How to Make a DIY Ornaments Keepsake Box
This DIY keepsake box for your ornaments is the perfect way to store your ornaments after the holidays are over! For more holiday project ideas, check out my DIY word light “FAMILY” sign, DIY wall-mounted Christmas tree, and DIY ornaments.
If there’s one thing I love doing on this blog it’s repurposing something old and discarded into something else.
Some call it “repurposing” but I like to think of it as “flexing your creativity muscle.”
I had binged on Project Runway and my absolute favorite episodes are their “unconventional” challenges, where they have to make beautiful garments out of the most unlikely thing.
So that’s what I had in mind when I saw this scrap piece of railing at the ReStore: I was going to make something cool from the most unlikely thing: Christmas DIY ornaments!
It was stuck in this pile of scrap wood.
I felt like a Project Runway designer–only, instead of making some gorgeous dress out of wood chips, I was going to make something to put in my house. LOL
I busted out my power drill and hollowed out the middle.
….made the cutest dangly DIY ornaments from those adorable little spindles!
AFTER!
And then I said, “You know what would be really cool?? Not just to make DIY ornaments, but to make their own DIY ornaments keepsake box!
AFTER!
I still can’t believe I made this pretty little thing from scratch!!
I’m sort of like the “let’s-just-buy-boxed-cake” kind of girl. But I’m slowly becoming a “we-bakin’-this-from-scratch-yo!” kind of artist. It’s pretty exciting.
And it’s exciting to think of being able to make someone a DIY ornaments keepsake box.
I wanted to stencil the outside with snowflakes but guess who couldn’t find their stenciling materials?? ME <~~ the unorganized crafter/builder! So please excuse the lack of painted stencils! Those will come later!
But here are some other ideas on ways to embellish it:
- Painted stencils on the front (snowflakes, “Happy Holidays,” etc.)
- Writing a poem or the lyrics to your favorite holiday song on the inside doors.
- Adding a decorative handle to the top so that you can carry it easily in and out of storage.
- Adding hardware to the back and hanging it on your wall.
- Making something like this to hang on the wall for your jewelry! 🙂
How to Make a DIY Ornaments Keepsake Box
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I wish I had something cute like this for my ornaments! Mine are just kept in a storage bin in my basement! Nothing creative or pretty about it! Love this idea!
I love how you see creative things in all the different pieces you find! I keep our ornaments in plastic bins, but I do keep them in their boxes if they came with one or wrapped in tissue paper. It’s fun to unwrap each one and remember where it came from or who gave it to you!
I love your creativity. Those little spindles will add charm to your tree and a story to tell.
I’m really smitten with that box, too. I don’t know how you get all this done. You’re amazing.
I love this idea and this would make a great gift. I see myself making one (or more) for myself. My son is now grown and away at college – I have ornaments that where purchased celebrating his first Christmas and thorough out the baby/toddler years. This would be a wonderful piece to store and pass on to him in the future.
I Store my ornaments in those Sterilite ornament boxes, red bottom with clear hinged lids. I like that they have individual round compartments, for all of the round ornaments. I’d like to make something like this for my special ornaments that aren’t round!
I love it! What a great idea! I store my ornaments in big plastic bins….Boring! Thank you for the wonderful giveaway.
Erin
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I love the ornaments and the box! I store my ornaments in plastic totes and collected certain ones that ended up going to my grand daughter just last year (I had collected them for over 20 years, all Barbie ornaments.) Since the kids are grown, I have gotten kind of lazy about decking the tree so it really depends on how I feel whether I really deck it out or just do the basics. I don’t really collect ornaments anymore.
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I love these ornaments and the BOX!! Love it!! What a great way to show case everything you’ve made!! I also would love to win! (Pick me, pickme). HA!
Thanks again for all you do!!
Mary
Super cute ornaments and box. I store my ornaments in plastic totes for the most part. Wrapped in tissue paper, bubble wrap or newspaper. I also have many stored in their original boxes in the totes.