Then I did a few extra coats of stain on the spots with ink on them and it covered them well. I used nail polish remover to take off some of the ink before staining them.
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It took about three hours to stain all the pieces well, but I did it when my son was in school and my daughter was at my mom’s house, so I was able to take my time and also clear some TV shows off of my DVR! One thing to note: most commercial wood is stamped, so about a third of the pieces had a stamp on them. With the crazy humidity in New Orleans, waterproofing the wood was a priority! To stain the pieces, I rolled some paper onto my kitchen table. If I did it again, I might have used another color stain, but I liked that this product would stain, seal, and waterproof the wood all in one step. I used Thompson’s WaterSeal Waterproofing stain in Acorn Brown. The dads who sanded ours did a great job rounding out the ends of each piece too so we don’t have any sharp corners. This is important because if the ends aren’t sanded down properly sap can start coming out of them. Step 1: Cut each 2×4 into (9) 10.5″ pieces so you have 54 pieces total. Things to bring with you to when working with the kids: stamps, post-its, pencils, and baby wipes.Clear acrylic spray for sealing the blocks (We used 4 cans of Tree House Studio Clear Acrylic Matte Coating.).Paint markers and sharpies for decorating (1 per color).Pigment stamps or acrylic paint for fingerprints (2 sets of stamps if you are working with another parent).Paint (We used exterior paint with primer, but outdoor acrylic paint would work just as well.).Sandpaper (our dads used a sanding machine).Here’s how the project came together: Supplies We crossed our fingers hoping that some other parents in our class would be handy with woodworking and, luckily, two of the class dads agreed to cut and sand ALL of the wooden pieces for us. Our first choice for the project was a giant jenga set decorated with the kids’ fingerprints. Earlier this year, I met with the other Room Parent for the class and we decided we wanted to something for the backyard. One of the responsibilities of the Room Parents is to create a class project to be auctioned off at the school’s big fundraising gala. I am one of the Room Parents for my son’s Pre-K class.
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