About Wood Winter Crafts

Throughout history winter presented time to sit by the fire and make things.  Often hand-carved toys would be crafted from a piece of firewood or a new cooking utensil or tool to be used in the spring.  Today, pre-cut wood ornaments, unfinished items and decorations are available online or in stores.

Wood Craft Kits.  Kits can be purchased online or in stores.  Many decorative or useful items can be purchased pre-cut, you finish or decorate.  These kits are perfect for children's projects.

Pre-cut wood projects.  Craft stores often carry pre-cut ornaments, keepsake boxes, doll houses, wood cars and many other imaginative items.These are not kits, but wood items you buy and finish.

• Wood toys
  
  
  
  
  • Simple wood toys can be purchased unfinished.  Paint a red fire engine or put flames on a wood car.  Furnish a simple doll house to be given as Christmas gifts.  Have different gifts to be finished by different members of the family.
  
  
  
  

Make your own. 

• Snowman:
  
  
  
  
  • To make a wood snowman, you purchase three wood balls of varying sizes.  Glue the largest ball to the second largest with the smallest on top.  Paint the three balls white.  Decorate the snowman with clear glitter.  Finish him with paint, eyes, and other features.
  
  
  
  

• Christmas Tree Ornaments.
  
  
  
  • An ornament can be made from any shape.  Many craft stores carry pre-made wood ornaments. 
  
  
  • You can purchase an assortment of pre-cut random shaped wood pieces and paint them into Christmas tree ornaments.  
  
  
  • Use an eye with a screw into the top of the ornament, insert yarn or string to hang on the tree.
  
  
  • Combine shapes to come up with unique designs.
  
  
  • You can date the ornaments, personalize them according to the family member who decorated them.
  
  
  • These will last for years and will be cherished by the family.