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Paint wooden pegs in your chosen colours. We used crafter’s acrylic paint, but you can use any paint suitable for wood. Decorate with equally spaced painted white spots.

Once dry, stick mini magnetic discs to reverse of pegs. We used two magnetic discs per peg.

Pegs from supermarkets. Mini magnetic discs and crafter’s acrylic paint from Hobbycraft

Feature: Kirsty Robertson. Photos: Richard Burns. Illustrations: Terry Evans

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