Rustic Wooden Birdhouse Craft Ornament

Turning a dollar store wooden bird house into an adorable rustic birdhouse craft ornament with some distressed paint and Cricut Joy.

November 7, 2020 · 2 min · 360 words · Karen Harrison

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Ive previously used them to make thisrustic birdhouse centerpiecefor my table.

They are just too cute not to buy when I see them at the dollar stores.

But this time, I wanted to make a birdhouse ornament craft just for myself!

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The home sweet home lettering was applied using my Cricut Joy and some permanent vinyl.

Materials Needed:

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How to Make a Rustic Birdhouse Ornament:

Paint the sides of the house using White Birch.

Paint the roof of the house and the bottom base using Black Tie.

Using a fine tip paint brush, also paint the post in Black Tie.

Rustic wooden birdhouse craft ornament.

Let the paint dry fully before proceeding with the next step.

Wipe off the dust with a clean, dry cloth.

Then apply a coat of mod podge sealer all over the surface of the birdhouse.

Rustic wooden birdhouse craft ornament.

Leave it to dry before proceeding with the next step.

UploadHome Sweet Home SVG Fileinto Design Space.

With the image highlighted, hit attach to keep all pieces of the image together.

Adjust image size to fit your wooden birdhouse accordingly or maintain size as provided.

Color sync the image if desired to match the vinyl color.

Ensure the machine is set to Cricut Joy and select Make It in Design Space.

Choose Without Mat as the option for cutting when using Smart Vinyl.

Cut around the image with a pair of scissors.

Using the weeding tool, peel away the excess vinyl around the cut image and discard.

Materials needed to make a rustic wooden birdhouse craft ornament.

Cut a piece of transfer tape a bit larger than the size of the image.

Peel away the transfer tape backing and place the transfer tape overtop of the cut image.

Gently rub the vinyl to help it stick to the transfer tape.

Materials needed to make a rustic wooden birdhouse craft ornament.

Peel away the transfer tape.

Isnt this little birdhouse ornament so darn cute?

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Rustic Wooden Birdhouse Craft Ornament

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Instructions

Wooden bird house

Painting the wooden birdhouse white.

Painting the wooden birdhouse white.

Painting the wooden birdhouse roof black.

Painting the wooden birdhouse roof black.

Painting the wooden birdhouse post black.

Painting the wooden birdhouse post black.

Sanding the black paint on the wooden birdhouse.

Sanding the black paint on the wooden birdhouse.

Sanding the black paint on the wooden birdhouse.

Sanding the black paint on the wooden birdhouse.

Applying mod podge over the surface of the birdhouse.

Applying mod podge over the surface of the birdhouse.

Loading white vinyl into the Cricut Joy machine.

Loading white vinyl into the Cricut Joy machine.

Cutting around the cut image.

Cutting around the cut image.

Peeling away excess vinyl.

Peeling away excess vinyl.

Cutting a piece of transfer tape.

Cutting a piece of transfer tape.

Placing the transfer tape over top of the cut image.

Placing the transfer tape over top of the cut image.

Placing the cut image onto the roof of the wooden birdhouse.

Placing the cut image onto the roof of the wooden birdhouse.

Pressing the transfer tape onto the wooden birhouse.

Pressing the transfer tape onto the wooden birhouse.

Top view of the birdhouse roof with the cut image “home sweet home."

Top view of the birdhouse roof with the cut image “home sweet home."

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Rustic wooden birdhouse craft ornament.

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