Lolly Stick Sledge

On a recent trip to Harrod's Christmas World I saw some cute little wooden sledge decorations which inspired me to try making my own version.

On several blogs I'd seen that you can bend lollypop sticks by boiling them so I did just that to try and get the curved runners of the sledge.

Once the sticks had boiled for about half and hour and were cool enough to handle, I left them to dry against the fridge weighed down by the toaster and sugar pot to keep the curve. Kitchen resourcefulness!

I cut the other lolly sticks to size with a craft knife and stuck them altogether with E6000 glue, hoping everything would stay at right angles and not fall apart.

Once the glue dried I decided to paint the little sledge so it didn't just look like a bunch of lolly sticks stuck together. 

I thought the sledge might make a great gift with some chocolates tied to the back.

Mini Wooden Pallet Coaster

As you may know I love miniature things so when I saw these mini wooden pallet coasters on Pinterest I had to give them a try myself. Plus the project only requires two things; lollipop sticks and a glue gun, and I have both of those things!

I started but cutting the curved ends off the sticks using a craft knife, which was probably the most time consuming part of this project.

Then I got out my mini glue gun and stuck the sticks together. I realised I'd never actually used my glue gun before but I can see the benefits of an almost instant stick.

And then it was done. A nice quick and easy project.

I've still got a whole bag of lollipop sticks so I might make enough to put on every surface of my flat!