Happy Friday: Homemade Holiday Decor

By Bryn | Operations Manager

Nov 04, 2016 @ 6:06 PM MDT

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pallet-decor

Sent from reader, Jennifer:

I know Pinterest is full of these pallet characters than can be flipped but I really loved the idea of decor that I could leave out for more than one holiday so I made these for my weekend project. I did have to buy a few extra bottles of paint. I used a Jo-Ann’s coupon and these were colors I would use again for other projects anyway so no big expense here. I may add a little hay/flowers to the scarecrow hat and possibly a scarf to the snowman in the future. My husband deconstructed, cut, and sanded the pallet for me. Overall, I think they turned out pretty well especially their friendly smiles.

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Sharon November 4, 2016 at 6:13 pm MST

Great job!

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Ashley November 4, 2016 at 6:15 pm MST

Jennifer, your pallet looks great! I’ve been thinking about doing a similar craft, because I like that’s it’s for multiple holidays.

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Brandy November 4, 2016 at 6:16 pm MST

Adorable❣️

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StephB November 4, 2016 at 6:18 pm MST

This is so cute! Thanks for the idea:)

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Ktenny November 4, 2016 at 6:19 pm MST

Awe. So Cute. What a great hubby! Sounds like he did all the hard work just so you could have some fun lol. Where did you get the crates from? I always see cute projects made using them but never know where I can get them either cheap or free.

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laureen November 4, 2016 at 6:56 pm MST

I say just check grocery stores and drug stores. I work at walgreens and sometimes we just leave them outside next to the onlinepactor. Depends on if we can get the drivers to take them back with them.

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Susan November 4, 2016 at 10:12 pm MST

It’s actually illegal to take pallets without permission. Please talk to the store or wherever you’d like to take them from for permission. Though sometimes the store wouldn’t be able to say yes, either, if they’re owned by the shipper of whatever product was held on them.

Also, be very careful using old pallets for these types of projects. Make certain you wear gloves. The last thing you want is a nasty staph infection from a seemingly innocuous splinter from one of these!

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Lolie November 4, 2016 at 6:20 pm MST

Great job! I’ve been wanting one of those. They are too cute and you get two uses.

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t November 4, 2016 at 6:33 pm MST

Wow, wish my hubby would do all the hard work for me, guess you scored!

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sara November 4, 2016 at 7:47 pm MST

So fun!

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Holly November 4, 2016 at 8:27 pm MST

Good thinking and super cute!

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Chen November 4, 2016 at 10:33 pm MST

This is a great idea! Thanks for sharing.

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Nicole November 4, 2016 at 10:56 pm MST

I did this a few weeks ago with friends. So much fun. It won’t let me share the pic of the outonlinee.

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KW November 5, 2016 at 5:02 am MST

I see pallets for free listed on Craigslist all the time. Stores in my area list them when they put them out by trash or have collected a few for people to onlinee get.

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MCouzens November 5, 2016 at 5:36 am MST

I absolutely love these! This is something I could actually do. Thanks for the inspiration!

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Jennifer November 5, 2016 at 11:08 am MST

Wow, I am late seeing that this was posted! Thanks so much for all the great onlinements. As for finding pallets, I tend to just find a random pallet occasionally but if you let your friends know that you are looking for a pallet they somehow just seem to turn up. I really loved this project and hope some of you will try it too. Thanks again!

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