Before the clock strikes midnight

Hello DIY lovers!

Today I would like to share one of my favorite projects. I really enjoyed working on it...plus it turned out to be really simple.

I found the inspiration for it in „Makery“, the DIY book I'dgotten for my birthday last year. It was the one thing that really caught my eye, and as soon as I've seen it, I thought of one of my friends and how good something like this would look in her apartment.

So here it is, my own version of a felt cuckoo clock.

Supplies:

- thick felt (brown and some lighter color)

- wooden board

- clock mechanism

- wool

- cotton balls

- hook for hanging pictures

- scissors

- hot glue gun

Step 1: Shape a house out of a brown felt. I had to use two pieces because one wasn't big enough for a house that would cover the whole wooden board. I just cut off a part of the first piece turning it into the shape of a square. Then I placed the second piece horizontally and used the board as a guide for cutting out a roof. Finally, I cut out the hole where the clock mechanism will go.

Step 2: Make the leaves and a cuckoo bird out of a contrasting piece of felt. First, I drew the leaves and a bird on a piece of paper and cut the shapes out. Then I placed them on the yellow felt, traced the shapes with a pen and cut them out.

Step 3: Prepare the rest of the little pieces you may need. I made a pendulum out of wool and two cotton balls that I covered with the wool. I used the wool for some other details on the clock as well.

Step 4: Now that you prepared all the pieces you just need to put everything together. I just simply glued two pieces of the house on the wooden board and then glued all the little pieces on the house. (Note: I bought a board that already had a hole where the clock mechanism had to come. If your board doesn't have a hole, you'll need to drill one.)

Step 5: Assemble the clock mechanism by following the instructions on the package. Some mechanisms have the hook which can be used to hang the clock on the wall. This one doesn't so I glued the separate hook on the back of the clock...and that's it!

The clock is happily hanging on my friend's wall. :)