Whether tree slices, driftwood or tree branches, wood is one of the materials from which many great and useful things can be made. You can make decorations and figures for inside or outside and objects for everyday use yourself and give every home a cozy atmosphere. With the right tools and know-how, crafting with wood is a lot of fun for young and old.
Creative craft ideas with wood
There are hardly any limits to creativity when it comes to crafting with wood. There are many craft options, especially for children. Working with special woodworking tools such as fretsaws or cordless screwdrivers should always be carried out under adult supervision. Below we present 7 great ideas for craft work with theNatural material woodthat are sure to delight children both big and small.
Make an unusual key rack with wood
To realize this unusual and really beautiful craft idea, you don't need much: a nice piece of wood and a fewwooden balls. Regarding the tools: a drill, coarse and fine sandpaper, a cutting box and a fine saw. You should also get key rings and a suitable cord to hang the keys on the key board.
First you should saw the piece of wood to 20-25 x 5 x 5 cm. You can also do this at the hardware store when buying wood. Depending on how muchKeyIf you want to hang it on the key rack, saw a few slots in the front. The cutting drawer and the precision saw help with this. First mark the slots with a pencil at a distance of 4 cm and they should be about 2 cm deep. Then you start sawing. So that the key rack can finally be attached to the wall, two hangers are mounted on the back.
Now all you have to do is drill through the wooden beads and thread a string through the opening. In our example, a beautiful leather cord in a natural color is used for this purpose. This rounds off the natural look of the key rack made of natural wood. Jute twine or wool yarn would also work great. Finally, the keys are attached to the string with a wooden bead each and hung on the key rack.
Make letter racks with old wood from the forest
This creative letter stand looks like a unique art object rather than something homemade. This also requires a piece of wood, a cutting box and a fine saw, as well as some sandpaper. However, no new wood from the hardware store is used here, but an old piece that was found in the forest. To touch this up a bit you also need some sandpaper, white wood paint and natural wood stain.
First you have to clean the beautiful piece of wood, remove the wood bark and use coarse sandpaper to remove any confusing imperfections. You can sand everything down again with finer sandpaper. However, the surface should not be perfect, but rather appear authentic and natural. Then you mark the slots in which the letters should later stand and saw them into the wood using the cutting box and the precision saw. Depending on the shape of the piece of wood, you have to think about the best position in which it can be placed on a surface and make the slots accordingly. The slots are sawn about 2.5 cm apart and 4 cm or more deep.
When you're done with the rough work, you sand everything thoroughly again, remove the dust and can start “beautifying” the letter stand. Of course, any design in color or without it is possible here. In the example, the piece of wood is treated with natural wood stain on one side, where the wood bark was, while the other side is painted white. The white color has interesting accents with gold leaf.
Convert tree slices into decorative shelves
Crafting with wood encourages creative thinking and is both beautiful and practical. You can make two decorative shelves yourself from just one tree slice. In addition to a tree disk, you need a cordless screwdriver and a suitable shelf bracket. On decorative shelves you usually place small objects and pictures in frames that are relatively lightweight. So the holder shouldn't be big. First you have to cut the wooden disc in two. So that it can later be attached directly to the wall, the cut should be straight and clean. Then you mount the holder directly on the halves of the tree disc and then on the wall. Complete!
Make an owl as a decoration for the garden out of wood and metal
Crafting with wood is so much fun. There are no limits to creativity and experimentation works great. Here we present a great craft project that combines crafts with wood and metal. It is also very suitable for crafting with children because you don't have to use any special and dangerous tools. All you need is a slightly larger tree disc, a suitable adhesive and old metal objects, which can probably be found in every household. Old cutlery, large and small lids from screw-top jars and glass bottles are ideal for this.
With a lot of imagination you create a friendly face on the wooden disc by using the metal lids and old cutlery to represent eyes, nose and other facial features. These are fixed with a suitable adhesive. Depending on whether youTree disc for indoor or outdoor decorationYou can treat it with wood stain as desired.
The fun decorated tree disc can be attached directly to the wall using a hanger attached to the back or mounted on an old wooden rake and presented creatively.
Decorative chalkboard made from a tree slice
Tree slices are ideal for creative crafts. Small or large, you can design them imaginatively and use them to beautifully decorate your home or garden. Anyone can make this great idea for wooden chalkboards a reality if they have a few tree slices and some black paint available. All you have to do is color the inside of the tree disc black. When the paint dries up, you can use chalk to draw or write something nice on it.
This beautiful craft idea is very suitable for every season and also for crafts with children. Chalkboards can be designed imaginatively and in different ways at any time with just one wipe.
