Don't toss all that wood left over from your last DIY adventure! Instead, put it to good use building one of these fun and functional projects for your home. You can shop for a wide range of wood boards for crafts from a dollar store and save more.

Tool Around

Keep the tools of the DIY trade safe and secure in this wood tool tote. The bottom tray comes together with brads and glue, and offers shelter for hammers and wrenches. The wood upright, which fits securely into a slot in the base, features holes for tin snips, pliers, and other essentials.

Nocturnal Nook

These wise-guy bookends will start a new chapter on stylish storage in your home library. Assemble the bases using wood board and wood glue, and then carve the owl heads. Attach eyes and a beak to each head, and finish by screwing an owl to each base for an enchanting book nook.

Blaze A Trail

If you're looking to add or replace a walkway in your garden retreat, consider this pretty pallet wood solution. First, dig a level pathway that's about the same width as the pallet boards and lower than both the surrounding landscape and any adjacent driveway or other paved area. Then, simply fit the wooden boards tightly in place, pushing a little soil in between each slat to hold it securely. 

Into The Woods

What better way to accent the walls of your art studio than with remnant wood from your last design project? Here, painted pallet wood boards for crafts are secured to the wall with construction adhesive and finishing nails. You can even install ledges above some of the boards to display decorative accents.

One For The Birds

Give your flighty neighbors a place to nest in this bespoke birdhouse planter, made of wood boards assembled with glue and finishing nails. The main box is constructed of scrap cedar and accented with a poplar perch post, while the cedar roof tray holds home-grown succulents.

Farm Fresh

Farmhouse-style accents can come with a high price tag—but not this rustic wood picture frame. Made from wood boards and assembled with hot glue and a few screws, this picture-perfect wall hanging offers both bucolic charm and the lightweight durability required to hang it securely on the wall.

Window Of Opportunity

Bring the bounty of spring indoors by putting this weathered-wood planter on display. Deck out a store-bought window box using inexpensive wood shims cut to size and painted in a rainbow of soft colors. Attach the shims to the box using wood glue, and fill with herbs, succulents, and other seasonal staples.  Have you ever though you can use wood boards for crafts to add style to your window?

These are just a few of the amazing things you can do with your wooden boards. You can try some more.