The Art Of Fielding Wall Hanging

 "Deep down, he thought, we all believe we're God.  We secretly believe that the outcome of the game depends on us, even when we're only watching-on the way we breathe in, the way we breathe out, the T-shirt we wear, whether we close our eyes as the pitch leaves the pitcher's hand..." -The Art of Fielding, Chad Harbach

The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach is a great book about life, college, and baseball.  The book touches on how friends can become your family and home is where your heart is.  A good read that makes you think about who and what is important to you, but it could have used more baseball!  

Since Westish College and the baseball program were home to the characters in this book, I decided to pay homage to that by creating this door hanging.

Materials:

• Placemat
• Ribbon
• Wire
• Black, brown, and red paint
• Paint brush
• Hot glue gun
• Scissors

Directions:

1. Cut out a home plate shape from the placemat.
2. On the back (white part) of the placemat paint on the brown and black outside to give the illusion of dimension. Let dry.
3. Paint the red stitch lines on the plate. Let dry.
4. Paint the phrase "There's no place like home" on the plate. Let dry.
5. Make a bow out of ribbon the color of your choice. (Team colors are always fun!)
6. Attach bow to the plate with hot glue.
7. Attach wire to the back of home plate with glue to create a way to hang it up.

If the placemat is flimsy you might need to reinforce it with heavy cardboard of dowels.

And some other baseball inspired projects I made that didn't make the cut:

Shrinky Dink Team Inspired Earrings

Polymer clay baseball pin

Hank the Dog Painting