Christmas Card DIY Ideas: Skateboard Card

 


DIY Skateboard Card

 

 

Backstory:

 

I'm getting kind of conceptual about my Christmas cards this year, so I made this skateboard card for my brother. 

One of his main hobbies is skateboarding. A few years back we went to the beach as a family and we went to a skate shop and bought everything we needed to build a skateboard. We built my skateboard together and it is truly a beautiful sight to behold: Morbid grip tape in the front; batman in the back. It was a really good experience despite the fact I can't ride it. 

Listen, I could only manage to keep the good health insurance for 3 months. I can't afford to be hurt. I know I can't fix a broken limb with duck tape and a stick. I'm 31 and know that aches can last a lifetime. But it's a dream I am still hanging onto: Being able to skate with my bro more often. 

As for now I skate like I fear death as well as those tiny, seemingly imperceptible rocks that can send me flying off the board and into bloody debt.  

 

All of this aside, Here is how I made it!



Instructions:

 

Step 1: Cut out an oval skateboard shape in a piece of textured construction paper. I textured the top using a dark grey colored pencil with light sweeps to bring out the texture of the paper. I also used a metallic marker to draw the screws (there are often four for each axle) and drew the philips head top in with a gel pen.


Step 2: Trace the shape onto a thicker piece of construction paper to add sturdiness if necessary. Cut this piece out and stick them together using monoadhesive or double sided tape. Cut around the edges to eliminate any uneven edges.


Step 3: Bend the ends of the board upwards until the stay gently curved upwards.


Step 4: To make the axles I took some light grey construction paper that was pretty sturdy and cut rectangles which were about 2 inches wide and about 1 inch less than the width of the board. Then I folded those in half so that it was one inch, and cut out the center on the open side to create the axle shape. 


Step 5: Mark where you will attach the axles with a line on the board, then draw any design or message you would like to be on the bottom of the board. 


Step 6: After you have completed your design on the bottom of the board, attach the axles by the pointed side with tape, allowing the open ends to flare out so that they can hold our "wheels." I just used tape on both sides of each axle to secure them to the board. 



 



Step 7: I used tootsie rolls as wheels. I cut off a bit of one end of each one, the side which would face outwards, and then taped them to the axles.
 

 

 

 

 

Step 8: Now you have a radical board to give to someone radical. Bask in the glow of your crafty accomplishments. Bask! Bask harder!

 

  



 Mine has a little pipe cleaner spider on it. But that is a DIY for another day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tootsie Rolls (they are gluten free and nut free, but they are not vegan or dairy free!) 

 

Monoadhesive (a king among craft supplies.)


Double Sided Tape (In case you are just not ready for the monoadhesive type of investment.)

 

Glitter Paper to symbolize grip tape. 

 

Textured Neutral Cardstock is another grip tape option. If you use this you likely will not need to use a pencil to bring out the texture. This is very textured.

 

Assorted Color Heavy Construction Paper (Thiccboi paper)

 

White Heavy Construction Paper

 

Metallic Marker 

 

Gel Pen

 

 

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