Super cool!! Checking out how to do that right now.

That's not an upgrade. I'm sure the clock looked better before.

I have this clock. I assure you it is the most boring thing to put in your house. I wish I could throw mine out, but there's a battery stuck in it, and I don't want to throw a battery into regular household waste. Maybe I should try to hack mine as well. Couldn't possibly make it any worse.

If you're worried about getting wrinkles like the demo, smaller strips of paper and getting the strips fully damp (as if you were making paper mache) would prevent that.

You'd have to find a map with print that is mostly waterproof, though - it wouldn't work with, say, a map you printed with your average laserjet home printer.

A neat idea, but I'm not crazy about the results. Maybe it is the punch-hole-pasted numbers? They kind of make it look like a grade-school project.

No question, the starting point was pretty dull, so kudos for taking a stab at something new.

I love the idea of decorating with maps but this project could have turned out a lot better with a little forethought and careful planning. I wouldn't mind trying this with Mod Podge for instance and thinner paper, in strips as suggested by kaete. In fact I've been saving this great tissue wrapping paper with antique world maps on it that would work beautifully for this. It's a nice idea, though!

eek.

eek is right.

this is terrible

Buy a cheap clock from the Goodwill for a project like this. A two dollar clock implies the Chinese person who made it wasn't paid much.

I do love decorating with maps!

this just seems like a waste of a good map, and a waste of a clock.

A clock with a less rounded frame style would work better. But what I don't like is the numerals. I think those are punches, didn't check to be sure, but if you must go analog, at least make the numbers crisp and clear... The idea's not bad, but the execution could be better.

Agreed, Sherry. Printing numbers in a large, cool font would be better.

It doesn't work very well...

Definitely looks like a kid's art project...not in a good way. Maybe it would look better on a wall with a deeper color to it?

I think what might have worked better is to use the map as the face of the clock, and paste it onto some kind of backing, then insert the hands through it and just ditch the clock frame.
A map clock is a very cool idea, but the execution just didn't cut it for me on this one.