10 DIY Crafts Using Shovels

This roundup is all about shovels, who would have thought so many different things can be made using them?  Some of these crafts use plastic shovels from the Dollar store but you can use metal garden shovels and upcycled thrift store shovels too.  As most of these tutorials are for making your shovel look old, recycled shovels with rust on them would be perfect!

I especially love the project using the upcycled shovel handles, cause I have broken a shovel in half quite a few times trying to dig out a root system, so this would have been a great way to use them up.

DIY Snowman Shovel Porch Decor — CraftBits.com

DIY Dollar Tree Rustic Shovels » Mother Thyme

DIY Dollar Tree Toy Snow Shovel

How to make DIY Garden Decor 

Shovel Head Art for the Garden – Organized Clutter

Dollartree Hack – Farmhouse Porch Numbers – Home and Garden 

Vintage Shovel Pumpkin

Rustic Shovel Handle Display Tray – Organized Clutter

Easy DIY Farmhouse Shovel Wreath for Your Door

Primitive Country Thrifted Shovel Makeover with Old Sign Stencils – Organized Clutter

Another great reason to use upcycled shovels is they are perfect for decorating the porch, inexpensive and they are weatherproof (depending on the paints you use)

For the snowman project, you will need the following supplies to be able to make it.

snow shovel, white paint, black paint, orange paint, 2″ paint brush, .5″ paint brush, 1″ round sponge brush, red ribbon or fabric strip.

 

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