You NEED these Wood Slice Ornaments- A DIY
A Christmas Tradition.
Every Year I’ve made it a point to grab each one of my kids their own special ornament to put on their tree, that goes in their room! Last year, we got an idea to Make our ornament instead of buying it from a store! In years past, we would always try to grab something that reflected what they were into at the time or something that reminded us of the year! This Year we did something a little different! After last years “I’m sorry mom I dropped my glass ornament and broke it” debacle, We did a wooden ornament! If I had to guess, it probably took about an hour and a half from start to finish! I wanted to share the process and just how we made ours here:
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Supplies:
Wood slices (wooden discs)
Fast Dry Acrylic Latex (mine also included silicone)
A few paint brushes (preferably very small) that you don’t mind throwing away.
Whatever Paint colors you want
Twine (can catch it on 50% off at Hobby Lobby and get it for around 2$)
Hot Glue Gun OR you can use a hand held drill and put a hole in your ornament to secure the twine.
A computer, Printer, and Graphite Paper if you need to print and trace your desired image on to the wood slices before you begin.
First things first, I went to Amazon.com and ordered my wooden discs. You don’t have to get the 50 Piece bag! There are smaller quantities available but I had other projects in mind as well!
Next I free handed what I wanted on my ornaments with a pencil! If it turns out you don’t have an artistic bone in your body, and can’t draw a lick, you can print small images on paper and buy some Graphite paper and trace your image onto your wooden disc. Nice thing is, you can erase on the wood if needed and it wont be seen once you add your Acrylic and Paint!
For me, this was the fun part! I traced over the parts I wanted texture on with my silicone and used one of my paint brushes to move it around exactly where I wanted it! I worked on all three at the same time, so while one was drying I was moving on to the next. If you get the Fast drying Acrylic, it wont take long and you can Go ahead and put a second coat on the parts you want to build up a little more. I didn’t get good pictures of this Process but feel free to get creative here!
After I got them all painted, I went for my drill to put a small hole in the ornament for my twine and remembered my dear, sweet Hubby had burnt mine up working on another project (insert slight eye roll here) and I no longer had my trusty pink drill! So instead I grabbed my Hot glue gun (its like the woman’s version of duct tape) and TADA! To be honest, applying hot glue instead of drilling a hole helped it hang a lot straighter.
**My child got that far right ornament and poked it with something. It didn’t come like that (insert BIG eye roll here). You can’t ever get emotionally attached to objects around my house because you never know when they will be damaged or disappear. Haha I laugh to keep from crying sometimes.
Let me also add that the one on the far left, looks like one of the kids thought it needed a little purple accent on it after I walked away.
When we were completely done I put their name and the year on the back so they will remember later on down the road! Hopefully the memories of making these little crafts will be with them the rest of their lives. Before I get all mushy on you, There are several traditions that we’ve started and stopped over the 6 years that I’ve been a mom. I AM THE epitome of “Hot mess Mom” which I think is more appropriately spelled “Haute Mess Boss” and some things I just can’t keep up with. This is any easy one I’ve been consistent with thru the years, because even if you don’t have the want to, or time, or energy for these fun little crafts, the stores are full of ornaments you can just purchase and write a name and year on somewhere. ❤ All my Love!! We hope you had a Merry Christmas!
Here are examples of a few more crafts we did, using the same method we did above! Don’t be afraid to get creative! instead of wooden discs we used wooden blocks. I’d love to see your creations and hear your feedback!! Leave us a comment to let us know you stopped by and if you tried this craft, we would LOVE to see what you made!!
