Make an American Flag from Pickets

Happy 4th of July!!

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I thought you would enjoy this little picture. I’m not sure how much the pups enjoyed it, but they sure look cute!

Picket Fence Flag Title

I posted this a couple of years ago, but thought it was perfect for today! I had gathered some pickets from a neighbor a couple of years ago when he took down his fence. I have used them for a potting table and also a little side table. I wasn’t using the small table anymore, so I took it apart and used the pieces.  Steve removed the nails from each of the pieces, than I gave each one a good scrubbing.

Picket fence flag pickets

I painted 4 pickets antique white and 3 pickets grey. I didn’t cover them too thoroughly, just enough to freshen them up.

Picket fence flag grey and white pickets

I took one of the squares from the table that was taken apart and painted it blue. After the paint dried, I sprayed a little bit of turquoise over the top and then sanded it down.

picket fence flag blue square

These pieces also came from the table and they were attached to the back to hold all the pickets together.

picket fence flag back brackets

Here is the front with the blue square attached.

picket fence flag layout

Here is my bottle cap collection! My girls and I have collected these for years while taking walks around the neighborhood. We have an alley behind us and there are always treasures to be found.  The girls and I picked out caps with blue, gold, silver and a little bit of red. We tried to get them all different and then placed them on the blue square in random order. I used my nail-gun to attach them.

picket fence flag bottle cap stars

All done! This was such a simple project to put together and I love how it turned out!

picket fence flag neutral colors

I don’t really decorate with red, so I tried to keep this as neutral as possible.

picket fence flag with bottle cap stars

Picket fence neutral american flag

picket fence neutral flag with bike and blanket

picket fence american flag with bottle cap stars

I’m still loving this flag and have it on my mantle now. I hope you all have a happy and safe 4th of July!

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