The Stockings Were Hung… Build a Simple Wall Hanging for your Christmas Stockings

December 9, 2007 by  
Filed under Christmas, Crafts, Woodworking

Stockings On the Wall

Everybody knows that the stockings were hung by the chimney with care, but what if you don’t have a chimney? No chimney, no problem! A beautiful way to display your family’s stockings is with a “The stockings were hung…” wall plaque and justbuildstuff.com is going to tell you how to make one.

We used the following materials for this project:

  • Board
  • Can of red spray paint
  • 120 grit sandpaper
  • White paint
  • Small paintbrush
  • Router
  • Roman Ogee Router bit
  • Hanging Brackets

To start, cut a piece of scrap softwood lumber (pine or fir – most construction lumber is softwood) to 29″ by 5 1/2″ by 3/4″, router the edges with an Roman Ogee router bit and spray paint it red.

To give it a more aged look, rub the edges with some used 120-grit sandpaper saved from previous projects. Also lightly rub the face of the board to take away some of the shine and make it match the edges. See the photos below to see how the board looks at this point.

Sand board edge

To create the letters we found a font we liked and printed the phrase in the appropriate size. Keeping in mind where the hooks would eventually be placed, we taped the phrase to the board as shown in the photo below. With the lettering taped to the board, we traced an outline into the board using a dull pencil. Because we used softwood lumber for the project, it indented easily to make an impression of the letters into the board.

Stocking Letters

Then, with a thin paintbrush and the white paint, we painted the phrase in using the indented letters as a guide.

Paint Letters

After the paint dried, it was time to add the hooks for the stockings. We used single hooks screwed in at even spacing.

The final step was to add a hanging bracket to the back, place it on the wall and hang the stockings.

.Final Stocking

Now the only thing left is to wait for Santa to come and fill the stockings with Christmas goodies!

Comments

2 Comments on "The Stockings Were Hung… Build a Simple Wall Hanging for your Christmas Stockings"

  1. Body detox  on Wed, 20th Oct 2010 3:08 pm 

    we always use hardened steel router bits coz they last very long~.’

  2. It’s Almost Christmas! | Happy2Say on Thu, 18th Nov 2010 8:58 am 

    […] came across it at this website called JustBuildStuff.  So I’m thinking I might try it.  I already have to make a stocking for Tanner for […]

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