Wooden Block projects

I got together with some of my friends and we did a craft with wooden blocks for thanksgiving we got the idea from here.

I had some blocks leftover and my husband wanted to do a project and we came up with this tree:

We painted the blocks ( sizes range from 2 1/2” to 3 1/2”). Then we laid the blocks down on the table and printed out a tree outline from the computer, laid it over all the blocks and painted the tree outline onto the blocks. Then I used a stencil to add the star to the top (this required a lot of coats to cover up the green).

I cut out the vinyl letters using my Cricut and a program called Sure Cuts A Lot that allows me to cut using all the fonts on my computer.

As I was looking at it I thought it needed a little sparkle to it and since I didn’t have any super fine glitter I decided to use my bronzing powder and then use a clear gloss spray over the top to keep it on. It worked out great! Just a little shimmer.

I then used the two lonely blocks to make a snowman from which my inspiration came from these cute little S’mores snowmen.

Here he is with his crocheted hat and scarf!!!

The top block is 2 1/2” x 2 1/2” and the bottom block is 3'” x 2 1/2”. I painted the block white and then glued them together. I then went along the edges with a gold stamp pad:

I hand panted on his eyes and buttons and for his mouth I used the tip of the handle of a small paintbrush to make the circles. I used a 1/4” dowel for his nose and I just sanded at one end for a little while to get it to make the point like a carrot and then used a sharpie to make the lines. Then I sprayed it with a clear gloss spray paint.

It was fun to do these projects with my husband!

I had a question about where I purchased the blocks for my snowman and tree, I bought a 2.5" x 1.5" x 8' board at Home Depot and then my neighbor cut them to size. You could also have the associates at Home Depot cut them for you too. It was less than $2 for the board.

Snowman Bottle

As I was giving my son some juice I took a look at the bottle and decided it would make for a cute little snowman. For this project I used juice bottles, cotton balls, maroon beads (didn't have any black ones), tumbleweed sticks, orange toothpicks, and red yarn. First I stuffed the inside of the bottle with newspaper and then topped it with Elmer's glue and one cotton ball. Then I took several cotton balls and pulled them so they weren't balls anymore. I covered the top half of the bottle with Elmer's glue and then proceeded to cover the glue with the cotton. Then I did the bottom half. I stretched another cotton ball out without making it loose it's circular shape and glued it in placed on the top, for his head. After they had dried for a little while I trimmed the tumbleweed sticks to the size I wanted the arms and attached them to the sides with a hot glue gun. I then used 3 maroon beads for each eye attaching them with Elmer's glue. For the nose I cut off the tip of the orange toothpick and placed it on the face using Elmer's glue. I then cut 3 strings of red yarn to the same size. Holding the three strings together I tied a knot at each end. Then I tied the strings around the snowman's neck. Tada, I have 5 cute little snowmen! Now I can't decide what to use for a hat or if I should leave them without hats? Hmmmm... anyone?