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Wood Slice Photo Christmas Ornament

November 25, 2019 By Lauren

Thanks to DecoArt for sponsoring this post by providing the post used for my DIY Wood Slice Photo Christmas Ornaments. This post contains Amazon affiliate links. These affiliate links cost you nothing but may earn a small commission to help fund this blog. Thanks!

A DIY photo wood slice ornament featuring a photo of a Shih Tzu dog

Welcome to the 8th day of the 5th annual 12 Days of Holiday Ideas event, hosted by Shirley of Intelligent Domestications  and  Erlene of My Pinterventures.

Between Nov. 11th and December 6th there will be hundreds of new ideas shared by over 55 Co-host bloggers!  Go here to see our kick-off collection of Holiday ideas as well as all of this year’s talented participating DIY and Foodie Blogs. Download this years November and December calendars with all of the topics and dates so you can make plans to watch for ideas!

Today we are featuring DIY holiday ornaments! Every year I usually buy a picture frame ornament with the year marked on it for each of my daughters. I put a photo of them in it from the current year as a keepsake item. This year I’ve decided to make my own. I’m enthralled with rustic wood slices recently, so this year I will make rustic wood slice photo ornaments! (You can see my tutorial on how to make these simple ornaments below.)

Today for the 12 Days of Holiday Ideas Blog Hop, we will be featuring lots of tutorials on how to make your own DIY ornaments this Christmas

These are such easy ornaments to make that your youngest kids can make their own photo ornaments this year!

For my rustic photo wood slice ornaments, I was inspired by this project by The Sweetest Occasion. I like the sweet look of the ornaments – and how easy they are to create. With my DIY photo ornaments this year, I’m glad that I won’t have to purchase the photo frame ornaments that I usually do. For Christmas this year, I am making one of these of my puppy, and one each for my husband and kids. (Because I don’t show my kids’ photos online, I’ll just be sharing an ornament I made for myself and one for my puppy.)

Easy Rustic Wood Slice Photo Ornament

Supplies

(Photos)

Wood Slices for Crafts with Holes and Twine (The wood slices I ordered came in a super cute burlap bag with a pine tree on it. They also came with twine.)
 

Scissors
Foam Craft Brush
All Purpose Glue Stick
DecoArt Galaxy Glitter Acrylic Paint 2oz-Moon – Silver

Easy DIY Photo Ornament Instructions

Print out photos to use for your photo ornament. Make sure that the people (or pets) to be featured on the ornament are in the center of the photo with a good amount of scenery or background around them. (This is important so you can cut the photo to size.)

Trace one of the wood slices on the photo so that the part of the photo you want on the ornament falls within the circle.

Cut out the circular portion of the photo that you are keeping. If you like you can then trim the circle so that some of the wood slice will show around the edges of the photo.

How to make a very simple wood slice photo ornament - you can make these ornaments with your kids!

If you like, paint on DecoArt Galaxy Glitter Acrylic Paint (I used moon-silver ) to add a glittery effect to the edge of the ornament. I have used DecoArt paints (e.g., acrylic and chalk paints) and have found them to be very reliable and easy to work with.

A wood slice painted with Galaxy Glitter in moon-silver by DecoArt

I like the sparkle that the Galaxy Ornament adds to the ornament.

An ornament tree with a DIY year photo ornament

I used DecoArt Galaxy Glitter Acrylic Paint -Aurora Borealis – Green on my second DIY wood slice photo ornament. (The Galaxy Glitter comes in red and a lot of other fun colors, too!)


Slip a strand of ribbon or twine into the drilled hole of the wood slice and knot. Then glue the photo onto the wood slice. Your ornament is complete!

For my second ornament, I made one of me with my sweet puppy. This Christmas will be the second Christmas my family has spent with our puppy!

A wood slice photo ornament with green Galaxy Glitter paint by DecoArt

I used a simple Sharpie to add the year onto the back of the ornaments.

It's easy to make DIY year photo ornaments with wood slices

I added the ornaments I made to a sweet ornament stand my husband bought me a few months ago in the Poconos. On the stand are also the adorable DIY snowman ornaments I received from the 2019 Ornament Exchange blog hop. (Stop by the Ornament Exchange blog hop to get the tutorial for these cute snowman ornaments.)

A 1950's gold ornament tree
Thanks for checking out my simple DIY wood slice photo ornaments.

Easy wood slice photo ornaments

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Be sure to check out my friends’ DIY holiday ornaments above. We are also hosting a BIG GIVEAWAY with lots of great gifts for the holidays! Scroll down to the bottom of this post to enter!

 

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Comments

  1. Carrie @ Curly Crafty Mom says

    November 25, 2019 at 10:55 AM

    You’ve been coming up with a lot of great wood slice crafts for the holidays! Mochi is so cute on the glittery ornament!

    Carrie
    curlycraftymom.com

  2. Marie says

    November 25, 2019 at 1:14 PM

    Wonderful keepsake ornament idea! My daughter made ornaments just like these with our grandson’s baby photo and I will cherish it always.
    Marie recently posted…Farmhouse Ticking Stripe Embroidery Hoop OrnamentsMy Profile

    • Lauren says

      November 25, 2019 at 1:22 PM

      Hi, Marie! Sounds like a sweet ornament!

  3. Rachelle says

    November 25, 2019 at 1:57 PM

    Very sweet, love that the whole family can be on these ornaments.
    Rachelle recently posted…Comment on Miniature Sleigh Holiday Ornaments by adminMy Profile

  4. Anita Holland says

    November 25, 2019 at 6:18 PM

    How cute and unique, thanks for sharing.

  5. Jill says

    November 25, 2019 at 9:14 PM

    What a great DIY! Such a cute ornament and I love how easy it is to make!

    Jill – Doused in Pink
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  6. Super Mom - No Cape! says

    November 25, 2019 at 11:22 PM

    What great keepsakes these ornaments will be. Thanks for sharing how you made them.

  7. Jenny says

    November 26, 2019 at 3:57 PM

    What a cute idea. That galaxy glitter paint is awesome and the colors are so pretty.

  8. Roseann Hampton says

    November 27, 2019 at 5:25 PM

    How cute – love how it’s accented with the glitter paint!

  9. Jessa says

    November 30, 2019 at 8:24 AM

    This ornament is darling Lauren! I love your doggo and he definitely deserves a spot front and center on the tree!
    Jessa recently posted…Marbled Snowflake OrnamentsMy Profile

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