The letter “J” and “S” you saw here was DIY by us both with a lot of help from some of our bridesmaids and their other halves!
Materials You Need
- 2 Huge TV Carton Box (We used boxes that came with our 40 inches TV and my in-law’s 42 inches TV)
- A whole lot of starch (Corn flour and boiling water, recall how you did it back in primary school!)
- A whole pile of newspaper
- Spray paint or colour paper (more environment friendly method)
- A whole lot of patience
First, we drew the TV Carton Box into the letters we wanted. I found a font which is easy to draw and draft it up there. Then, we cut it with a pen knife. Imagine a 3D pop up letter. This is when your geometry class comes in handy.
We then reused those styrofoam pieces that came with the TV (those that protects the TV) and placed it at an angle where it held all the walls together. If you don’t have enough of those styrofoam, try stuffing them with newspaper. As long as the walls don’t collapse it is fine.
We then put some weight at the bottom of the letters using old magazines which we rolled them up and dumped it at the bottom.
The dreadful process will start here – paper marche. Stick layers and layers of newspaper over and over and over each layer. We were so sick of it we almost gave up.
Go reward yourself with a cup of tea and a few hours of TV while it is trying to air dry itself. Then, spray paint it or cover it in small pieces of color paper which you picked. I’m not sure how many layers you need to spray to cover the newspaper printings but we only did it once and it looks really dreadful.
Conclusion: The whole surface was rough and popping up! We can even see the newspaper printing! Looking back, I’m not sure if I will do it again. I think we overdid the DIY part for our wedding but it turned out to be a nice prop for photo (from really far away!). I don’t know what made me jump into it but it was crazy. The worst thing? We couldn’t take any pictures up close because it was horrid. HAH.
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