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Pretty much everybody always carries a smartphone these days, making life easier through instant access to various utilities yet also causing problems with personal interactions. These devices allow us to quickly take notes anytime and check the exact time anywhere globally. While having a wall clock at home may seem unnecessary when your phone is right there for checking the time, you should not underestimate the decorative impact of such clocks. Actually, you could create your very own stylish wall clock using materials like an old hula hoop and a pizza pan, turning it into a fantastic decor piece for your space.
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Building a DIY clock transforms an expensive, big, decorative timepiece into something more budget-friendly that can be customized to match your specific style. You could begin this project for as little as $15, which would cover the basic costs.
EMOON quartz clock mechanism
The sole additional components needed are a
small pizza pan
and
hula-hoop
Both items cost $1.25 each at Dollar Tree, along with a long wooden plank — preferably lightweight material such as balsa. The dimensions of your hula hoop may differ, but ensure the wooden plank extends several inches beyond the sides. For example, use a 30-inch piece of balsa if your hoop has a diameter of 20 inches. Additionally, get some paint and a drill, and soon enough, you’ll create an impressive custom clock.
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Building a Hula Hoop Wall Clock
Initially, apply paint to your wooden board, pizza tray, and hula hoop. Opting for black on the wood and gold on the tray and hoop will give off a sleek look.
color scheme for mid-century modern house decoration
However, there’s plenty of opportunity to play around with colors. A simple method to personalize your project is by selecting alternative DIY clock movements that offer a wider range of hands, making them align well with various decor styles such as modern earthy hues for your walls. Additionally, feel free to deviate from the initial material list. Incorporating several hula hoops of differing diameters can create a visually appealing series of overlapping circles, allowing you to mimic celestial bodies like planets surrounding your clock face, perhaps representing the sun. Alternatively, attaching numerous wooden planks to the rear panel would form a starburst pattern instead.
Hula hoops can be affixed to either the front or rear of the board; however, placing them at the back will provide greater dimensionality. In any case, the crucial step involves drilling a central hole right through both the middle of the pan and the primary balsa wood piece, which might be simplified using a drill press. Ensure there’s sufficient room for inserting the clock movement and securing all components—keep in mind that the pan must sit atop to serve as the dial. Certainly, numerous alternative methods exist to personalize this design according to your preference. Consider experimenting.
Upgrading your Dollar Tree hula hoop with LED string lights to make it glow
, turning the clock into an expanding wall feature.
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