Rustic Crate Santa and Christmas Tree
Today's project is a fun one! I grabbed a bunch of old tools and reclaimed pieces of wood to create a Santa and Tree.
I didn't let the fact that I am completely out of wood stop me from making this project.
I used what I had and these rustic decorations couldn't be cuter!
Sometimes you just have to think out of the "box".
Take a look...
I had an idea for a project but I was completely out of wood.
I wanted to cut out triangles to make a Santa and a Tree but I didn't even have any scraps left.
Until I spied it... an old crate!
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Now never fear you antique lovers... I have several of them and this one was broken on one side.
I used a jig saw and cut off one of the sides and got to work.
I cut out 2 triangles. The larger one for the tree and the smaller one for a Santa.
But now the question was, what was I going to use for a base?
Searching through my junk, I found an old hanger, a small piece of antique wood and a railroad spike. An interesting combination if I do say so myself.
I drilled a hole in the antique piece of wood and inserted the railroad spike with a little hot glue.
I cut the hanger and added it to a scrap piece of wood that was too small for much else.
There, those were the stands for my tree and Santa.
I used E6000 and glued the triangles I cut to the stands.
I sanded the edges to smooth the triangles then added a 25 for Christmas to the tree triangle that already had some of the original label on it.
I used the Bingo stencil from Old Sign Stencils. The numbers come in very handy on projects like this rustic Bingo Advent Calendar I made a few years ago!
On the top of the tree I added a star I made gold with Rub and Buff Gold Leaf.
I made a green stain with a little green paint and water for the tree just to give it a little color.
Lastly, on the tree I distressed the edges with a black ink pad and a soft foundation brush to give it an aged look.
Now for the smaller triangle on the railroad spike....
I painted a cute little Santa on that one and added baking soda to the white paint to give it some texture.
On both I tied a coffee stained ribbon and that was it!
Aren't they so cute?! I love their rustic look!
See, I knew I would come up with something today!
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