For Easter: DIY egg cups made from thick tree branches
Beautiful, natural egg cups for Easter can be made from tree slices, but slightly smaller ones. The best way to do this is to take a whole tree branch and cut it into 5-7 cm wide pieces. In each piece you make a depression with a diameter of 41 - 45 mm into which the egg can be placed.
Make colorful wooden pictures with children
This colorful DIY project is ideal as a leisure activity for children or for a children's birthday party. Every child can take the pretty products home with them and keep them as a souvenir. You don't really need a lot of materials for this and they're easy to get: small wooden board (preferably square), acrylic paint in any color, wood glue and black and white pictures of animals (printed out on a printer).
The craft instructions are very simple: color the panels and let the paint dry. During this time, cut out the illustrations as precisely as possible and attach them to the board with wood glue, let them dry and finally apply a layer of glue. Complete!
For the garden: Build your own birdhouse
You can beautify not only your house but also your garden with wooden decorations. We'll soon show you some DIY ideas that you can do yourself without much effort. A nice addition to the garden, for example, is the wooden birdhouse. It's the perfect craft project for families with small children who can observe the bird world. There are numerous building plans for simple birdhouses online. The most important thing is that you can open the birdhouse to clean it.
If you wish, you can also paint the house, just make sure you use water-soluble paints. Acrylic or wood paints can be harmful to birds. Decorate the birdhouse with colorful natural motifs - colors like green and blue are particularly popular with the birds. Choose a sheltered spot in the garden for the cottage and arrange seasonal flowers or plants around it that will attract insects.
Optionally, you can simply display a bird house as a decoration in the garden, for example in the middle of the flower bed. If you wish, you can even plant plants on the roof of the house. Or you can hang several birdhouses next to each other and paint them in contrasting colors. This means you will enjoy a colorful garden even in the dreary winter months.
Create a fairy mini garden
Mini gardens are becoming increasingly popular. They look very decorative and can be used both on the terrace and on the balcony. We offer you an idea for a fairy mini garden that you can realize with little effort. In the magical arrangement, the “Elf House”, a converted bird house in small format, plays the main role. You can plant boxwood or small seasonal flowers around the house. Decorate the arrangement with paper butterflies and sea glass. Complete! It is best to place the mini garden directly on the terrace, next to the other planters.
Make your own wind chime
Wind chimes are a popular decoration for the entrance to your home. Not only are they a real eye-catcher, but they can also produce a gentle sound. But wind chimes can do much more: they show which direction the wind is blowing from. Making a wind chime is fun for young and old alike. For the next craft idea you will need a driftwood branch and wooden birds. You can cut the birds out of wood yourself, but you can also buy ready-made figures in most craft shops. Paint the wooden bird figures as you like and drill small holes in the middle. Also drill 5 holes in the driftwood branch at a distance of 3-4 cm from each other. Then hang the bird figures on the driftwood branch.
Decorative flowers for the lawn
Decorative wooden flowers add a splash of color to the dull winter garden. But they also fulfill an important function because they often mark the place where the spring flowers are planted. The decorative wooden flowers also look good on the edge of the lawn and can attract insects to the herb garden with their cheerful colors. With a little skill you can also make the decorative flowers yourself. You will need wooden skewers, wooden circles and wooden leaves. Simply glue the individual details together and the decorative flowers are ready!
DIY wooden welcome sign
Welcome your guests with a homemade welcome sign made from recycled wood. The natural material impresses with a slightly grayish pattina and a worn look. The perfect addition to the country house style garden. Recycled wood, for example pallet wood, is very easy to process and can be varnished, painted or simply left untreated. You can also make different animal and bird silhouettes out of it.
Make your own moss picture in a wooden frame
Moss pictures are not only used in living areas to improve the indoor climate. They are also a nice idea for decoration in the garden. Moss images are particularly useful if the garden area is limited or the builders have completely forgone it in favor of a terrace. They can be decorated and planted as desired and look good on the garden fence.
Another variant for garden decoration are picture frames made of wood, which also hang on the garden fence and frame small flower pots and thus show them off better. In small doses, for example, you can bring the cuttings outside for the first time in spring. This will allow the plants time to acclimate to the weather conditions before planting them.
Create a herb garden out of pallet wood
Pallets are very robust and can withstand sun, frost, snow and rain. They are therefore ideal for use in the garden. A cool idea is to arrange a herb garden in pots on the terrace. So that the herbs don't take up too much space, you can hang them on pallets. This vertical herb garden will exude gentle fragrance and keep mosquitoes and flies away. And the best thing is that you don't have to build anything yourself. Because the Euro pallets have the perfect construction, which is ideal for hanging flower pots.
