Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Wood Slice Ornaments with HTV post. I have been having a blast creating my own SVG files lately and today I’m going to share a project I created using a few of them. I’m no expert in the designing phase, but I am more than happy with how these adorable ornaments turned out. We are also going to be working with Heat Transfer Vinyl, or HTV for short. Let’s get started.
The Wood Slice
I began this project with a package of wooden coasters that I found at my local Walmart. They are all different shapes and a little on the rough side, but nothing that I couldn’t work with. I used a piece of 3M 220 grit sandpaper on both sides. It didn’t take long until they were super smooth and ready for the next step.
Because each of the wood rounds was a different size I had to decide which word file to use on them. After measuring each piece I sized the files accordingly. I then cut the images from black Cricut Everyday Iron-On with my Cricut Explore Air 2 machine. To apply the images onto the ornaments I used my Mini Cricut Heat Press. Yes, you heard that correctly, heat transfer vinyl on a wood slice! It was super easy and didn’t take long at all.
Creating the Ornaments
After cutting and weeding the designs for today’s project I got everything ready. I began by checking with the Cricut app to find my heat setting and temperature guide. According to the guide, the heat setting is medium and the time is 40 seconds of constant movement. While that was heating up, I used a soft lint free cloth to remove all of the sawdust from the sanding process. I really like the natural color of these wood slices, so I didn’t need to paint or stain them.
Applying HTV to the wood slices was so easy. After the mini heat press was ready, I lined up the word and pressed it for the required 40 seconds. I slowly removed the liner when it was cool to the touch. If any of the HTV started to lift, I laid the liner back down and pressed it for a few more seconds. Because this was the first time I had ever done this, the camera was an after thought. So I have no images to share of this process.
Finishing The Ornaments
Because these wood slices were originally coasters, I asked my husband to add screw eyes to the tops of them. We found a package of 3/4” eyes at the local Walmart.
to finish off these pretty wood slice Christmas ornaments I used a few supplies that have been in my craft stash for years. The suede cord was the only viable option for the natural wood slice. I used pieces that are about 10 inches long. To add another element, I found these wood beads. I really love how well the dark brown and natural colored beads fit so well with the ornaments.
Wood Slice Ornament Gallery
Below are the ornaments I’ve made so far hanging on our Christmas tree. The Peace ornament is about 4 inches wide, but only 3.5” tall.
The Love ornament is a little bit smaller coming in at 3.75” wide and 3.25” tall.
My Joy ornament is just a bit smaller than the previous at just shy of 3.75” wide and 3.25” tall.
The final ornament is the largest of the four coming in at 4” wide and 4.25” tall. It is my absolute favorite of the bunch. It took me a while to design this manger and stable, but I’m so glad I stuck with it. The design fits this ornament perfectly.
Thank you so much for joining me for today’s Wood Slice Ornaments with HTV post. These were so much fun to create. I did find out that these rather large ornaments are on the heavy side. They definitely need to be hung on the lower branches of the tree. Have you created ornaments from wood slices before? If you have I would love to hear all about them in the comments below.
If you are interested in creating more ornaments, I have two posts showing how to create glitter ornaments to share with you. Check those out here: Ornaments. Until then, have a fantastic week and I will see you back in the craft room again soon!
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