Beach Wood Peace Sign Tutorial

Beach Wood Peace Sign How To

If you would like to read about my FIRST attempt {and fail} of this project, click HERE. I promise you will chuckle.

I think this is perfect for coastal chic decor or a funky front porch.

Especially since it is made out of beach wood.

It was actually a lot easier than I thought it would be.

Let's get started:

You will need:

foam wreath {purchased at $1 Tree}

Beach wood in all different shapes and sizes

or any funky wood scraps {barn wood even}

Glue gun and glue sticks

First I dug through all my pieces until I found some that would fit for my "peace" lines.  I set them in the center of the wreath and then I poked the ends of the sticks into the foam so they would stay put.

Then I busted out my glue gun and began gluing down random scraps.  I started from the outside edge and worked my way towards the center.  Be sure to only put glue on the underside of each wood piece so that the glue doesn't show. 

REMEMBER: this is NOT supposed to be perfect--at all! The charm is in the haphazard nature of this piece {no pun intended}.

Here is a picture of my first dozen or so pieces glued down.

and then some more...

and then waaayyyy more.

Occasionally I had to break some wood pieces so they could fit to fill in the gaps.

I did NOT glue any wood down on the back side of the wreath or in the inside edge of the circle.

The hardest part of this project is having enough wood pieces to choose from. So start collecting now :)

I will be linking this project up to these ladies fabulous parties!

HAPPY CRAFTING!

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