Top tip: Fastening your pegs around the edge of a
paper plate and balancing the plate on top of a cup will mean that both sides of
the pegs can be decorated at the same time and the peg won’t accidentally be
stuck closed!
Name pegs
Paint wooden clothes peg in bright colours. Glue on a pre-cut foam letter
(or cut your own). Alternatively print out letters from one of our
alphabets, cut out, laminate and glue on.
Painted pegs
Paint wooden pegs in acrylic paints. We made dotty and stripy patterns.
Heart peg
We painted a peg with acrylic paint and then glued on a foam heart decorated
with glitter glue and a heart sticker. You could use any foam shape that you can
imagine (try our templates for inspiration).
Glitter peg
Paint a wooden peg with PVA (white) glue and tip fine glitter over the top;
shake off any excess. When the peg is dry a coat of acrylic varnish will protect
the glitter.
Sequin peg
Paint a wooden peg with acrylic paint and leave to dry. Use PVA (white) glue
to stick on sequins. When the peg is dry add a coat of acrylic varnish for
protection.
Beaded peg
Paint a wooden peg with acrylic paint and leave to dry. Thread some beads on
to embroidery thread. We used wooden beads but any will do. Tie the ends of the
thread to the peg and paint over the thread with PVA (white) glue to secure.
