Moss Cork Board DIY

Friday, March 4, 2022

Moss Cork Board DIY

Last spring I was working to clean, pack and organize for our upcoming move (fall 2021), as well as working on a ton of projects for our new home. One of my goals is to have an outdoor 'garden' shed where I can store all of my faux florals and I want to decorate the interior with a garden theme. This moss covered cork board will fit right in, check out how easy it was to put together:

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Anytime I run into Walmart I always check out the clearance aisle. They had some bags of moss available, but it wasn't the real or even realistic looking kind, it was more like Easter basket grass. The packages however had this really cool craft idea where someone had taken the grass and covered a cork board. I thought, "Neat idea, but would look way better with sheet moss" and kept shopping.

Fast forward to later that week when I was out at garage sales and I found a huge grocery bag of the sheet moss you see here for only $1. I was excited because I had several more faux flower pots that I wanted to put together and really needed more moss. I went home and was working on this when I remembered the Walmart craft project and *ding* thought "Hey I can do that now!"

So even though I was in the middle of one project, I ran to find a frame and started a second project!

You can click here to read about those flower pots.

Side Note: If you look in the background of the photo you can see that my china cabinet is full of faux potted plant (I had already emptied and packed the cabinet contents, and was using it as temporary storage). In prep for the new house I wanted to have faux plants for every season that I could switch out as I change decor. We have since moved, but it's only been about 4 months now that we have lived in the new home. I'm still waiting on that garden shed, but it's one of my goals for this summer! In the mean time I am really enjoying all of the crafty prep work that I did and currently have faux spring plants all over 😍

Now on to that cork board:

Starting with a cardboard backed poster frame I took out the acrylic 'glass'. Since it was scratched up I tossed it out, but you might be able recycle it for another creative project if it's in good condition.

Using some acrylic paint I changed the color of the frame so it looked more like Terra Cotta. If I remember correctly, this color is cinnamon.

(You can find similar poster frames, sheet moss and acrylic paint on Amazon)

Making sure to keep the hanging hardware in place, I glued the sheet moss down to the front of the cardboard with hot glue. This was super easy to do even when the moss had to be cut (my sheets weren't big enough to cover the entirety and I had to use more than one piece). Just butt the pieces up close together and they blend right in 😎