tick tock

You will need:

• Resene testpots of your chosen colours. We used –

  • Resene Bonfire, Resene Boulevard, Resene Melting Moment, Resene Sandbar, Resene Bittersweet, Resene Flashback, Resene Waterfront, Resene Escape and Resene Clockwork Orange.

• The Range fashion colours fandeck (once you've finished choosing your colours!)
• Card
• Paint brush
• Hole punch
• A battery-driven clock mechanism and hands – we bought ours from www.clockworks.co.nz

How to make slatted clock:

Clock alternative

If you don't want to destroy your Resene The Range fandeck, here's another version with the fandeck cards swapped out for those painted in Resene Alabaster and using Resene Bonfire (red), Resene Clockwork Orange (dark orange), Resene Flashback (lighter orange), Resene Escape (pale blue) and Resene Boulevard.

Other ideas to try

This is a great project for kids to try. They can paint numbers on the ends of the cards, add their favourite stickers or customise the clock by painting their own patterns and artwork on the cards.

Use just two colours or use varying shades of one colour – see The Range fashion colours fandeck for inspiration, particularly in the variety of blues and greens. Or the Resene Whites & Neutrals collection.

Did you know... That Resene has a whole range of DIY and art projects online that you can complete easily in a weekend – and some in an afternoon? Visit www.resene.com/projects.

styling: Pippa Fay
pictures: Tony Brownjohn

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