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Simple Wall Art Using Vintage Flash Cards

by on Jan 31, 2015

Photo: Bruno Bornsztein

During the last year, our sun room has slowly morphed into the room that holds all our kids’ stuff. Toys, books, artwork, and other moppet accoutrements grace every surface of the room; the reality of living with active children. A leopard can’t change its spots, and because we love this nook, we decided to swap out some of the artwork and create an accent wall that was a little more playful.

Before photo of the room
The sun room, before. Photo by Melissa Oholendt.

Using Glue Dots and vintage flash cards we collected from one of our favorite stores (Hunt & Gather), we created an easy accent wall in about an hour. Here’s everything you’ll need to create your own:

Supplies

  • Glue Dots Brand Adhesives – We chose the Repositionable Formula. They’re super-easy to use, and can be removed without damaging the wall.
  • Flash cards – We chose about 50 vintage ones with lots of wear and tear
  • Painter’s tape – To define the grid
Vintage flash cards, Glue Dots, and Tape are all you need

Step-by-Step

  1. Create a temporary frame using painter’s tape to define your work.
    A taped off area is above a bench with storage.
  2. Roll the Glue Dots onto the back of the flash cards. We did two rows to help the cards completely adhere, and to make sure they lied flat against the wall. 

    The Repositionable Formula Glue Dots hold up to two pounds (!! – that’s way more than these cards weigh, but still), and won’t stain or damage surfaces (even painted drywall). 
     

    Hand holding a glue dots package on top of manila paper.

     

    Glue dots on the flash cards.
  3. Attach the flash cards to the wall, and continue until your grid is complete. No need to get fancy with levels and lasers. Your eyeballs are good enough here. 
     

    "Wall art with flash cards."

     

  4. Be sure to create a little variety. We thought a true grid would be a little monotonous, so we added a couple rows of longer cards to create some visual interest.

The finished product is adorable, and our newly-reading kindergartener is loving the challenge of figuring out all the words on our new word wall.

I love that we were able to switch up the whole look of the wall quickly and easily, and that it’ll be really easy to change back once we get tired of it. 

Simple wall art with vintage flash cards - feature image
Photo: Bruno Bornsztein

Small white sticker labels have different vocabulary words on them.

Simple wall art with vintage flash cards - feature image
Photo: Bruno Bornsztein

If you liked this project, please help us share it by pinning to your Pinterest boards! Here’s an image just for that purpose:

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Photo: Bruno Bornsztein

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  1. Well .. glue dots succeeded … I love your idea for decorating but I don’t have that need – Rather, I need to be able to put Flash Cards for reading on as many places as I can to encourage reading for my 1st grader. I had no idea that Glue dots came in repositionalbe flavor! Where can I find them?