“Rub-A-Dub” Bath Shelf
Bath time is more fun with this adorable rubber ducky shelf project to help organize towels, soap and several small bath toys.
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- Krylon® ColorMaster Primer – White #51315
- Krylon® ColorMaster
Spray Paint
- Gloss White #51501
- True Blue #51910
- Sun Yellow #51806
- Krylon® Acrylic Crystal Clear Coatings #51303
- Krylon® Looking Glass® Mirror-Like Paint #9033
Wood Materials
- Unfinished Wood Window Planter (Walnut Hollow® #11222)
- 7” x 14” x ¼” Wood (for shelf)
- 3-¼” x 3-¼” x 1” Wood (for sun)
- Sandable Wood Filler
- (6) 1” Flat Head Wood Screws
- Yellow Wood Glue
Glass & Mirror Materials
- (1) 12-5/8” Square Piece of 1/8 inch Thick Glass
- (4) Mirror Clips & Screws (for 1/8 inch thick glass)
Rubber Duck Materials
- Wash cloth & Hand Towel with “Rubber Ducky” Motif
- (1) Large “Rubber Ducky”
- (2) Small “Rubber Duckies”
- “Rubber Ducky” Scrubber
Additional Materials
- (2) Saw Tooth Hangers with Nails
- (1) Brass Cup Hook
- Soap Disk & Soap
- Glue
- Newspapers
- Sandpaper – Fine & Very Fine
- Tack Cloth
- Painter’s Tape – 2” Wide
- Contact Paper
- Scissors
- Yardstick
- Black Marker
- Glass Cleaner
- Paper Towels
- Saw
- Drill with bit & countersink bit (to drill holes for 1” screws)
- Screwdriver
- Coping Saw
- Plastic Bags
- Using coping saw, cut sun shape from 3-1/4 inch square of plywood
- If needed, apply wood filler to fill in any gaps on planter, shelf and sun
- When dry, sand all wood surfaces with fine and then very fine sandpaper
- Clean wood surface with tack cloth
- Attach wood shelf to bottom of planter with screws
- Spray paint planter and sun with Krylon White ColorMaster Primer
- Sand with very fine sandpaper and clean with tack cloth
- Spray planter using Krylon Gloss White ColorMaster
- Let paint dry completely
- Mark and cut (17) ½ inch wide by 4-1/8 inch long strips of painter’s tape
- Place the first piece of painter’s tape on the center of the planter’s front side, starting at the bottom and extending over the top slightly into the inside
- Equally space 12 more pieces of tape along the front so that about ½ inch is left bare at each end
- Place 2 pieces on each end dividing each end with 5 equal spaces
- Burnish all tape edges with a fingernail
- Mask planter top, inside of box and shelf with plastic bags and painter’s tape
- Spray strips and sun with Krylon Sun Yellow ColorMaster
- Let paint dry
- Remove tape
- Add waves by drawing a wave pattern on contact paper with marker and cut out
- Center contact paper pattern on front of box, aligning the pattern top with the box top and wrapping around the sides
- Remove contact paper backing and apply to box, burnishing all tape edges with a fingernail
- Mask all areas not to be spray painted blue with plastic bags and painter’s tape
- Spray unmasked areas with Krylon True Blue ColorMaster
- Let paint dry
- Remove bags and contact paper
- Following instructions, clean glass and spray reverse side of glass with Krylon Looking Glass Mirror-Like Paint and let dry
- Center and mount mirror to back of planter using mirror clips
- Install both saw tooth hangers to top back side of planter
- Screw brass cup hook into right hand side of mirror near bottom
- Place cloth and towel in box, accessories on shelf and hang scrubber from brass cup hook
“Rub-A-Dub” Bath Shelf was designed by Annabelle Keller.
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