Tis’ the season for homemade gifts! With everything going on in the world, we’ve been trying hard to keep certain holiday traditions. Every year we love to make gifts and DIY some of our ornaments. When I saw this idea on TikTok I knew I had to tweak it and make it our own. Check out this low-cost wood photo ornament DIY. 

Do it yourself Wood Ornament

Wood Photo Ornament
Mickey Ornament
Bookish Photo Ornament

Wood Photo Ornament DIY Steps

You Will Need

• Mini Stacking Game (Think Jenga but miniature.) (Found ours at the dollar store.) 
• Gorilla Glue Super Glue 
• Printed Photos
• Super Glue
• Ribbon
• Mod Podge

Making the wood photo ornament

Preparing photos for printing:

Start by selecting a handful of photos you want to print for this project. You will crop them to 2 inches by 2 1/2 inches. Once you have cropped the images you will add them to a word document. 

Print your photos on paper in color or black and white depending on what you need. Don’t worry about printing them on photo paper as photo paper will not work well for this project. 

Glue together wood pieces. 

Using your gorilla glue, glue together your wood pieces horizontally. You should only need three dots of super glue to bind your glue together well. You will glue together 4 pieces in total. 

Cut out all photos.

Use scissors to cut out each photo to use for the ornaments. 

Use Mod Podge to attach your image. 

With a paint brush you will need to apply mod podge to the wood before placing the photo on the wood. After attaching the photo add a coat of mod podge to the top of the image. 

Let dry completely. 

You will want to let the mod podge glue dry completely. It can take a few hours for it to dry. 

Cut your ribbon. 

The ribbon will need to be about 3 1/2 inches long. 

Use hot-glue to attach the ribbon. 

Use hot-glue to attach the ribbon on both sides to support the ornament. 

Wood Mickey Ornament DIY 

You Will Need

• Mini Stacking Game (Think Jenga but miniature.) (Found ours at the dollar store.) 
• Gorilla Glue Super Glue 
• Mickey Wrapping Paper
• Super Glue
• Ribbon
• Mod Podge

Making the wood photo ornament

Preparing wrapping paper for ornaments:

Find a Mickey on your wrapping paper that you like best and then cut it out.

Cut it out as detailed as you want. 

Glue together wood pieces. 

Using your gorilla glue, glue together your wood pieces horizontally. You should only need three dots of super glue to bind your glue together well. You will glue together 4 pieces in total. 

Use Mod Podge to attach your image. 

With a paint brush you will need to apply mod podge to the wood before placing the mickey on the wood. After attaching the mickey add a coat of mod podge to the top of the image. 

Let dry completely. 

You will want to let the mod podge glue dry completely. It can take a few hours for it to dry. 

Cut your ribbon. 

The ribbon will need to be about 3 1/2 inches long. 

Use hot-glue to attach the ribbon. 

Use hot-glue to attach the ribbon on both sides to support the ornament. 

Book Lovers Ornament DIY 

You Will Need

• Mini Stacking Game (Think Jenga but miniature.) (Found ours at the dollar store.) 
• Gorilla Glue Super Glue 
• Book Spine Prints
• Super Glue
• Ribbon
• Mod Podge
• Black Acrylic Paint
• White Acrylic Paint

Making the book lovers photo ornament

Preparing wrapping paper for ornaments:

Find book spine images for your favorite books. 

Crop the image to 1 inch wide by 2.5  inches tall. 

Place them on a word document so that you can print them on paper. 

Cut out each of your book spines once you have printed them. 

Glue together wood pieces. 

Using your gorilla glue, glue together your wood pieces horizontally. You should only need three dots of super glue to bind your glue together well. You will glue together 4 pieces in total. 

You will want to do one of these for each book spine you make. 

Use Mod Podge to attach your image. 

With a paint brush you will need to apply mod podge to the wood before placing the book spine on the wood. 

Start by doing the spine before folding over the sides. 

Once you have attached each spine, put a coat of mod podge over the top of the book spine. 

Let dry completely. 

You will want to let the mod podge glue dry completely. It can take a few hours for it to dry. 

Use hot glue to connect the books. 

Use your hot glue to connect the books to each other. Make sure to watch the spines to make sure they are all facing the same way. 

Put all books together. 

Connect all books together using hot glue until you have the amount of books you want. 

Cut your ribbon. 

The ribbon will need to be about 3 1/2 inches long. 

Use hot-glue to attach the ribbon. 

Use hot-glue to attach the ribbon on both sides to support the ornament. 

Use black paint to paint covers. 

Paint the covers of each book black so that it does not leave it as wood. (You can add the date to the front if you want to make a different one each year. 

Paint the “pages” white. 

Paint the places where the pages would be white. This will give the image of books. 

Let dry completely and hang.