Deer Wood Slice Ornaments – Rustic Christmas
Learn how to make deer wood slice ornaments that will add the perfect touch of rustic to your Christmas decor.
A couple of weeks ago Sébastien, the girls, and I went for a walk on my father-in-law’s land. He has a gorgeous piece of property that’s completely wooded, you can imagine how nice it is to walk in.
As soon as we got there Sébastien brought us to the huge pile of firewood (my father-in-law cuts firewood for a living) that he had helped his father cut.
When I got right up close to it, I saw pieces that hadn’t been split because they were too small. I asked Sébastien if we could take a couple home so that I we could slice them to make Christmas ornaments.
Of course, since he’s a great husband haha, he said yes. I picked a bunch, and also grabbed a few that had a nice and thick bark.
As soon as we got into the car, I asked if we could go see my Dad so that he could slice them for us. My Dad used his miter saw to slice them for me.
Once all our pieces were cut, he used his drill press to drill little holes in the slices. We transformed the wood slices into these gorgeous ornaments.
Making Ornaments with Wood Slices
At first my Mom and I had a bunch of different types of ornaments we wanted to make with them.
We were going to use a wood burner to personalize them. We were also going to paint a couple of them. We were going to stencil them. Use chalkboard paint. Anyways, you get the point.. LOTS of possibilities! But things changed as we were shopping at Target.
We were walking around the Christmas section at Target and came across GORGEOUS Deer clothespins, I mean they were adorable!
I couldn’t part with them, I mean they were only $4.
However, I didn’t need clothespins.. but I loved the deer on them. And that’s when we realized we could remove the deer from the clothespins and use those for our ornaments… GENIUS!!
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Deer Wood Slice Ornaments – Rustic Christmas
Supplies:
- Wood slices with holes.
- Embellishments (We used deer clothespins from Target)
- Glitter (optional)
- Mod Podge (optional)
- Paint brush
- Wax paper
- Hot glue gun
- Wire
- Wire cutters
Instructions:
Step 1: We started off by removing the deer from the clothespins.
Step 2: We figured the natural colored ones would not stand out enough on the wood slices, so we opted to add glitter to them.
We applied Mod Podge on them with a brush and sprinkled glitter all over them.
Step 3: Once dried, we applied a coat of Mod Podge over them to seal the glitter in place.
Step 4: We took out the hot glue and attached the deer onto the wood slices.
Step 5: Next we cut pieces of black wire with wire cutters and attached them to the wood slices. We used a chopstick (or crayon) to curl the ends of the wire.
And voilà, finished!
Don’t you LOVE them?! I sure do!! I can’t wait to hang them in my tree!!!
As my Mom and I were working on our ornaments, Gabrielle and Emanuelle were next to us making their own. You know how Gabrielle is quite creative, right?! Well, she managed to surprise me.
When I looked at the ornaments she made, I was BLOWN AWAY!! Ok, my ornaments are very nice… however hers are kinda better than mine!! SERIOUSLY!! Look at what she made:
Rudolph Wood Slice Ornament
Yep, she made the CUTEST Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer ornament EVER!!
She used the clothespins we had removed from the deer! I just love his red glitter nose! She said she was going to use a red pom pom but thought glitter would pop more.
Here are more DIY reindeer ornaments she made along with her Rudolph ornament!
P.S. This is how to make glitter ornaments with wood slices.
Aren’t the woodland deer ornaments FABULOUS?! Gosh that kid blows me away with her talent! Mine are nice too, right? hehe
Hope you enjoyed the tutorial!
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Deer Wood Slice Ornaments
Learn how to make deer wood slice ornaments. Easy rustic Christmas craft.
Materials
- Wood slices with holes
- Deer embellishments
- Glitter (optional)
- Mod Podge (optional)
- Wax paper
- Wire
Tools
- Paint brush (optional)
- Glue gun
- Wire cutters
- Chopstick or pencil (optional)
Instructions
- Remove deer from clothespin.
- Add glitter to natural deer. Place them on wax paper, apply Mod Podge with paint brush, and sprinkle glitter over them.
