This DIY hanging Christmas card holder is great for hanging over the door and displaying all the cards you get each year. Use scrap 1/2" or 3/4" plywood, or rip a single 8' board down and that's all you need. Check out our simple tutorial!
Tools
Kreg Tools
Other Tools
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Cordless Drill
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Orbital Sander
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Circular Saw
Materials
Wood Products
- 1 1/2" plywood
Hardware & Supplies
- 26 1" Kreg screws
- 1 Wood glue
- 18 Clothes pins
- 1 Green spray paint
- 1 Red spray paint
- 1 Over the door wreath hanger
Cut List & Parts
- 1 Left Side , 51" x 1 1/2" x 1/2" with one 15 degree miter and one 30 degree miter
- 1 Right Side , 48" x 1 1/2" x 1/2" with one 15 degree miter and one 30 degree miter
- 1 Row 1 , 4" x 1 1/2" x 1/2" with opposing 15 degree miters
- 1 Row 2 , 8" x 1 1/2" x 1/2" with opposing 15 degree miters
- 1 Row 3 , 12" x 1 1/2" x 1/2" with opposing 15 degree miters
- 1 Row 4 , 16" x 1 1/2" x 1/2" with opposing 15 degree miters
- 1 Row 5 , 20" x 1 1/2" x 1/2" with opposing 15 degree miters
- 1 Row 6 , 24" x 1 1/2" x 1/2" with opposing 15 degree miters
Directions
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Drill pocket holes
- Start by drilling all your pocket holes at once.
- Drill two pocket holes in each end of all the Row pieces
- Drill two pocket holes on the 30 degree mitered end of the Right Side. -
Assemble outside frame
- Using wood glue and pocket hole screws, attach the 30 degree mitered end of the Right Side to the long edge of the Left Side aligning the 30 degree ends.
- Using wood glue and pocket hole screws, attach Row 6 flush at the bottom into the two sides.
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Add row 5
- Using wood glue and pocket hole screws, attach Row 5 where the two ends meet the two Sides.
- This should be approximately 6" up from the last row.
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Add row 4
- Using wood glue and pocket hole screws, attach Row 4 where the two ends meet the two Sides.
- This should be approximately 6" up from the last row.
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Add row 3
- Using wood glue and pocket hole screws, attach Row 3 where the two ends meet the two Sides.
- This should be approximately 6" up from the last row.
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Add row 2
- Using wood glue and pocket hole screws, attach Row 2 where the two ends meet the two Sides.
- This should be approximately 6" up from the last row.
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Add row 1
- Using wood glue and pocket hole screws, attach Row 1 where the two ends meet the two Sides.
- This should be approximately 6" up from the last row.
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Paint
- Use green paint to paint the tree.
- Use red paint to paint the clothes pins.
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Glue clothes pins
- Using wood glue, glue all of the clothes pins onto the rows.
- Use as many as you’d like on each row, but use our image as a guide.
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Hang
- Hang an over the door hook over a door of your choice, then hang the top hole of the tree on the hook.
- Fill with holiday cards all season long!
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Enjoy
Enjoy your handiwork and tag @CharlestonCrafted on Instagram with a picture!
