Hi creative friends! If you’ve landed here on this post then you’re our kind of person, a DIYer like ourselves looking for ways to repurpose (and possibly make some money on the side). We hope you’ll find plenty of inspiration with this round up of creative scrap wood projects to make and sell.
How to Know if your Scrap Wood Projects Will Sell?
As owners of three separate Etsy shops, we’re always on the lookout for trending new products to make for our business. We scan Etsy listings that have lots of sales, search for trending products on Pinterest and see what people are responding to on Instagram and Facebook.
Think about things that solve a buyer’s problem (ie. help with home organization) or gifts that are needed for special occasions. Have friends and family asked you to make things for them? What types of things have you purchased in the last 6 months and for what purposes? Thinking about these questions can help you determine if there is a market for the scrap wood projects you plan to sell.
Creating Shipping Labels and Stickers for your Products
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Munbyn. All opinions are our own.
If you’re thinking of shipping your wood creations, be sure to check out Munbyn’s thermal label printer for not only shipping labels but creating stickers for your brand as we did here. Munbyn helps crafters to easily create personalized labels with the Munbyn Print App so you can make cute packaging and tags for your products.
Before discarding any leftover wood scraps or wood pallets, consider how and what else can be made with it.
Alternatively, searching your local Facebook marketplace is another great resource for scrap wood. Many people are looking to get rid of scrap wood by either giving it away for free or selling it at a cheap price. In fact, I picked up someone’s leftover plywood to make this DIY cornhole board game last Summer.
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25 Scrap Wood Projects to Sell
Whether you’ve already got some scrap wood kicking around from other DIY projects or you’re looking to pick some up, you’ll find an assortment of DIYs below using scrap plywood, deck and fencing boards, driftwood and more.
In our experience, here are some of the best projects to make with small amounts of wood – simply click to take you to some examples of each:
You can’t go wrong with creative ways to display photos! These rustic picture frames (embellished by wood burning scrap pieces of wood) can be hung on walls or displayed on shelves and make great wedding, anniversary and housewarming gifts.
Learn how to make your own farmhouse sign with scrap pieces of wood. This trendy DIY is perfect to sell to people looking to decorate their cottage, lakehouse or home.
There's very little wood working in this particular DIY idea. We used a piece of left over plywood and a fun image transfer technique to create this colorful sign that's perfect for a coffee bar. Using the Mod Podge image transfer you can add limitless designs to scrap wood – check out the post for more details!
The possibilities are endless with a bit of wood and your Cricut machine! Find some cute and cheeky phrases to add on to a small piece of wood to make adorable signs for any room. This is a reversible one with a cheeky sentiment for the bathroom.
Jewelry racks and holders are a great item to make and sell because they’re functional and cute. We created this Anthropologie-inspired modern jewelry display with faux marble resin and a piece of scrap wood to hold necklaces.
This fun and whimsical key holder is so easy to make from scrap wood and rusty nails. Plus it can be personalized with any street name, making it a great craft to sell.
Wood pallets are a great source of wood for DIY projects. Just make sure it isn't chemically treated and carefully remove any nails, screws or splinters. A farmhouse style towel rack makes a great functional piece that also looks cute!
This beautiful serving tray is great for both more modern and traditional farmhouse styles. With a nice piece of wood, adhesive vinyl design, resin top coat and large handles, this piece can definitely be called functional home decor.
With this simple scrap wood and Cricut craft you can make personalized stacked books for anyone looking for a bright and uplifting piece of decor for their home.
Clocks make a great piece of functional decor and are something everyone needs. We used some driftwood here, but a nice piece of scrap 6×6 would be perfect for this project as well.
These hanging lanterns/vases are easy to make with a bit of wood, paint, decorative hook and mason jar! It's a unique and functional piece of decor that can be filled with fresh or faux florals and twinkle lights.
If you have small wood slices you can craft cute keychains such as these adventure inspired ones. They can be hand-drawn or use your Cricut machine to create the designs and then apply a coat of resin for durability. Or if you have a laser engraver, you can make beautiful and intricate keychain designs.
Everyone can use more mug storage! This simple mug holder is a great item to make and sell for the coffee lovers and mug collectors. Personalize it with some engraving or a cute vinyl phrase for and added touch.
This wooden stacking toy is so cute. Don’t worry about cutting all those little shapes either: use some round and square wooden beads from the craft store! This DIY toy is always a hit with kids of all ages.
So this project is a bit more advanced but would be perfect to sell on Facebook Marketplace or other local opportunities as you wouldn't want to try and ship it. Corn hole is such a popular summertime outdoor activity and quality boards are hard to come by!
Everyone loves the timeless game of tic tac toe. Use some rustic wood and pebbles to make an outdoor-friendly version which buyers can use on their backyard porch. Or create this colorful ladybugs and bees version!
These sweet wood bunnies are so easy to make with 2×4 scrap pieces! They're fantastic for spring and Easter decor or as gifts to give in Easter baskets. There's even a bunny face template so that you can get consitent results with each bunny.
Narrow pieces of wood can be cut into a point and given a whole personally with some faux fur and paint! This adorable gnomes are so popular around the holidays.
You can use small pieces of scrap wood, or even driftwood, to make cute and festive Santa and snowman ornaments. Items such as these are great to offer to customers at a lower price point to encourage them to shop for larger items as well.
Similar to our wood block apples above, this snowman is crafted with scrap pieces of 4×4 wood this are simply painted. Other than cutting the wood, there is not other woodworking needed.
We hope you enjoyed this collection of scrap wood projects that sell. We’d love to hear from you, which one of these creative ideas would get you digging in the scrap pile?
