Clocks don't just tell the time and keep us from staying up late - they can also serve as impressive works of art to decorate our homes.
A beautiful and ornate watch may be too expensive, but there are many ways to make your own watch. All you need is a little time, creativity and motivation to get started, and you can create something completely different, something that no one else has, a thing that has no analogues in the world.
Floating wall clock
Collect all required material. To create a floating clock you will need the following tools:
- adhesive putty;
- wooden numbers from 1 to 12;
- 4 different sheets of scrapbook paper;
- glue;
- knife;
- set of clock mechanisms.
Wooden numbers can be purchased at a craft store, or you can cut them yourself. A set of clock mechanisms can be purchased in specialized stores; they are inexpensive. Search the Internet, you will find several of them. You can use a mechanism with hands from an old clock that you have in your house or gathering dust somewhere in the attic.
Wooden numbers will look more interesting in different fonts and sizes. You can varnish the wooden numbers or glue on scrapbooking paper and then varnish. An interesting effect can be achieved if you spray the numbers with metallic silver paint.
Set the clock. The clock will be about 60cm wide, so choose a location to mount it where you have plenty of space. Once you have chosen a location, use a ruler to determine the center of the spot. This is where you will hang the clock mechanism.
Secure the clock mechanism to the wall using adhesive putty. This piece looks great when placed above a mantel or low cabinet.
Decide where you will hang the numbers. Use a ruler to measure 30 centimeters directly from the top of the clock. Mark this spot with a pencil. This is where you will hang number 12. Measure 30 centimeters to the right of the clock and mark it with a pencil. This is where you will hang number 3. Measure 30 centimeters below your clock and mark it with a pencil. This is where you will hang number 6. Measure 30 centimeters to the left of the clock and mark it with a pencil. This is where you will hang number 9.
Hang the numbers and set the clock. Use adhesive putty to hang 12, 3, 6 and 9 onto the pre-designated pencil spots. You can then use a ruler and pencil in the space and mark where the rest of the numbers will remain.
Use adhesive putty to hang the remaining numbers. The adhesive putty is easy to remove, so if you need to customize the placement of the number, you can easily remove it from the wall and reinstall it in another location. Insert the batteries into the clock mechanism and set it to the correct time.
Watch “Rainbow”
Know that recycling old items has great value to preserve our nature. And if you learn to recycle things instead of throwing them away and polluting them environment- it will be wonderful.
An additional bonus will be saving money and the opportunity to make a great gift for your loved ones. Try making this watch from recycled items. Let's look at how to make a wall clock with your own hands using popsicle sticks.
What you need:
- 12 ice cream sticks;
- Watch mechanism;
- Styrofoam;
- 1 sheet of plywood;
- fabric or acrylic paints;
- glue.
Progress:
- Paint popsicle sticks rainbow colors. Line them up on the wall and mark the line with a ruler. This is done to determine how much space you need to insert the numbers.
- Cut a circle with a diameter of 5 centimeters from foam. Draw numbers on it with a pencil. Then you need to paint the circles with acrylic paints.
- Shape the face of the clock. Make a circle out of a sheet of plywood and paint it with white paint. Take a ruler and divide the circle into 12 parts. Drill a hole (you can use a large nail if you don't have a drill).
- Apply glue. Lightly spread glue along the line on the right side of the clock and stick.
- Now all you have to do is stick the numbers on. Add a clock mechanism and you're done!
Instead of popsicle sticks, you can use buttons and barbecue sticks or felt that you can cut out flowers from. Use any available material - it could be fragments of broken children's toys, etc. Remember that you can create a masterpiece from garbage and help nature.
Clock from photographs
Enough original idea make a watch with your own hands from portraits of loved ones, which can become a true decoration of your interior.
To make these original watch, you will need the following materials:
- 2 sheets of 18x24 newsprint or poster paper;
- scotch;
- pencil;
- 12 photo frames size 2x3;
- 12 photographs, size 2x3;
- Watch mechanism;
- ruler;
- sheet of cardboard size 8.5 x11;
- scissors;
- insulating tape;
- hammer;
- nails.
