Upcycled Painted Keyboard Rocket Console!

I love my computer-ready working painted keyboard!

But here is where the inspiration came from:

When I was little, I loved to pretend to type...and keyboards

weren't around like they are today, so I would draw out 

squares onto a piece of cardboard and pretend I was typing.

I figured my kids would love the same thing.

But I awesome-ized it.

  

About 8 years ago...

I took a broken "got water dumped on it"

 keyboard and cut the cord off of it!

I used acrylic craft paint and painted that whole thing!

 The base I did black, the keys multicolored...

Then I spent hours handpainting little things on each key!

 I wanted to simulate the inside of a rocket, spaceship, or 

other machine that would require lots of blinking buttons! 

 Perfect for my little almost 2 year old boy!

I made gun buttons, graphs, people, food, animals, brakes, 

fuel and of course, The BIG RED BUTTON!

 

 It looked great the day I made it...and even

 though it is worn, it is still a favorite!

Could use some sprucing up...maybe.

Here is child #3 with it...8 years later!

(oh ya, child #2, my daughter, loved/loves it too!)

 

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