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DIY Wood Burned Log Slice Ornaments

November 7, 2017 by Cassie 21 Comments

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DIY Wood Slice Ornaments

With this past weekend being the Sweet Clover Holiday Kick-Off, my rear was in holiday making mode a few weeks ago, but I am of the “too soon” mindset when it comes to sharing any of those projects before Halloween on the blog.  I’ve given a week long post Halloween grace period, and now I am excited to share some of the holiday ornaments I created for my space at Sweet Clover.  When it comes to holiday decor I am a bit all over the place, enjoying a mix of vintage, rustic natural, and glam.  I decided to embrace the rustic natural when it came to creating these DIY wood burned log slice ornaments, and let the lam and vintage come to my tree at Sweet Clover in the way of shiny vintage ornaments.

DIY Wood Burned Christmas OrnamentsPinAffiliate links included- thank you so much for your support!

These ornaments were relatively easy and super inexpensive to create, which are pretty much the two main criteria for me when it comes to creating Christmas decor.

Recently we had a tree lose a couple of huge limbs in storms, and I started thinking about slicing those limbs up to make ornaments.  While that was a super resourceful way of thinking, I thought I would just check and see if I couldn’t find something along the lines of what I was looking for at a reasonable price.  Lo and behold, Amazon had just the thing, a set of 30 wood slices with a pre-drilled hole and twine for just under $15.  That’s not even 50 cents an ornament, and I already had the wood burner, so it seemed like a no-brainer to simply order those.

Materials Needed

To make these, you really only need two things…

  1. Predrilled wood-slices (If you make your own, you still want to predrill so you don’t have to drill into your design).
  2. Wood-burning tool or kit (I got mine years ago, and couldn’t find it, but this one looks awesome and has great reviews, loads of parts, and is a great price.)

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The beauty of these, is you can truly pick anything you’d like to draw or create.

How to Make

I don’t have exact plans for how I drew my ornaments out, but I wanted to share some tips that will help you in creating your own.

  1. Keep your designs simple and lines as clean as possible as it’s very challenging to create curved lines and small details with the burning tool (at least for me, it is!).
  2. Draw your design with pencil on paper first and sketch it out a few times until you’re confident that you have the drawing of it down pat.  Then lightly pencil it onto your wood slice before burning.
  3. If you know what you want to make, but cannot for the life of you figure out how to draw it, do a google image search for a simple drawing of that item.

DIY Outdoor Adventure Wood Burned OrnamentsPinAs you can see, most of mine have relatively clean lines.  I also made some with words that were simple and easy to burn, such as these “Wild & Free” ornaments.

Wild & Free DIY Wood-burned OrnamentsPinI stuck with an outdoor adventure kind of theme, with the pine trees show above, as well as the little mountain scene.  This one looks a little more detailed but if you look closely, you can see that most of these lines are simple straight lines.

DIY Mountain Adventure Wood-burned Christmas OrnamentsPinAfter I created all of these, I was feeling a little more adventurous with my skills and decided I wanted to create a couple of vintage camper ornaments.  They’re so popular right now, and to be honest, I dream of one day owning one.  Of course, with another mouth to feed on the way, my vintage camper dreams will happen when I am 90 if I’m lucky, but that’s OK. 😉 I had never drawn a vintage camper and wasn’t sure I could do it, but I really wanted to make some.

I searched google images for vintage camper clipart and found several options.  I didn’t draw one exactly as it was but took features of a few, and drew out my design on paper a few times.  Once I felt comfortable with drawing the camper, I sketched it lightly on my wood slice and burned it in.  As you can see, it’s imperfect and the curved lines are more challenging to burn, but I am really happy with how it turned out.Vintage Camper Wood Slice ornament DIYPinThese did fairly well this past weekend at Sweet Clover, and I plan to make a few more before the next sale.  Next Christmas, I’ll be styling the cottage at Sweet Clover, and I’ve got plans to make many more and create a rustic glam Christmas cabin kind of feel.  Of course that’s over a year away, but the next year’s going to be busy so I better start planning while I have time!

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Comments

  1. Emy says

    November 7, 2017 at 6:49 am

    These are so cute! I love the camper!!

    Reply
    • Cassie says

      November 7, 2017 at 7:42 am

      thank you, emy! i was happy with my craftiness!

      Reply
  2. Haley says

    November 7, 2017 at 7:35 am

    I love these! I’ve been wanting to make some since you first shared them, but had no idea where I was going to get wood slices. I LOOOVE the camper one! they’re so cute! … also, now I want a new wood burner. Mine only has like 2 tips.

    Reply
    • Cassie says

      November 7, 2017 at 7:41 am

      thank you so much, haley! i know- mine is the same and i want that one i shared! so much better and a great price!

      Reply
  3. Shelley | Crazy Wonderful says

    November 7, 2017 at 2:19 pm

    I love these so much, and the camper is probably my fav!!! You are so freaking creative!

    Reply
    • Cassie says

      November 7, 2017 at 3:26 pm

      the camper is my own favorite, too! glad you like it!

      Reply
      • Angie says

        June 10, 2018 at 7:02 pm

        I make these as well. What are you using to preserve the bark?

        Reply
        • Cassie says

          June 12, 2018 at 8:16 am

          i didn’t use anything- i didn’t think about that honestly since i bought them pre sliced and drilled rather than drying the wood myself.

          Reply
  4. Kathy says

    November 7, 2017 at 6:18 pm

    These are darling! Just love them especially the mountains and camper.

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    • Cassie says

      November 8, 2017 at 8:18 am

      thank you, kathy! the camper is my fave, too!

      Reply
  5. Tania says

    November 7, 2017 at 9:03 pm

    I love these! It’s funny because I saw a wooden spoon on Pinterest that had wood burning on it and I was thinking of making some wood slice ornaments too!

    Tania

    Reply
    • Cassie says

      November 8, 2017 at 8:18 am

      you reminded me that i burned some spoons last year as gifts and created a little spin on them- i should totally share those, too! they’re kind of funny. or maybe i give myself too much credit here or have a low standard for what’s funny. HA!

      Reply
      • Tania says

        November 8, 2017 at 9:27 pm

        yes, you definitely need to share the spoons!!

        Tania

        Reply
  6. [email protected] says

    November 10, 2017 at 9:31 pm

    you know I love the camper one the best! they’re all adorable, though–love the mountains, too!

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    • Cassie says

      November 13, 2017 at 5:23 pm

      thank you, gretchen! i thought you might like that one! 🙂

      Reply
  7. Corinna Henderson says

    November 12, 2017 at 3:49 pm

    I have a wood burning tool! I got it that one time I went to Haven. I’m inspired to pull it out and see what I can come up with.

    Reply
    • Cassie says

      November 13, 2017 at 5:22 pm

      oh yes you need to pull that bad boy out and go to town! take out some stress on it!!!!!

      Reply
  8. Stephanie @ Casa Watkins Living says

    November 12, 2017 at 11:29 pm

    Adorable!!!!!! Love the burned on decor and super cute.

    Reply
    • Cassie says

      November 13, 2017 at 5:22 pm

      thank you so much steph! and thank you for sharing them, too!!!! XOXO

      Reply

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