Lay out the hours. Place two sheets of newsprint or poster paper on the floor, then attach them to each other with tape. Place the clock mechanism kit in the center of the sheets and then place the photo frames around the clock movement.
Experiment with frames, placing some horizontally and some vertically. Play with the layout until you find a design that works best for you.
When you are satisfied with the result, use a pencil to draw the outlines of the photo frames on a piece of paper.
Insert photos into frames. Choose the best photos for this project. Try to come up with a theme and choose twelve paintings that fit that theme. For example, choose pictures of twelve of your vacation spots. Or choose twelve different photos from key events in your life or relationship with your partner.
Attach the clock mechanism. Use a pencil, ruler and scissors to cut the cardstock into a square or rectangle. It should be large enough to cover the clock mechanism.
If the clock mechanism is small, cut cardboard to size 3.25 x 3.75 - the same size as the picture frames. Cut a hole in the center of the cardboard. It will be located here metal part watch mechanism, attach it. Use a piece of cardboard instead of a "dial".
Find an empty wall where you can hang a wall clock. Attach your paper blanks to the wall with tape and nail the photo frames. Make sure they match the pattern of the dial.
After you finish hammering, remove the newsprint from the wall. The nails should stay in place and the paper should slide out easily.
Button watch
Such a clock will look quite original and give the room more comfort. Take a hoop, buttons, don’t forget about the clock mechanism, stock up on braid and fabric in the colors you need.
The fabric should be well secured to the hoop, the edges should be trimmed so that they do not protrude beyond the mold. This will be your dial, naturally you need to make numbers for it. To do this, sew the buttons in the order in which the numbers are located on the dial.
Make a hole in the center so you can attach the clock mechanism. And for the clock to hang beautifully on the wall, you need to hang it. To do this, take a ribbon, attach it to a hoop, and then hang it on a nail on the wall.
Other creative ideas
As you can see, you can create a lot of interesting things from scrap materials. You can use halves of a globe or wooden spools for winding cables. Needlewomen can create this piece of furniture from a lace napkin or knit a cover with threads.
Children will be interested in having a clock made of lollipops or candies in their room. A product made from vinyl records will fit perfectly into an interior in the Art Nouveau style. Form vinyl record can be easily changed by heating it. You can also paint the vinyl record acrylic paint and then your product will take on an absolutely incredible shape.
And if you take a sawn-off one as a dial wooden circle, then you can place a wooden clock in any room.
A great idea is a cardboard clock in the form of a picture or map of the area or a grandfather clock. You can also take old unnecessary mechanisms and make a clock for your kitchen, decorating it with scrapbooking paper or coffee beans. Even if you have nothing in the house, you can buy cutting board for the kitchen and create a clock from it. And the decoupage technique will help you decorate the board and turn it into a true masterpiece.
Feel like a real designer, create your own projects, decorate the space of your home and bring joy to your friends!
Hello! Remember, as you taught your kids about time, that it can be measured using seconds, minutes, etc.; and that there is a special device for this. Or perhaps you still have to tell your little ones about all this? Then I will suggest one very effective method. Together we need to make a clock with our own hands for children from cardboard. You can devote your working time to telling a story about short seconds, minutes rushing forward, and such huge hours that seem to last forever, especially for kids. Yes and creative work will not remain without a trace, the little ones develop by doing it.
Ideas
What to hide for modern man no matter how big or how small, the wrapper is important. Even the same candy may seem tastier if it is wrapped in a candy wrapper with your favorite movie character, rather than in parchment. Therefore, the learning process should be packaged in a beautiful wrapper: use your favorite Lego men, cars, stickers, printouts super heroes, everything your child likes, what he is ready to look at for hours, what he is even ready to sleep with.
Or even make it in the form of a wrist bracelet; I think kids will also appreciate this option.
