Fun Souvenir Project

While we were camping, the kids and I scoured the shore line for some pretty driftwood. We knew we wanted to do something cool with it to remember our trip. This is what we came up with. It was really simple and we just used what we had on hand!

Items needed:

2 pieces of pretty drift wood

2 scrap pieces of 2x4

2 chop-sticks (fresh and new, though you could recycle used ones I guess!)

(We only used chop-sticks because we didn't have dowels...we improvised, but you can use a dowel if you want to!)

2 label plates

black paint

We drilled holes in the 2x4's and the drift wood to fit the chop-sticks. (We drilled the hole in the drift wood a little bigger than the chop-sticks so we didn't damage the wood trying to get the chop-stick to fit.) Cut chop-sticks to desired height and hammer into 2x4's. The boys painted the 2x4's and the posts. (Not a very smooth paint job and they missed spots, but I think it adds character!) Print desired description for souvenir and fit to label plates. (We put the date on one label and some of the highlights of the trip on the other.) Attach label plates to (dry) 2x4. Finally, slide the pretty drift wood onto the posts. Wallah...your very own beautiful souvenirs!