1. Paint your boards. Be sure to get ALL sides- I even painted the back just in case. If you do it on a windy day like I did it will dry REALLY fast, but it may also get some dirt blown onto it. You know, I guess you've got to take the good with the bad.

2. When the paint dries line up your metal clips along the board at a distance you like. To determine this I didn't really measure, but pulled out two sheets of paper (what I assume most projects are sized like) and lined them up with a 1" gap between them and put the metal clips at the center of...

4. Optional fourth step- applying your decal. I really floundered with this, one one hand the boards with her art looked awesome!! I was so excited and she loved to hang them up- we got a lot of compliments from fellow moms and even some kiddos were asking for these displays in their homes, also....