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Peg Art Rocking Chair 
Wooden spring laundry pegs are great building blocks for making decorative wooden structures. The fancy peg shaping lends itself to make a pretty old fashioned looking rocking chair.
To make a peg rocking chair you will need... 13 wooden spring laundry pegs (with their springs removed), PVA glue or suitable wood glue, varnish, wood stain or paint (Optional). A step by step guide to making a Peg Art Rocking Chair  Take two peg halves and glue them thin ends together with all the shaping facing downwards. The thin end of each peg lines up with the shaping of other peg half. Make two rockers. The front end is the peg which completely touches the table.  Glue two peg halves back to back so that they make a symmetrical shape. This is the back leg. Glue the back leg into position on the ridge at the back of the rocker, wide end down. Half a peg is used for the front leg. Stick it into the ridge towards the front of the rocker, wide end down and with the shaping facing forwards. Use half a peg for the arms of the rocking chair. Fix it so that the thin end of the front leg rests in the ridge of the arm peg. The back of the arm is stuck to the top of the back leg. Be sure not to over hang the arm over the back leg. Make the other side match.  Two peg halves form the vertical back straights. Place them thin ends down and non-shaping side up. Stick a peg half to join the two back straights. The joining peg should be fixed shaped side up, and positioned just below the back straights ridges, making an 'H' shape.   Use one peg half to connect the rockers. Stick the peg, shaped side up, positioned on the end of the back rocker peg. Make sure that the plinth peg does not over hang and keep the rockers parallel.  Two peg halves are used as seat supports. Stick the seat supports non-shaped sides up, just below the top most shaping on the front side of the back leg. Use the shaping lines on the leg as a guide to keep the seat supports horizontal. In a similar way, stick a peg half behind the front legs to match the height of the back supports.  Stick four peg halves to rest shaped side up across the sat supports. Place the wide end of the pegs at the front of the seat. The wide part of the peg over hangs the front chair support and comes slightly forward of the front leg. The narrow part of the peg is in line with the back leg. Evenly space the four pegs that form the seat.  Glue a peg half to the top of the back legs at the back, just below where the chair arms join. Fix the rocking chair back so that the vertical straights are stuck to the arm ends and are resting on the support peg that you have just added. The back of the rocking chair should be slightly angled backwards. Allow all the glue to dry completely and then paint, stain or varnish as required. The peg rocking chair looks particularly good with a small doll sitting in it or you could sit a small plant on it such as a cactus. |
