How To Make A Wooden Cross (My Easter Front Porch Decor)

A Quick Project: How To Make A Wooden Cross To Display On The Porch For Pretty Easter Decor. Easter Confession. I don’t usually do much decorating to our front porch this time of year. I’m sorry I had to inform you of that sad news. On that note, JESUS HAS RISEN FROM THE DEAD, and so has my front porch! I combined my love for both Jesus & for farmhouse to pull off this look. Hope you love my simple farmhouse style Easter front porch too!

Supplies To Make A DIY Cross

What You’ll Need:

Drill Impact Drill (Optional) (click here for ours, the drill and the impact came as a combo) C-clamp (large) Miter Saw (click here to see the one we use for our projects) (Two) 2×4 wood peices Kreg Jig Project Silicone  Paint Or Stain Of Choice (we went with white)

How To Make A Cross: The Easy Instructions

We started making the cross out of two 2×4 boards. You will need to have a long wood peice and two shorter peices of wood for this project. The shorter peices will be cut the same size and all three peices need to be cut at your desired length to fit where you plan on displaying it. After peices are cut and ready to assemble, we made two sets of holes at the end of each of the two smaller boards using a kreg jig tool.   Our c-clamp was helpful with securing the wood so we could drill our holes.

Next, We attached each wood peice to the long board (on each side) using long screws and screwed into the predrilled holes made. While completing this step you’ll want to measure down from the middle 2×4 to the desired length and screw them at the same measurement. You’ll need to make sure the pocket holes are on the same side for both peices.  Also be sure your screws go deep enough into the center board so that it will strongly hold together.

Here is the Diy cross all put together, still unfinished of course. We sanded it down then filled in the tiny gaps with project Caulk silicone.

We chose to spray paint it white and to add that farmhouse touch, I hung these beads around it. To complete the look of my little front porch I stuck my tulip wreath on the front door. I originally thought of staining the wooden cross instead of painting it white because I thought it would look more rustic but I am happy with the way it looks. The black beads against the white definitely pop and make it more of modern farmhouse. There are lots of cute ways to decorate a wooden cross. I might look for a really cute miniature sign to attach to it saying “he is risen” or I might DIY one myself if I’m not able to find one. That’s all guys! A really simple project with leftover wood you may have laying around the house. Thanks for checking out our blog. I hope everyone has a happy Easter!