Easy Peasy Wooden Firecrackers

You’re going to love these wooden firecrackers!

I love using scrap wood for projects. I have several long 2×2’s that I use to hold items on my sawhorses when I use my paint sprayer.  Because I had painted some things white and blue using my 2×2’s they were already primed and covered with paint.  I chose a  2×2 that was perfect for this project.

How to Make Scrap Wood Firecrackers

You will need:

• Scrap pieces of 2×2 (optional 4×4 posts if you want large firecrackers)
• Craft paint in Red, White, and Blue
• Saw a miter saw was used,but a hand saw or jigsaw would work great as well.
• Sanding Sponge
• Drill

• Wire

• Gorilla  Glue

• Gorilla Super Glue

• Patriotic stickers
• Twine, Ribbon, Tulle

Cut scrap wood in random heights

Paint & Distress wooden firecrackers

I sort of did a wash with the red and the blue.  The white was already old looking so I wanted the colors to match that look. After the paint dried, I sanded them back a bit with the sanding sponge.

Glue and Clamp Wooden Firecrackers Together

When you use this wonderful Gorilla Glue, remember a little goes a long way. It expands, but when you know that, and take that into consideration, you will LOVE it!  The directions say to “damp it & clamp it”.  Rubber bands worked great to hold my wooden pieces together while the glue set up.  Thirty minutes folks, and it will hold like you won’t believe!

I first glued the two back pieces together, allowed that to dry, then added the third piece in front.

Drill small hole in top of wooden firecracker for wire wick

Using a small drill bit, make a hole to hold the wire wick.

Cut and Curl Wire Wicks

I used the same wire I use for my photo holders and curled them about the same way.  Gorilla Glue Super Glue is great to secure the “wicks” in place.

Embellish Wooden Firecrackers with Stickers

I used my Silhouette to make vinyl letters and stars to decorate the scrap wood firecrackers.

Add twine, ribbon or tulle to finish off your scrap wood firecrackers.

One board netted three sets of wooden firecrackers.

Did you notice them in the booth from Saturday’s post?     While jamie was in town, we went to look at my booth, and she had a couple of great ideas that I will be implementing.  That girl of mine sure is a smart cookie!  Ohh, and jamie LOVED these fire crackers!    Since I hadn’t blogged about them, she had not seen them.