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How to make Vintage Soda Crates for DIY Farmhouse Decor

Today’s tutorial teaching you how to make vintage soda crates is a part of the Cricut Summer Love Color Series.  The featured color this week is “lime” and I’m excited to be sharing a free SVG  file for the Lime Crush Soda Crate along with my project today. To learn how to make your own DIY Vintage Soda Crate just keep reading!

learn how to make your own hand painted vintage soda crate using a stencil. Such a cute project for summer, love the vintage farmhouse style of this crate!

I don’t know if you have noticed but all summer long Cricut has been sharing projects in their design space and in “blog land” inspired by different colors.  They asked me to jump in on the fun and design a project around the color lime. To see all of the great lime-themed projects in the design space just hop on over to the Cricut Design Space Page.

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About the Project

As I was brainstorming about what project to make, I kept coming back to an actual LIME, not just the color lime.   I’ve always been enamored with vintage soda crates and have a few in my collection at home.

The only problem with vintage soda crates is that they are, well,  vintage.  I have a really cool Coca-Cola crate that I love but is covered in all kinds of dust and goo that I can’t seem to remove.

learn how to make your own hand painted vintage soda crate using a stencil. Such a cute project for summer, love the vintage farmhouse style of this crate!

Wanting a fun farmhouse home decor-inspired centerpiece for my kitchen table this summer that was not covered in dust, I decided that instead of searching for a vintage soda crate in great condition I’d just make one myself!

learn how to make your own hand painted vintage soda crate using a stencil. Such a cute project for summer, love the vintage farmhouse style of this crate!

DIY Farmhouse Decor Project, How to Make a Vintage Soda Crate

I designed the cut file myself and will share it with you today. To get it just head on over to the Cricut Library page for directions.

Cricut SVG File: Note: all files in the Library are for personal use only. You may not sell items you make with the files. To get these files into the Cricut Design space, you need to visit OUR CRICUT LIBRARY and follow the directions. When prompted, select the button and save the file as an SVG to your computer. Please do not open it in a new window. It will load as an image, not an SVG. Next, go to the Cricut Design Space page with your browser. Select NEW when the screen pops up; select IMAGE. Then select – upload. Upload the image you obtained. It’s ready to use in Design Space!

Vintage Soda Crate Craft Supplies

  • Wood Crate (mine is from IKEA)
  • Dark Wood Stain
  • White Acrylic Paint
  • Lime Green Acrylic Paint
  • Sandpaper
  • Cricut Machine- This project was made on a Cricut Explore Machine.
  • Cricut Vinyl (the color does not matter; you’re using it as a stencil) & Cricut Transfer Tape

Instructions

Step One:

Stain the entire crate with a dark wood stain.

How to make a vintage style soda crate - there is a free download for the lime crush .svg file on this site.
How to make a vintage style soda crate - there is a free download for the lime crush .svg file on this site.

After you’ve stained the crate and it’s dry,  paint it with white acrylic paint. You’ll need a few coats to cover the entire crate. I did not paint the inside of my crate.

Cut Out your Stencil

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Import the downloaded file into the Cricut Design Space.  On the right-hand side of the screen select on all of the elements in the design at once and select “ATTACH”.  This will ensure that the design cuts as one piece and not individual elements. Measure your crate and resize your image accordingly in the design space.

How to make a vintage style soda crate - there is a free download for the lime crush .svg file on this site.

How to Create the Stencil with Your Cricut

Next set your machine to “vinyl”, and load the Cricut vinyl onto the cutting at and into the machine. Select the Cricut button.

After the image is cut out, remove the negative elements so that you have a stencil.

Place a piece of Cricut transfer tape on top of your cut image.  Then, peel the cut image off of the plastic carrier sheet.

Line up the stencil on the crate and apply. Use a credit card or flat object to ensure that the vinyl is stuck to the crate well, then remove the transfer tape.

How to make a vintage style soda crate - there is a free download for the lime crush .svg file on this site.
How to make a vintage style soda crate - there is a free download for the lime crush .svg file on this site.

How to Paint the Crate

Paint over the stencil with acrylic paint. It will take 2-3 coats.

How to make a vintage style soda crate - there is a free download for the lime crush .svg file on this site.

After the paint has dried, remove the stencil and distress the crate with sandpaper.

You’re done!

Now, all you have to do is fill it with pretty flowers!

learn how to make your own hand painted vintage soda crate using a stencil. Such a cute project for summer, love the vintage farmhouse style of this crate!
How to make a vintage style soda crate - there is a free download for the lime crush .svg file on this site.
Cricut Explore Giveaway!
learn how to make your own hand painted vintage soda crate using a stencil. Such a cute project for summer, love the vintage farmhouse style of this crate!

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5 Comments

  1. Have always wanted a cricut. Am just learning and it would help me entertain the grand kids

  2. I don’t see a summer tab on Facebook. I found one on their blog, but that Summer Giveaway is over and ended on July 17th. Only thing they show now is the Teachers giveaway. 🙁

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