How to make a Christmas bowl from a 7 x 7 piece of wood

How to make a little Christmas bowl from a small piece of wood.

Supplies and tools needed: 

Proxxon scroll saw

Proxxon OZI/E sander

Proxxon rotary tool with small drill bit

Ruler

pencil

7 x 7 x 1/2" piece of wood

wood glue

Plaid paints

Let's do this:

I started with a 7 x 7 x 1/2 inch piece of clear wood.  I believe mine was aspen wood.   I sanded it smooth using the Proxxon OZI/E detail sander    Using my ruler I drew lines around the edges at 1/2" increments.  These will be the squares I will cut out

Each square required an inside cut so it was necessary to drill a small hole in one corner of each square to slide the scroll saw blade through.    No worries, the blades are very thin so the hole can be very small and will be sanded away easily later.

arrows showing the small holes

Cut out all the squares and you end up with this.

Sand them all good using the trusty Proxxon OZI/E detail sander

Next I alternately painted them red and white using plaid paints.

Next we need a drop of glue in each corner and we will align the squares how we like them. 

Oh I painted a little snowman on the solid little square.  😊

I decorated the parts of the squares that can be seen from the top with candy canes, trees and snowflakes.   Then I found some plates and bowls around the house that just happened to fit and set them in.  You can see that you can make this a candy dish, a candle holder or...

a little candy dish

candle holder

I added a small string of lights to this one.

Just one more thing.  when I was cutting these squares I thought they would also make a nice little photo collage when glued together

  check it out.

I always have fun with my Proxxon tools.  They are easy to handle and take the intimidation right out of the project.  Made for the crafty, casual or serious woodworker.  Go have some fun and make something.

Till next time,  Happy Holidays,  Carol