balloon me! PART ONE

So for this craft market and probably to sell on felt too, I've been making these writeable speech balloons!

Here is how I went about it... I got some 4mm thick wood and drew on it the shapes I wanted.




I got ready to cut it with the jigsaw.
Be very careful when using power-tools! I wore glasses and kept my arm which wasn't in use at a safe distance BEHIND the saw.


Carefully following the lines I drew, I cut the shapes out.


I used bricks to hold the wood in place.



Ta-da!


Next I rounded off the edges.



Then it is on to part 2...with the painting...