Children's Crafts: Velcro-Ball Dartboard Supplies

Series Summary

One of the easiest ways to introduce your child to the world of artistic exploration is to allow them the freedom to initiate and participate in their very own arts and crafts projects. One very simple but truly fun project for children and adults is the creation of a Velcro-ball dartboard using a variety of art supplies and, naturally, creative vision! Parents who are drawn to such timeless and innovative hobbies as scrap-booking and homemade frame-making will delight in the project featured in this series. Your kids will love creating their own designs and watching their mind's eye create something for friends and family, and you will open your creative spirit wide as you help your child discover their artistic potential. In this free arts and crafts video series, make a Velcro-ball dartboard. Velcro-ball darts won't cause harm or poke eyes out. See how to make the back of the dartboard, surrounding felt layers and use ribbon to hang the dartboard on the wall. What good is a dartboard without darts? Learn how to make Velcro-ball darts with Styrofoam balls and put finishing decorative touches on the dartboard.

Video Transcript

"Let's see the supplies we're going to need to make our Velcro dartboard. We're going to need a cardboard box or any type of hard, flat surface that we can cut around and make for the back of the dartboard. This is where the cloth is going to sit, and we're going to cover it with the first layer of cloth and then put the additional layers of cloth on top. And this is going to be the actual dartboard. If we're going to be cutting it to the shape that we want, it's easier to use some type of cardboard carton, anything to that nature. We're going to need some pieces of felt. There will be felt that we're going to need to cover the dartboard. Each ring on the dartboard is going to be in a different color, just to make it look nice. So we're going to need some different colors of felt. We're also going to need some type of all purpose glue. I'm using a rubber cement type of glue, which works really well. We're going to need scissors, and also a marker and a pencil just for making our outline when we cut the felt, and also on the cardboard. We're going to need some Styrofoam balls that are four centimeters in diameter. And that would mean about an inch and three quarters in diameter, or if you're going all the way around it would be around three and a half inches. And we're also going to use some masking tape. We're going to need a strip of Velcro, but not the felt side of the Velcro, but rather the sticky side of the Velcro. That's going to be used to cover the ball that it will be able to stick to the dartboard. We're going to be using some ribbon that will be used to hang the dartboard. And we'll also need three sizes of a circular shape to cut our felt and to cover the dartboard, so we're going to use a glass, a bowl, and a small plate, each having a different circumference that will give us a different size of the felt. And these are the supplies that we're going to use today to make our Velcro dartboard."