Dad's Golf Ball Plaque

This is really simple to make, everything you need is right in XCS.

• Lets start with the golf pole
  • Start with a small vertical rectangle that will be the pole
  • Bring in a triangle that looks like a flag
  • Overlap them and click “unite” on the right side panel.
• Create a rectangle for backer board, for this project I used 8.5" x 5"
  • Right click, copy and paste. Set this one to “cut”
• Create another smaller inside of the larger one to create a frame for the project. 
  • Select both of them and right click and group them together. 
• Once done with this step, you should have a backer board and a frame.
• Now create a circle, this will be your golf ball. For this projects my golf balls are 1" inch in diameter.
• You can add the text for the name to be engraved 
• For design detail I used some half circles from the basic shapes and set them to engrave and aligned them along the bottom left corner.
• Depending on how many children you design has you can copy and paste as many golf balls as you need, and shrink them if if you need more space. 
• Now we need to make the tee, these are made with basic shapes in xsc.
  • I created a small rectangle, a triangle and a half circle. 
    • I overlapped them creating the shape of a golf tee and then I united them all together. 
• Next design the putting green. 
  • I used a shape that best looked like a putting green and edited the nodes until it best resembled a shape of a putting green.
    • You can do this by clickin on the shape and click “edit nodes” on the right side panel.
• Create a circle now that will be a putting hole. 
• Create #1 for the top of the flag, set it to “cut”
• Add the text you would like on the plaque, I used “Dad's Golf Balls” but feel free to be as creative as possible! “Happy Father's Day!” etc. 

Double check all your object settings and make sure everything is correctly set.

• Now this can be easily assembled by paint or staining your frame first. 
• Paint all your other pieces, grass, pole, golf balls, text, and tees.
• First glue the frame on the backer board so you know where to place your objects. 
  • I glued a small pieces of scrap wood to the back of the flag to help it stick up.
    • You can see the small piece in the first picture.
• You can now glue all your other pieces as shown.