Family Clock my Husband and I Made

by Mary Hooper Perry

The wood for the clock is from our neighbors tree she had cut down. I had the man cut me some slaps off but you have to let dry for at least a year before you use them.

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First you have to sand till smooth. Then you get copies made of your pictures. Try to get all of them the same size. Then take a medicine cup to trace around each face. I used a glue stick to glue pictures where I wanted them. You have to measure each one to get in the right place.

We used triple coat varnish and sprayed them two or more times till they look good. Then you're ready to put clock in find the middle of your clock and drill your hole. Then you have to use a router on the back to fit the clock works in. The clocks were bought at Michael's. Note if you're going to write on clocks do it before you vanish it.

If you don't have enough pictures to use as the numbers you can use numbers for the clock too. Like use the 12-6 or use 3-9. Then the rest pictures. You could add names if you want. The one I wrote on the wood came from Michael's also. Use a wood iron tool to write on the wood.