DIY: Colorful Mosaic Wall

This inexpensive, easy, fun creation via The Swell Life has us thinking a DIY parent/child project is in order. Any variation in size, color and shape of "tiles" will do; here, Swell designer Alexa has used multicolored scrapbook pages...

For less than $20, Alexa used the following:

Multicolored scrapbook page packs (2 packs at Target and 50 sheets in a pack)

Zot adhesive glue dots

tape measure

Of course, this project is not limited to a grid structure or even the bedroom. Experiment and get those kids involved in the process!

Via The Swell Life.

Comments (6)

Very cool! The possibilities are endless!

posted by rehtse534 on April 24th 2009 at 10:00am
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Fantastic! Great color layout and impressive job actually hanging them so evenly -- that last part is always my downfall.

posted by some1else on April 24th 2009 at 2:36pm
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I'm right there with you some1else... mine would be straight but i would probably measure wrong and run out of room.

posted by Lafferteezy on April 24th 2009 at 3:58pm
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i wonder how long this would look good, especially the lower ones.
and the candles burning right in front of them?
i'm sure it's fine for regular people, but not a klutz like me...i'd tear them, burn them, pull them off the wall accidently.

posted by saltyc on April 24th 2009 at 4:15pm
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You could seal them to a piece of wood (cardboard?) and then hang that to the wall.. thus eliminating the ability to rip/burn them

plus then its easier to get down when you grow sick of it or its time to move.. you just have to remove the pieces you mounted the paper to instead of every square of paper & the goo left behind by the dots

posted by neverxlookback on April 24th 2009 at 8:21pm
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I did a "similar" thing with scrapbooking paper on my backsplash...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36263456@N08/3477978251/

But mine's more permanent, since its decoupaged on there...

posted by teeze on April 26th 2009 at 9:47pm
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