Wood Crate Centerpiece You Can Craft in an Afternoon

Learn three different ways to create a beautiful wood crate centerpiece for your home using wood stain, chalk, and craft paints.

We had so much fun creating a wood crate flower centerpiece at our girls' getaway weekend. Each year myself and two long time friends go away for the weekend and stay at my friend's sister's farmhouse in the mountains.

Most of the time we talk, shop, and eat. However, in the last couple of years, we started adding creative activities for us to enjoy, which are then shared on the blog.

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How to Make a Wood Crate Centerpiece

Materials

Wood Crate (15 in.)
4 1/2 " Clay Pots (3)
4 " clay saucers (3)
Chalk Paint
Minwax dark Walnut Stain
Minwax gray Stain

For this project, you first need to decide how you want to decorate your crate. Here we used three different options.

One was stained with a gray stain. One was stained with a dark walnut wood stain. The third was whitewashed with white chalk paint.

I had my friends decorate three clay pots and saucers to go into the crates. Here my friend painted her pots blue and gold, as a tribute to West Virginia Mountaineers, where her boys go to school.  She chose the dark walnut stained crate to hold her pots.

My other friend decided to use white chalk paint to cover the entire pot and saucer, and the gray stained crate. After the pots dried, she used a little sandpaper to slightly distress the edges.

The third wooden centerpiece box is a thank you gift from me to the homeowner. Here I painted three mason jars instead of clay pots, as a low maintenance option. 

The mason jars can be used as vases to hold cut flowers, cutlery, or other items. They were painted with blue chalk paint and then sanded for a distressed look. Then I added a little twine with glue at the top for texture.

Here's the Mountaineer tribute complete with potted tulips. We left the plants in their nursery pots so that you could remove them for watering, or to easily switch out them out with other florals or greenery.

Gerbera daisies went into this pretty gray stained crate with white pots. I think the gray stain gives it a rustic modern farmhouse look.

Lastly, the mason jars in the whitewashed crate. Doesn't it look great with these blush tulips? I bet it would look great with baby’s breath and peonies too.

This is a great DIY home decor project to make with others. Easy, quick, inexpensive, creative, and something you can use all year long. Place it on your dining table or a coffee table for all to enjoy.

Wouldn't they be great for special occasions such as a bridal shower, wedding, or Christmas decoration?