Regarding the teaching system, choose the one that you think is more understandable to your child and which you can teach “without stuttering.” Some people make watches like real ones without minutes, others hide the minutes under a leaf so they can “peep.” Someone, on the contrary, makes a double dial, where both the hours and minutes are clearly visible, and even the hands move in their own circle, clearly pointing to the number. And someone makes a clock with the task of sticking the corresponding number of minutes on Velcro, and even below you can put in separate numbers what happened (for example, 10:30). Of course, it is more convenient to make such watches with Velcro from felt, although Velcro can also be glued onto cardboard. The main idea!
Or you can improve your regular home clock by sticking minutes in a circle for quick learning.
In a word, what are we still talking about? It's time to get down to business! We have a universal, basic master class coming up that you can take as a basis for your idea.
Step-by-step instructions for making a clock from cardboard
Now we will try together do under the tree. But first, just a few words about the tools we will use to make, and the children’s possible help.
A few important points:
- We have to cut out blanks from paper, and for this we will need sharp scissors. If you have scissors with rounded edges, then this part of the work can be entrusted to the baby. Otherwise, it’s better, or rather safer, to do it yourself.
- To fasten the arrows on the structure, we again need a sharp object: either nail scissors with sharp edges, or a nail. Only 3 holes. But safety is more important. If the baby asks, of course, you can entrust the work, but only with your safety net.
- Decide how much robust construction you plan to do. Perhaps one sheet of cardboard will not be enough. Then use a base. A layer of thick packaging cardboard, or a few additional regular balls, will serve as the base.
- The last thing is how you will draw, or rather, with what. If you use a compass, then you already have the middle marked, and that’s good. But it is dangerous because of the sharp edge. You can draw it by tracing a plate, cup or bowl around the counter. In this case, we determine the middle using two perpendicular lines. Or, even simpler, bend one of the circles (preferably not the very first one, in order to maintain its attractive appearance) in half twice. The bend point is the middle.
Now we are completely ready! Forward!
Hours and minutes - MK
A cork round hot stand was chosen as the basis for the watch. But you can get by with corrugated cardboard.
Step-by-step photos of production:
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Classic and modern watches made of solid wood with oak veneer, from natural elements in combination with black glass, chrome and plastic will become an excellent element of interior decor modern house. You can choose from several options: with different amounts shooter, from different materials, different sizes and shapes arranged vertically or horizontally, additionally decorated various decor. The choice of options is simply huge. The watch is very important element interior, because they not only have a clear practical function, but can also become the main decoration of the walls.
They can be hung in any room, but when we buy models for the bedroom, it is worth listening to them so that they do not tick too noisily. This sound can be disturbing and wake you up in the silence of the night.
The choice of dial design is extremely important for interior design. For original options It is worth allocating a place on the wall with plain wallpaper or plaster. In the kitchen, they should be placed away from the stove to avoid getting grease and dirt on them.
Time will tell such a wonderful item for interior decor and will remind you of the most beautiful moments, which you captured in photographs, and will also contain photographs of family and friends. They are an ideal gadget for sentimental people and their family.
This is an ingenious solution - a watch under photographs. They can be equipped with colored frames in which you can place your favorite photographs, sayings or pictures. Their interesting design fits almost any interior. If you are looking for a gift for owners new apartment, in case of a wedding or any other occasion, or are looking for a way to decorate an empty wall, this option will be ideal solution. This decor is brilliant, original and practical!
The clock from the photographs on the wall attracts attention at first glance:
- colored or chrome photo frames;
- unique interior decoration;
- beauty;
- practicality.
There is an option that is sold as individual elements with dial. You will paste each division yourself, and insert your favorite photographs into the finished frames. Made in a minimalist style, they will be perfectly presented in the design of a modern living room in an apartment.
They can be glued to a wall, glass, furniture - wherever your imagination tells you. The watch is supplied in parts for self-assembly. Separate dial and magnetic photo frames. The mechanism is quartz. Realization - metal. A template is supplied with the mechanism and hands to facilitate even distribution of the individual elements.
Such original item You can do the decor yourself. To make a wall clock from photographs with your own hands, you will need to purchase a wall clock with a minute and hour hand, be patient and have good shots. First you need to drill a hole in the wall for the dowel and place the clock mechanism.
