How to Make an Easy DIY Wood Slice Wall Hook. Hang your coats, bags, or kitchen aprons on this fun and beautiful DIY home decor idea.
Like a lot of people, I am loving wood slice everything right now. So, I wanted to figure out how to add it to my home decor. Luckily, I came up with a couple of ways to add this cute trend to my home. Today, I’m sharing how to make an easy DIY wood slice wall hook with you. And it turned out so pretty, right?!
I love the way this wood slice wall hook just pops off my kitchen wall and draws your eye to those fun aprons. Wood is just such a great warming, cozy element to decorate with right now. It just grounds a room and gives it such appeal. At least, I think so. How about you?
A couple of weeks ago, I made this super cute and easy DIY Red Truck Christmas Centerpiece with a wood slice. That DIY has been pretty popular. I hope you’ll check it out too. 🙂
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Easy DIY Wood Slice Wall Hook – Materials
- Large Wood Slice, about 12″
- 120-Grit Sandpaper
- Minwax Polycrylic in Clear Matte & a good brush
- Sawtooth Picture Hanger, Nail & 3M Medium Command Strips (optional)
- Drill, Philips Head Screwdriver, & Hammer
- Pretty Wall Hooks – I bought these beautiful birds at Hobby Lobby a few years ago. They haven’t had them at mine the last few times I checked. But they have loads of others. And, Amazon has a huge selection of really cute wall hooks.
Coat Hook Build Steps
- Sand one side for your wood slice. This will give it a smooth clean surface.
- Slightly Dampen your cloth. Then wipe the dust from the Wood Slice.
- Apply the Polycrylic in a light, even layer. Be sure to keep the Polycrylic off the bark.
- Let the first coat dry, per instructions. Then lightly sand it, wipe clean, and apply a second light, even layer.
- Once that has completely dried, flip the wood slice over on a clean rag (to protect the finish) and attach the Sawtooth Hanger.
- Flip the Easy DIY Wood Slice Wall Hook back over, draw evenly spaced and level marks on the wood slice for your wall hooks.
Mark evenly spaced and level spots. - Use your drill and a bit slightly smaller than your screws to drill pilot holes on your marks. This will help the screws go in quickly and prevent them from splitting the wood slice.
Drill pilot holes for your screws. - Use the screwdriver to tighten the screws into place.
- Attach your hooks to the screws. Make sure they have an even, nice tight fit against the slice.
- Optional Step: If your hooks slide onto the screw, like mine, and you have little kids, like mine, you can use a dab of Elmer’s to secure the hook to the slice. My little guys will shake things on the hooks to try to get them off. Sometimes they twist and shake so much, they pop the hook right off. So, a little dab of Elmer’s keeps the hook in place. And, I can always pop off a small dab of Elmer’s if I need to remove that hook later.
Two small dabs of Elmer’s will keep the hook from moving. - Hang that Easy DIY Wood Slice Wall Hook from a perfectly placed nail on your wall.
- Second Optional Step: I also use a 3M Command Strip on the back of the wood slice. Like I said earlier, my little guys will try to shake things off the hooks, because they’re so short. That command strip will keep them from pulling the slice off the wall, while the nail holds the bulk of the weight. And it also keeps that Wood Slice perfectly centered. 🙂
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Easy DIY Wood Slice Wall Hook
Materials
- Wood Slice
- Fun Hooks
- Water-Based Poly
Instructions
Easy DIY Wood Slice Wall Hook – Build Steps
- Sand one side for your wood slice. This will give it a smooth clean surface.
- Slightly Dampen your cloth. Then wipe the dust from the Wood Slice.
- Apply the Polycrylic in a light, even layer. Be sure to keep the Polycrylic off the bark.
- Let the first coat dry, per instructions. Then lightly sand it, wipe clean, and apply a second light, even layer.
- Once that has completely dried, flip the wood slice over on a clean rag (to protect the finish) and attach the Sawtooth Hanger.
- Flip the Easy DIY Wood Slice Wall Hook back over, draw evenly spaced and level marks on the wood slice for your wall hooks.
- Use your drill and a bit slightly smaller than your screws to drill pilot holes on your marks. This will help the screws go in quickly and prevent them from splitting the wood slice.
- Use the screwdriver to tighten the screws into place.
- Attach your hooks to the screws. Make sure they have an even, nice tight fit against the slice.
- Optional Step: If your hooks slide onto the screw, like mine, and you have little kids, like mine, you can use a dab of Elmer’s to secure the hook to the slice. My little guys will shake things on the hooks to try to get them off. Sometimes they twist and shake so much, they pop the hook right off. So, a little dab of Elmer’s keeps the hook in place. And, I can always pop off a small dab of Elmer’s if I need to remove that hook later.
Notes
Like a lot of people, I am loving wood slice everything right now. So, I wanted to figure out how to add it to my home decor. Luckily, I came up with a couple of ways to add this cute trend to my home. Today, I’m sharing how to make an easy DIY wood slice wall hook with you. And it turned out so pretty, right?!
I love the way this wood slice wall hook just pops off my kitchen wall and draws your eye to those fun aprons. Wood is just such a great warming, cozy element to decorate with right now. It just grounds a room and gives it such appeal. At least, I think so. How about you?
Absolutely adorable. Love! Featuring when my link party opens up tonight. Thanks so much for linking up!
Oh yea! Thanks so much for the feature, Carol. That’s made my day. 🙂
I love this project. The mix of a natural element and the birds are perfect. Happy Crafting, Kippi #kippiathome
Thanks so much, Kippi!
I love how this is so simple yet so cute!
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Me too. Thanks, Kee!
Such a wonderful addition to your kitchen. Thank you for sharing at Party In Your PJs!
It makes me smile everyday. 🙂 Thanks!
The bird hooks are so adorable and whimsical. I like that you can make with project with any style of hooks for any decor. Thanks for sharing at #HomeMattersParty
Thanks so much, Donna!
I love this! I love the bird hooks! I need something like this for my kiddos to hang up their coats.
That would be so cute for kiddos!
The birds go so well with the wood slice.
Thanks, those birds are great!
Happy New Year, Stephanie! What a wonderful idea, and your step by step instructions make it look very straight-forward. Thank you so much for sharing with us at the Hearth and Soul Link Party. Hope to see you at the first party of the New Year later today.
Thanks so much, April! See you there. 🙂
Love your blue bird wall hooks on a wood slice. Thank you for sharing at Snickerdoodle. I am featuring it at the party tomorrow.
Thanks so much, Sharon!!
Stephanie I’ve been seeing this all over the place. It is such a clever repurpose and it looks so pretty. Happy new Year!
Thanks so much, Mary! I’m loving how it turned out. 🙂
I love the little blue birds and the wood slice too
Thanks so much!
So cute! I love mixing raw wood into decorating… it always seems to add a nice balance of natural texture. Thanks for this cute idea too. Hope you have a very merry Christmas! Liz
You are so right! Thanks.
Super cute! Love the birds. Visiting from Snickerdoodle Sundays party.
Thanks so much!