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How to Make Gorgeous Wood Slice Ornaments- The Easy Way!

November 28, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

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Make gorgeous wood slice ornaments that look beautiful and are simple to make with a Cricut machine.  

I love crafts and DIYs that are made from common things that we see daily and often overlook.  We have a woodpile in the backyard that we use for our winter fires (check out our AirStone fireplace makeover here), and there are so many interesting pieces of wood in there.

How to make wood slice ornaments with just a few supplies and a Cricut machine. So cute for the Christmas tree and to give as Christmas gifts!

I picked out my favorite branch and used it to make the cutest wood slice ornaments!  These wood slice Christmas ornaments really are a cinch to make.

With just a few supplies, you can whip up LOTS of them.  Wood slice ornaments are perfect for hanging on your Christmas tree, attaching to gifts, or giving to friends and family.

These wood slice Christmas ornaments can even be customized with a name or date to make them extra special!

Wood slice Christmas ornaments

DIY Wood Slice Ornaments

Supplies:

  • Cricut Explore Air 2
  • Wood slices (you can cut these yourself or buy them pre-cut)
  • Black craft paint + paintbrush
  • Cricut® Martha Stewart Everyday Iron-On™ Collection, Metallics
  • Cricut EasyPress 2 Martha Stewart Edition
  • Thin jute, ribbon, or string
  • Hot glue gun
  • Free wood slice ornaments cut file in Design Space

Wood slice crafts

Directions:

You can choose to buy or cut your wood slices.  Since I had lots of wood in our wood pile, I chose to cut mine.

Wood slices DIY

Paint the wood slices

Use a paintbrush to add black paint to the front of each wood slice.  Let dry.

Cut + weed the iron on designs

To cut the iron on for this wood slices DIY, place a gold piece of Martha Stewart Iron On onto a standard grip mat so that the shiny side is face down.

Cricut has a whole new line of Martha iron on at Michaels in stylish colors and patterns that will make your projects look amazing!

You can use the Martha Stewart iron on on all Cricut machines (I use mine with my Martha machine), and it can even be layered up to 3 colors.

Wood slice ornaments with Cricut

Go HERE to the wood slice Christmas ornaments cut file in Design Space.  Follow the prompts to cut the iron on.  Make sure to change the slider to “mirror” so that your design isn’t backwards.

iron on vinyl on wood

Weeding iron on for wood slice ornaments

Once the iron on is cut, remove from the mat and use scissors to cut out each icon.  Use a weeding tool to remove the excess vinyl from each image, so that just the picture is left.

Adding iron on with the EasyPress 2

I’m thrilled to share that there’s a new Martha EasyPress 2 that matches the Martha Cricut Explore Air 2 available at Michaels!  It has a lovely vanilla pearl finish with a gold accent and is such an incredible crafting tool.

The Martha EasyPress 2 works MUCH better than an iron to adhere almost any iron on material, giving you professional results in 60 seconds or less.  It’s also portable and very easy to store.

It comes with an insulated safety base to put the EasyPress 2 on when not in use, and has a handy auto-shutoff feature.  I LOVE this machine!

Heat up the EasyPress 2 to 300 degrees and set it to 40 seconds.  Once it’s reached 300 degrees, place an iron on picture over a painted wood slice.

Cricut EasyPress 2 Martha Stewart edition

Firmly place the EasyPress over the iron on and wood slice, then press the “C” button to start the 40 seconds.  Remove the EasyPress when it beeps.

Wait until the wood and plastic sheet are cooler, then carefully and slowly lift up the plastic.  If your design stays on the wood, you can remove the plastic all the way.

If some of the iron on lifts up when you lift the plastic, that’s okay!  Just press it all back down and place the EasyPress2  back on top of it for another 10 seconds before removing again.  Repeat if necessary until your deisgn is fully adhered to the wood.

How to cut wood slices

I love how these DIY ornaments turned out!  The wood slices look like they’re hand painted or drawn in gold because they are so precise, thanks to my Cricut machine.

Wood slice ornaments

I’m always so impressed with how well the Cricut Explore Air 2 can cut.  It cut the small, intricate cuts like a champ!

Wood slice crafts

How to hang your wood slice ornaments

Cut a thin piece of jute, string, or ribbon a few inches long.  Bring the two ends together to form a loop, then add a dab of hot glue.  Carefully press onto the back of the ornament.

Wood slice Christmas ornaments

Voila!  Now you have beautiful ornaments that can be easily customized for your tree or for gifting to others.  Just add a name or date in Design Space if you’d like!

Wood slice ornaments

Aren’t they lovely?!  I couldn’t be happier with these pretty wood slice ornaments.  I love their modern, yet rustic and traditional look hanging on my Christmas tree.

This is just one of many wood slice crafts that I’ll be sharing.  I’m obsessed with all the things you can do with these sweet little slices!

More Cricut holiday craft ideas-

  • Hot Cocoa Gift Basket Tutorial
  • Rustic Christmas Buffalo Plaid Party
  • How to Make a Stunning St. Lucia Crown
  • How to Make Joyful DIY Christmas Cards
  • How to Make Stickers Using Cricut Print then Cut

Happy holidays!

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This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Cricut. The opinions and text are all mine.

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Hi! I'm Laura, owner and creator of Make Life Lovely, a creative blog filled with creative craft tutorials, DIY projects, party tips, holiday ideas, home decor, and so much more! Make Life Lovely is dedicated to making everyday life more lovely, and I hope to inspire you and show you how!

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