To make a clock with photographs, you need to carefully make markings on the wall, outlining the 12 digits of the dial. Next we turn on our imagination. You can simply post 12 of your favorite pictures.
For a children's room, you can use photographs on the clock of the 12 first months of the baby's life; such a clock will clearly show how your baby has grown and what successes he has achieved every month. They symbolize the fleetingness of time and the first thought of the guests will be: “how quickly time has passed.” Parents and grandparents of the baby will love this sentimental decor.
Thus, using a simple and inexpensive clock mechanism, which you can easily buy in a store, you can make a completely unique decorative item for the interior of your home. At the same time, it does not look cheap and simple, but very original and stylish. It will suit many styles; we can say that it is universal. When making it, you realize your Creative skills, which brings a lot of joy and satisfaction.
Now, in order to remember the most pleasant moments in life, you don’t need to take out an album from the closet; photographs are always in front of you, and in addition to aesthetic satisfaction, they bring practical benefits. It is unlikely that your guests will remain indifferent to your creation, most likely they will ask you to tell them how to do it in order to also decorate their home.
You don’t need to know the clock mechanism at all to make original ones. DIY wall clock. In any home there will be broken clocks and inexpensive alarm clocks made in China. From all this wealth you can create original and useful decorations for the interior with your own hands.
WHY ARE WALL CLOCKS SO INTERESTING?
Clocks are a kind of conductor of the mysterious invisible, but felt by everyone energy called Time. Therefore, in the human mind, watches also carry a charge of something mystical. Clocks have an interesting, inexplicable property of speeding up or slowing down as they please. People will always be partial to watches and the Time they personify.
How to make a wall clock with your own hands?
Check out these interesting design solutions. The photo shows that creating an original wall clock with your own hands is quite possible for a simple housewife. As design solutions, such handmade watches will be the brightest and most attractive place in your interior!
Here we should assume that the dial can be anything. The main thing is that such watches must be beautiful and, like design objects, must convey some idea.
Creative thought, given direction, is very fruitful. Once you feel like a designer, you will feel like a designer forever. And such a fertile direction as the creation of original wall clock with your own hands is simply inexhaustible.
Here is a photo of a dial made from the lid of a large wooden reel on which cables used to be wound. Here the designer saw precisely the interesting texture of the lid as a circle, without paying attention to the main purpose of the item. Stenciled inscriptions and a metal overlay on the bobbin hole perfectly emphasize the idea of a dial made of wooden strips.
A clock made from halves of a globe requires quite a lot of space, but looks amazing. Such composition watches are suitable for and will give the spirit of travel. By the way, such a watch may be well suited for a travel agency.
Wall clocks create something homey, similar to grandma’s chest...
And a ball clock with rounded hands is real car time.
Wall clock-picture and the following image, a clock made of draped unusual material flat surface may be suitable for the living room and hall...
Interesting color scheme visually hides the hands on the clock, and the clock-map will allow you to travel around some country. Additionally, you can specify a lot of different data and check the boxes of the places where you have been. Very original design solution for a DIY wall clock.
But these laconic watches in the form chessboard fit well into the strict style of a living room, office or library.
Hours from tin can- this is of course for the kitchen. On the following photos It is clearly seen that even such an abstract thing as a clock spring can be a decorative item.
Very interesting solution make the dial from a cut of wood, and the hands from twigs.
Figures cut from old gramophone records can be distinguished in separate species creativity. They themselves are very creative and have the right to life. But combined with the idea of time indicators it’s just great!
DIY wall clock design
People very often, having become accustomed to a certain environment, do not dare to make even the slightest changes to it. And this static nature is so contrary to the creative spirit sitting in each of us. Try to change this static, start with an original handmade wall clock.
Wall clocks are a very practical interior detail. In the kitchen, they make it possible to keep track of time without being distracted from cooking or turning on the phone for this (especially since your hands may be covered in flour, oil or something else while cooking). Located in the room, they allow you to quickly find out the time without reaching into your pocket for your mobile phone. Eco-style lovers can make a watch out of wood with their own hands.
