What better way to share your holiday cheer than to spell it out with Scrabble tiles?
This easy and cheap craft makes a great gift, or keep them for yourself for a unique addition to your Christmas tree or wreaths.
You can use your own Scrabble tiles, or if you don’t want to ruin a perfectly good game, you can head to a Goodwill or other thrift store to try and find a set. Those usually have tiles missing anyway, so they cost just pennies, or some craft stores sell bags of tiles.
Here’s what you need:
A bunch of Scrabble tiles
A few Scrabble trays
Superglue or a hot glue gun
A small, handheld saw
Sand paper
Red ribbon
- If this is a gift, think of a special word that describes the intended recipient, or you can use holiday words, like “SANTA,” “NOEL,” “PEACE,” “LOVE,” etc.
- Place the letters on the tile holder and mark the holder on either side of the word with a pencil. The holders are made to hold over 7 tiles, so if your word is shorter, you want to cut off the extra over hang. If not, then you are luck because your ornament just got that much easier.
- If you do have to cut, take your saw and smoothly and safely saw away the extra bits of tray. Sandpaper the sides smooth.
- Take your tiles and carefully glue them into the tray, just as they would sit if you were playing the game.
- Take a loop of red ribbon and glue it to the back of your word, securing the ribbon to the center of the tray.
- For extra decoration, you can add little bells or beads to the ribbon
Hang your Scrabble ornaments from your tree, or place a few different words on a plain door wreath to spice it up. Extra points if you use the ‘X’!
