DIY Kids Bike Makeover
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Do you need a fun summer project that the kiddos can get involved in? Keep reading!
A while back we had my honey's nephew over for the weekend and they decided to makeover his bike while he was here. What a fun project! Purple is Payton's favorite color, so purple was definitely the color of choice. They used Krylon's Purple Gloss paint.
After all the prepping was done, all the pieces got two thin coats of metal primer. They let each coat dry real well before they went on to the purple paint.
The wheels got two thin coats of gloss black and the bike body got two thin coats of gloss purple.
We let Payton pick out a font on the computer and then I printed out his name onto paper. My honey used an exact-o knife and carefully cut out the name. He then taped it on the side of the bike and used it like a stencil and traced it with a black sharpie. After the tracing was done he removed the paper and filled the rest in. Pretty cool huh? Most kids don't have their name on their bike, but Payton does!
The bike got new pedals, new reflectors, new hand grips, a new chain and fresh tubes in the tires. Almost like new again!
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