What are the benefits of wooden watches?
Wood is a special material, objects made from it have a number of advantages:
- Naturalness.
- Low cost(provided that the product is made by hand, because processing by a craftsman is often quite expensive, especially if it is an individual order).
- Originality. Many people like to look at interior items from natural wood, however, not everyone decides to keep such things in their home.
Clocks made from juniper or other healing tree, will disinfect the air. To do this, they should not be varnished. The look will be more natural if you carefully rub the sandpaper over the surface.
If you make a clock from a cut tree with your own hands, you can leave a layer of bark. This will give the product a more natural look.
How to choose a tree
The first step is to decide on the type. Will it be linden, soft enough and easy to process, hard oak or healing juniper? You can choose what is easier to get or buy, and then cover it with stain to suit the desired look.
After selecting the type, you should find suitable material. There are several possible options in this matter:
- You can purchase ready-made sawn timber at a sawmill, in souvenir or specialized stores, or via the Internet.
- Make it yourself if you have a suitable stump or log, a chainsaw and the ability to use it.
- Wait until the annual sanitary inspections are carried out and ask the workers to cut off the required piece. Or take a whole block of wood from them and continue to act in accordance with paragraph 2.
How to prepare material
Before making a wooden clock with your own hands, you should spend time preparing for work. Once the material is found, it should be left in a dry place for two weeks to dry. This is not necessary if the cut was purchased in a store, but even wood purchased at a sawmill can be damp. If the material was taken from freshly cut trees, the moisture level in it is many times higher than permissible. Such a workpiece, not previously dried, should not be used.
If you neglect to dry the wood, cracks may form in the finished watch. In the worst case, the saw will split, and all the work done will be ruined, and you will have to start all over again.
Materials and tools
There is nothing difficult in making a wooden watch with your own hands if you have high-quality raw materials and tools. What you need to prepare before you start:
- Dry sleep.
- Watch mechanism (you can disassemble old ones or buy cheap ones).
- Paint or a burning device (if you plan to burn the numbers rather than paint them).
- Scissors.
- Electrical tape or paper
- Hot glue gun.
- Fine-grit sandpaper or sander.
- Hammer and chisel.
You can avoid an unpleasant situation when, during the work process, it suddenly turns out that something is missing, if you make a list of what you need in advance and check it.
How to make a clock out of wood with your own hands
In order not to complicate your life by sanding the cut or preparing the dial after installing the mechanism, it is important to follow correct sequence actions:
- Drill a hole for the arrows in the center of the cut.
- Use a chisel and hammer to make a recess for the mechanism with reverse side.
- Process the dial and recess sandpaper or a grinding machine.
- Install the mechanism, attach it with electrical tape and secure the box in which it is located using a heat gun.
- Draw or burn numbers on the dial.
- Set arrows.
- Install the mount on the reverse side so that the clock can be hung on the wall.
Without spending too much time and effort, you can make a clock out of wood with your own hands. An item made by hand in a single copy looks much more interesting than a mass-produced product.
Variety of wooden clocks
A watch made from sawn wood is one of the simplest options. By analogy with them, it can be made not from a transverse, but from a longitudinal die. The product will turn out irregular shape, therefore it is important to select the material so that the longitudinal section has a beautiful shape.
There are many options on how to do it beautiful watch made of wood. Wall-mounted, with your own hands, made for yourself or as a gift, they will delight their owners for a long time.
Possible design options for wooden clocks:
- Cut out furniture board the basis of the desired shape.
- Make non-standard symbols for numbers. For example, in the form of coins or wooden balls. You can do without numbers and their designations completely
- Take a lot of thin dies or wooden rulers, fasten them so that you get a volumetric circle with a thickness equal to the short side of the dies. You will get an original dial.
- You can use birch bark, stretched in a frame of beautiful branches cleared of bark, as a dial.
Craftsmen can make more complex wooden watches with their own hands.
Mechanism drawings can be found on the Internet on specialized resources. In order to create such models, you must have certain experience and skills. More simple options, described above, can be done by anyone with such a desire and a little patience.