- Apply a final coat of Mod Podge with a paint brush over the glittered deer.
- Attach deer to wood slice using a glue gun.
- Cut wire with wire cutters.
- Insert wire into the hole in the wood slice. Twist the wire and wrap the ends around a chopstick or pencil to curl the ends.
- Hang the deer wood slice ornaments on a Christmas tree.
Notes
More fun wood slice ornament ideas. 
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I LOVE these! They are so cute and fairly easy to make. May just be making a few of these this year!
These are so cute! My mother in law would love them!
Those are stunning!! what a great idea!! I might try to make these with my kids!
OMGosh, those are the cutest ornaments ever!! I’m heading to Target tonight, and HAVE to see if they too carry those reindeer pegs. I don’t have any wood scraps for a beautiful base like yours, but am inspired to scrounge something up since I have the rest of those supplies laying around here, heh. Thanks so much for the inspiration!
These are absolutely adorable!!! What a cute idea!!! Pinning and heading over to Facebook to follow! :)
Oh, those are just too cute! How clever to see the possibilities in those clothes pins!
Oh my gosh! I LOVE LOVE LOVE these ornaments. They are so beautiful. I so wish I had access to wood so I could make some. I’m pinning your image so I can remember it. Beautiful work!
These are great.
these are adorable!
Love them! You’re so clever!
Soooo cute!! LOVE these. They are stinkin cute, clever girl!
Adorable!!
These are adorable!!
So cute!! Gee, I wish I had a miter saw…and a drill bit…you get the picture!
So cute Christine! They would make awesome hostess or ornament exchange gifts or gift tags but I’d steal some for my own tree first. LOL
Oh my,the reindeer with wobbly eyes! Cuteness overload :-D
Pinning!
xx
Mila
Christine! These are too cute! I love this ornament challenge!
These are crazy cute Christine! Great idea!! SOOO want those little deer!
Too cute! My favorite Christmas decoration I’ve seen on blogland this year.
Both types are lovely but I have a bit of a thing for googly eyes!
What a super creative family you are!
Super cute idea! Thanks for sharing!
These are adorable! Love the mini clothes pins for antlers.
I LOVE these! Pinned for all to be inspired.
These are so adorable! I pinned them to my favorites board!
These are seriously the cutest things I’ve ever seen! I can’t wait to make some! Please come share at my link party! http://carissamiss.com
Very, very cute!! I especially love the clothespin antlers!!
These are fabulous! I see a trip to Target to snatch up some of those deer in my very near future. LOL! You are so creative! Just wanted to let you know that I’m featuring these at this week’s link party! http://www.thelifeofjenniferdawn.com/2014/12/a-little-bird-told-me-link-party-119.html Have a wonderful week!
Loving the plaid reindeer. Adding them to the wood slices really gives them a nice rustic cabin feels.
I just love these! The deer are adorable!!! But the Rudolph takes the cake!!!!
The one with the clothespin antlers is too clever and cute!
Wonderful. I really like them. Especially clothespin antlers !!!
So cute, I love the Rudolph one!
They are fabulous. Thanks for sharing!
hi cristine your creations are awesome!! i am from greece and i want ask you if i can use some of your ideas for commercial use like (deer wood slice ornaments-rustic chtistmas) and give a gredit to you writting the link back to this post about my project. thanks for your time and keep going with your creations, are amazing!!
Very cute love the cloths peg one, think I’ll get my Beaver scouts to make these for their Christmas crafts.
Great project! Love how they turned out! Have a great week :)
The best combination of wood slices, deers and plaid ever! Love these!
Ok, this project is just too gorgeous and I LOVE how it all comes together in the end and the Rudolph is just gorgeous. Rustic is my thing this year though my tree is bit modern (white) from precious years… trying to figure out how to give it a rustic touch and I think these are perfect! I would LOVE for you to link this post up with us at The Creative Corner Link Up if you haven’t already. Pinning this! :)
These are lovely, isn’t it funny how quickly a plan can change after a trip to the craft store!