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Crafty!

How To Personalize A Cutting Board (Great Housewarming Gift)

by Jill October 23, 2014
October 23, 2014

We are in the thick of the moving/buying/selling chaos. Everything is up in the air right now, and it’s so stressful. Honestly, it makes me really happy we didn’t try to do this last year with a newborn, like the original plan was.

While we’re in the process of all of this, we got some new neighbors. They are a lovely young family, with a toddler and another baby on the way literally any day now. I just… I can’t imagine the stress THEY must be going through.

So while we won’t be their neighbors for long (HOPEFULLY), I still wanted to do something to welcome them. After my husband and I both stopped by to introduce ourselves, offer up any tools they need, and let them know we’d happily haul away any empty boxes they have, I put together a little basket of goodies for them.

A Personalized Housewarming Gift- super easy!- BabyRabies.com

I was inspired to personalize a wood cutting board by this pin I ran across a couple weeks ago.

I have a simple wood-burning tool that I purchased to make a Father’s Day gift this year, and it’s (figuratively) burning a hole in my craft closet, begging me to use it more.

SUPER EASY personalized housewarming gift- babyrabies.com

It’s the Creative Versa-Tool, and you can get it from Amazon for less than $25. 

I purchased the cutting board from Target for $12, but any wood cutting board will do the trick.

SUPER EASY personalized housewarming gift- babyrabies.com

The only other stuff you need is Graphite Paper (transfer paper), which you can find at any craft store. And you’ll also need to create the design you want on the board.

I made a simple circular design in Photoshop Elements (using the text on shape tool) with their new home address- blurred out a bit here for obvious reasons. Then used a contrasting font to type Welcome Home in the center.

SUPER EASY personalized housewarming gift- babyrabies.com

Cut a piece of transfer paper just big enough to fit under your design (then store the rest for later projects because that stuff ain’t cheap). Tape both pieces down with low tack tape (like masking tape or painters tape), and trace over your design with a soft pencil.

Once you remove the papers, the design will be traced onto your board, and you can go over it with your wood burner.

SUPER EASY personalized housewarming gift- babyrabies.com

Admittedly, my wood-burning skills need work, but I was happy with the finished result.

SUPER EASY personalized housewarming gift- babyrabies.com

I put it in a basket (from the Dollar Section at Target) and included a couple of my favorite Mrs Meyers products, some flour sack towels, and a ball and bubbles for their toddler.

It only took me about an hour to complete this, design to finish.

Did your neighbors do anything to welcome you to your neighborhood? Have you done anything similar? I’d love to hear more ideas


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4 comments

April October 23, 2014 - 3:26 pm

wow. I love this. I want one.

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April Lynn Cervantez October 23, 2014 - 7:23 pm

wow. I love this! I want one. lol

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EmmA October 23, 2014 - 10:08 pm

This post makes me regret ever donating my wood burning tool waaay back in the day. I love your basket and I’m sure your neighbors will too!!

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Kristina Chavez October 27, 2014 - 3:28 pm

People like you remind me there are still kind and generous folks in the world. I often have great ideas and things I want to do for others but am hesitant because I don’t want them to feel strange about it. Its as if nice gestures are so unheard of now days. Thanks for the post, now I want a wood burner tool and inspired to continue doing for others!

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