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DIY Mini Pallet Ornaments

November 16, 2014 By: Leslie10 Comments

Today, I’m joining 30+ bloggers for a fun Handmade Christmas Ornament Blog Hop.  I love to be crafty at Christmas, so I jumped at the opportunity to participate.  I’m just in awe of all of the creativity.

Handmade Christms Ornaments Blog Hop

I have difficulty throwing away Christmas cards when I receive them, so I have quite a stash.  I did pare it down a little bit last year, but I still had plenty.  I figured some day I would do something with them.  The day finally came after I got a whole container of popsicle sticks at a yard sale.  The lady was moving and had many crafting supplies, so once I showed interest in any of them, she was offering them all to me.  I actually didn’t take all of the popsicle sticks, but it was still plenty.

DIY mini pallet Ornament Collage

I know pallets and anything you make out of them are quite trendy, and I don’t normally follow trends, but it did inspire these mini pallet ornaments.

DIY Mini pallet ornaments - supplies

I started by cutting the cards I selected down to show only the image I wanted to feature.

DIY Mini pallet ornaments

Then, I began gluing together the popsicle sticks; I used my craft glue.  I only made two sizes because I was trying to simplify.  The only glue I used was on the sticks I glued to the back to hold everything in place.  For the smaller size, I had to break a popsicle stick so that I could secure more area of the back.

DIY mini pallet ornaments - glued together

I let the glue dry, and then I chose to stain some of the sticks.  I had these Minwax Wood Finishing cloths in my supplies…it was free swag from Haven.  Staining the sticks could not have been easier.  I put on gloves and just used one cloth and wiped one coat over the front and edges of the popsicle sticks.

DIY mini pallet ornaments - staining popsicle sticks

For the remaining sticks, I used my craft acrylic paint to paint them a few different colors.  I chose my colors to coordinate with the cards I had picked out.

DIY mini pallet ornaments - paining

To attached the Christmas cards, I used my matte Mod Podge and also coated the card with a layer of Mod Podge.  I’ll give you two notes from my mistakes:  I put on too much Mod Podge as my topcoat for some of them.  And, don’t get the Mod Podge on the sticks.  The snowman one in the bottom left shows I was too messy and after it dried you can see the Mod Podge on the sticks and it looks bad.  On the other ones I had wiped off the excess with a paper towel, which worked great.

DIY mini pallet - christmas cards attached and coated with mod podge

After the ornaments dried I attached a piece of jute twine or metallic cord to the back and hung them on the tree.

DIY mini pallet ornaments - jute twine and metallic cord

I really love how they turned out.  Each one is now a memory of the card and the friends or family who sent it to me.

DIY mini pallet - christmas card stained popsicle sticks 2

DIY mini pallet - christmas card stained popsicle sticks

And, this is just the life of a blogger…..I had to share because it is so much of reality.  I had my mini tree sitting by the door to the patio to get natural light and Puddy always has to check out what I’m doing.  He’s too cute not to share! 🙂

DIY mini pallet ornaments - puddy with tree

Do you keep the Christmas cards you receive?

Don’t forget to check out the other bloggers for more ornament inspiration!  Click on the links below to be taken to their site.

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Thank you to The Girl Creative for coordinating all of the bloggers to provide such great ornament inspiration!

 

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Comments

  1. 1

    paulasweetpea says

    November 16, 2014 at 5:14 pm

    This is a great way to repurpose old Christmas cards! I always save mine for crafts at school. I’ve got a ton of Popsicle sticks and I know my 6th graders would love to make these before Christmas.

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      Leslie says

      November 16, 2014 at 6:14 pm

      Thanks Paula! It would be a perfect project for your class!

      Reply
  2. 3

    Tara @ Anything & Everything says

    November 16, 2014 at 8:44 pm

    What a great idea! They turned out great!

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      Leslie says

      November 16, 2014 at 9:04 pm

      Thanks Tara!!

      Reply
  3. 5

    Bethany Lee (@PitterAndGlink) says

    November 17, 2014 at 6:57 pm

    These are soooo cute! I love that you recycled Christmas cards to create them, and I adore your cute little dog!

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      Leslie says

      November 17, 2014 at 6:59 pm

      Aww thanks souch Bethany!! I was happy to finally think of a use for my old cards.

      Reply
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    Sarah @ Little Red Brick House says

    November 18, 2014 at 9:28 am

    This is such a fabulous idea! Love how they turned out!

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      Leslie says

      November 18, 2014 at 2:58 pm

      Thank you Sarah!!

      Reply
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    Kirsten says

    November 20, 2014 at 1:07 pm

    This is a great idea! It would be fun to keep one of your own cards from each year and make it into a keepsake ornament!

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      Leslie says

      November 20, 2014 at 7:09 pm

      Thank you! Yes it would be fun to use our cards…I might have to do that.

      Reply

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Hello! I'm Leslie Wireback and the owner and creator of Puddy's House. Puddy is our cute little dog. I love to yard sale and thrift shop, paint just about anything, use my creative energy on projects, all while trying to enjoy life.

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