What you'll make
Picture your guests wandering over after the first dance and plucking an iced doughnut straight off the wall, grinning like kids at a school fete. One painted plywood board and a few wooden dowels hold up to 48 doughnuts in tidy, calm rows. About $36 for the whole wall, doughnuts not included.
Materials (per item)
- thin plywood board, 60 x 120 cm · 1 boardthe wall the doughnuts hang on$20.00
- thin wooden sticks (dowels), 6 mm thick · 3 stickscut into 24 pegs for the doughnuts$7.35
- small pot of matt paint in one soft colour · 1 pot (250 ml)two smooth coats on the board$6.90
- wood glue · about 2 tablespoonsholds each peg firmly in its hole$2.18
- DIY cost each$36.43
Tools
- Drill with a 6 mm wood bit
- Small handsaw or sturdy secateurs
- Medium sandpaper (120 grit)
- Small foam roller and tray
- Tape measure
- Pencil
- Damp cloth
- Two offcuts of timber
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