Oh Canada

Display your true patriot love with flag wall art made from rough sawn pine, or purchase a canvas flag plaque from Home Hardware. Build it or buy it. You choose. View video.

What you'll Need

• 1" x 12" x 8' rough dressed pine
• BeautiTone Designer Series satin paint
• colours shown: Patriot Love NPC44-3; Snowshoe Hare NPC39-0
• Bristol board 5736-812
• brushes 
• spray adhesive 2020-075
• utility knife 1034-098
• metal edge ruler 1048-075
• fine black marker 5740-468
• painter's tape 1670-131
• picture hanging kit 2352-750

Here’s How

• Cut two 3 FT (1 m) lengths of board then rip in random widths to total 46 cm wide with 3 mm spaces between the boards.
• Cut three straps for the back 12;" x 2" x 18" (13 mm, 5 cm, 46 cm).
• Screw together with 1/8" (3 mm) spaces.

Finishing

• Mask off white centre section of the flag. Paint with brush allowing some of the pine to show through offering an aged, distressed look. Let dry.
• Mask off the red end sections. Paint with brush allowing some of the pine to show through.

Let dry.

• Trace maple leaf stencil on Bristol board with a fine marker.
• Cut the leaf stencil out using a hobby knife and a metal edged ruler.
• Place the stencil in the centre of the flag with spray adhesive.
• Brush the leaf stencil with the red paint, working from the tips of the leaf to the centre, allowing the pine to show through.
• Attach picture hangers.