips® Transparent DECO Hooks LARGE
- tesa® Masking Tape Perfect
How we do it:
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Mask different areas, lengthwise or crosswise, on the wooden spheres, using tesa® Masking Tape Perfect.
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Place the spheres on the wooden sticks and paint the masked areas with acrylic paint. Put to dry in a glass. After drying, remove the masking tape.
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From the thick paper, create a fish stencil using the template. Transfer the outlines of the fish on the watercolor paper and then cut out the fish.
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Moisten the fish with water and paint the edges with the water color.
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Now create the single mobile parts. At various intervals and sequences, string spheres on the cords and apply the fish. Stick a strip of tesa® double-sides adhesive tape Universal to the backside of every second fish and remove the protective film. Slide the wooden spheres on the cord - knot the cord, so that the spheres are fixed.
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Place the cord in the center on the double-sided adhesive tape. Now stick on the second fish. Repeat this procedure until the desired length is reached. Fix the single mobile parts to the driftwood and attach a piece of string in the middle to hang the mobile.
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Thoroughly clean the area, where you wish to apply the tesa Powerstrips® Transparent DECO Hooks LARGE.
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Remove the protective film from the Powerstrip. Apply the Powerstrip and press firmly for 5 seconds.
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Remove the protective foil from the other side
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Stick the hook to the Powerstrip and press firmly for 5 seconds.
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Hang the finished mobile on the hook.
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