How to Make a Popsicle Stick Wall Art Shelf Tutorial

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I love how a simple craft supply can create such a stunning piece of shelf or wall art! Easily make this popsicle stick shelf in any depth, and choose to place it on a shelf to frame a small vase, or hang on the wall with hooks.

Difficulty level: Intermediate
Time required: 45 minutes
Age range: 10+
Things you’ll need:
Popsicle sticks
Hot glue gun
Hot glue sticks
Grid mat *optional

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Things to do:
1. Start visually arranging 6 sticks to make sure you’ll create an evenly-distributed shape. It helps to use a gridded mat for this purpose. Warm up your hot glue gun, but don’t glue anything yet.
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2. Once you’ve decided how to arrange the sticks, glue them together.
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3. Start gluing a second layer of sticks as shown.
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4. Continue going around the shelf and gluing sticks in place to make it as deep as it needs to be.
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5. This is what the project will look like when complete!
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