This roundup of crafts has to be one of the cheapest ways to decorate your home for Halloween. All of these DIY tutorials and ideas use Scrap wood. If you are lucky, your local hardware store may sell or give scrap wood away.
One length of scrap 4×4 wood can make several pumpkins for a fun and festive decoration. If you don’t have any scrap wood, don’t worry I have included a couple of dollar store wood block crafts in this list. You can always buy some wood from your local hardware store and if You do not have a saw see if they have cutting facilities to help you. All you have to do is take the sizes you wish and they will make the cuts, usually at 50cents a cut.
Dollar Tree – Wood Block Pumpkins — CraftBits.com
Halloween Yard Art – Black Cats — CraftBits.com
DIY Pumpkin Blocks — CraftBits.com
DIY 4X4 Wood Pumpkins… Front Porch Fall Decor – Do Dodson Designs
How To Make 4 X 4 Pumpkins – Sunshine and Rainy Days
When making rustic wood projects, I like to use a flat (non-glossy paint) for a more rustic finish. If I need to work quickly I use Krylon chalky spray paint
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and my favorite sanding tool is the Ryobi One cordless sander
. It is not too heavy for me and gets into the nooks and crannies of my projects.
Scrap Wood Pumpkin | Simply Beautiful By Angela
4×4 pumpkins – The Creative Mom
4×4 post-Jack-o-Lanterns & Ghosts {Halloween Décor}
Working with wood can seem daunting, but it these projects all require simple basic cuts, so if you have a saw or electric saw, give it a go. The best thing about working with scrapwood is the projects are generally rustic anyways so a little off here and there adds to the rustic charm.
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