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  • Baseball Card Displays
  • Amy Devers and Karl Champley help the Tigers get, well, creative!
    From "DIY to the Rescue"
    episode DTTR-702


    Some of the Detroit Tigers try their hand at an artistic endeavor — creating art for the walls of Fetzer Hall by building frames to display their favorite baseball cards.

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    This baseball-card display is the perfect "creative" touch for the wall.
    Materials:

    wood
    plexiglass
    glue/adhesive
    paint
    felt
    baseball cards

    Steps:

    1. Cut the plywood according the desired size of the display (figure A). Paint if desired.

    2. Attach the felt to the plywood using a strong adhesive (figure B).
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    Figure A

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    Figure B


    3. Then arrange the baseball cards to your liking (figure C). And adhere into place.

    4. Place the plexiglass over the cards. Create a frame using wood to hold the plexiglass in place. Nail the frame (with the plexiglass) to the decorated plywood (figure D).
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    Figure C

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    Figure D



    RESOURCES :

    Detroit Tigers
    Website: Detroit.tigers.mlb.com

    Major League Baseball
    Website: www. mlb.com

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