Wooden wall lights with Cricut

Creating wooden wall lights is possible using a Cricut machine!

To make a wooden wall light it is necessary to purchase or have the cricut maker machine. This amazing machine is capable of cutting wood, so in this project we are going to take advantage of it. There are a lot of projects that can be done with this feature, such as a family birthday calendar, sublimated wood or burned wood to customize a piece!

Supplies needed

• 2mm basswood
• battery operated buck lights
• painters tape
• Cricut knife blade
• Acrylic paints
• Strong grip mat
• Cotton twine

First, create the design in cricut design space and click make it. Cutting wood is totally different from cutting vinyl. When cutting wood, the machine will make multiple passes to cut through the material. It will take longer but it is part of the process.

The most important thing to do when cutting wood is to insert the blade into the cricut maker. Then calibrate the blade by following the instructions found on the cricut website. Above all, move the white star wheels all the way to the end of the machine, so they don’t get in the way when using thicker material such as wood. Use a strong grip mat and tape the material to keep it in place.

Here’s a tip for this particular project. To make the wall light look more 3D, create two layers of the design. This will also help make the wall light more sturdy. Since the wood looks the same on both sides we don’t need to mirror the design, but if that is not the case for you, then mirror the design in order to glue both layers together properly.

If desired, paint the front and back of the wall form after gluing the lights. Take acrylic paint and a paintbrush.

Assembling the wooden wall light

To assemble wooden wall lights created with a cricut machine; first paint and glue the two layers of the form. Once you’ve glued the two layers of the wood form together, it’s time to add the lights. Get some battery operated push lights, they are great because they can be turned on and off with pressure. For kids is easy to use and doesn’t require an engineering process.

If the form is too large, you can add more than one light.

In case the button doesn’t reach the wall to be pushed, cut some wooden circles and glue them on. Finally glue them on the light button. Once the glue has dried, attach the light, gluing it to the back of the wooden form. The idea here is that the button faces the wall. So when we push the wooden shape, the button is pressed. Finally, add some twine to create a hanger that will go on the wall.