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Brighten up a bag or top with a colourful brooch
Brooches are a great accessory to add to bags, cardigans and even hats. This is a really simple brooch and you can add whatever colours and designs you want.

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  • How to make a wooden brooch. Geometric Brooch - Step 1
    Step 1

    Take a wood slice and draw some light pencil lines across it using a ruler. These can radiate out from the centre or cut across.

  • How to make a wooden brooch. Geometric Brooch - Step 2
    Step 2

    Place some tape along the lines,leaving one of the areas on the wood slice uncovered.

  • How to make a wooden brooch. Geometric Brooch - Step 3
    Step 3

    Paint this area with one of your colours and leave to dry.

  • How to make a wooden brooch. Geometric Brooch - Step 4
    Step 4

    Once the paint is dry remove the tape.

  • How to make a wooden brooch. Geometric Brooch - Step 5
    Step 5

    Place some more tape to mark out another area and paint this a different colour.

  • How to make a wooden brooch. Geometric Brooch - Step 6
    Step 6

    Again once the paint is dry remove the tape.

  • How to make a wooden brooch. Geometric Brooch - Step 7
    Step 7

    Keep repeating this until you have painted as many areas as you want. I like the wood grain so I have left one area unpainted.

  • How to make a wooden brooch. Geometric Brooch - Step 8
    Step 8

    Once all the paint is dry paint on a layer of clear varnish to protect the paint an any bare wood. Leave to dry.

  • How to make a wooden brooch. Geometric Brooch - Step 9
    Step 9

    Turn the wood circle over and glue on the brooch back.

  • How to make a wooden brooch. Geometric Brooch - Step 10
    Step 10

    All finished!

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