How to make your own hexagon shelf

Hexagon shelves are all the rage but you don’t have to spend a fortune buying a designer shelf, you can make your own at home – very cheaply.

DIY hexagon shelf

What you’ll need:

Paddle pop sticks (about 100)
wood glue
wood stain or paint
picture hanger (optional)

Method:

Place 6 paddle pop sticks with the ends overlapping in a hexagon shape and glue. (You can print a hexagon template if you wish.)
Continue adding layers until shelf is as deep as you desire – 16 layers is a good start.

3. Leave glue to dry.

4. Stain or paint your shelf.

5. Glue a picture hook on the back of the shelf if you wish to hang it.

6. Display your cute knick-knack on the wall on your new shelf.

I love how simple these are to make but they look so gorgeous and make a statement. The kids would love making one for their room.

Will you give one of these a try? Please add your comments below.

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30 Comments

- - mom81879 said
  - 28 Nov 2019
    10:26 am
I would never have picked this as being made from pop sticks! You can never have enough storage

- - mom94125 said
  - 01 Sep 2016
    8:08 pm
yeah these are very trendy now. great project to try

- - ella12 said
  - 24 Aug 2016
    12:04 pm
They look effective but I would put something small on it though.

- - Melissa89 said
  - 27 Jul 2016
    4:34 pm
This is so sweet! I love that it is made of popsicle sticks too

- - mom112217 said
  - 19 Jun 2016
    9:58 am
Very creative,it doesn’t look like it was made out of paddle pop sticks! The plant look’s great in it!

- - BellaB said
  - 30 May 2016
    11:54 am
This is a great craft fr kds.

- - damish70 said
  - 29 May 2016
    11:54 pm
Wow the kids would love making this!

- - mom169007 said
  - 16 May 2016
    2:49 am
What a lovely idea. And you know it’s all going to be pretty straight! 100 paddle pop sticks makes for some hard core ice cream bingeing! Lol!!

- - mom19782016 said
  - 08 May 2016
    8:38 pm
Wow, what a great idea. Of course, if the paddle pop sticks cost more than $12, I’d suggest buying a hexagonal shadow box from Kmart.

- - meedee said
  - 08 May 2016
    4:16 pm
Well dang..I should have held on to all my paddle pop sticks.
Thats really cute and something you could get the kids to help make as a craft idea for their rooms.

- - ella12 said
  - 04 May 2016
    4:46 pm
That looks so fantastic, very clever.

- - Threelos said
  - 28 Apr 2016
    9:54 pm
Simple but clever idea! It looks great, and reminds me of the fun we’d have making things out of icy pole sticks as kids!

- - pakeko said
  - 28 Apr 2016
    7:38 pm
What a great idea and the kids will love making it

- - mom134803 said
  - 28 Apr 2016
    3:16 am
Nice wee project to do with kids

- - mom101628 said
  - 27 Apr 2016
    8:19 pm
It’s a good looking shelf – but I prefer no clutter on my walls.

- - mom81879 said
  - 24 Apr 2016
    5:06 pm
To look at the finished product, I would never in a million years guessed it was made from pop sticks. Awesome job creating this, I love it, wouldn’t mind a couple hanging round my house

- - rachelvk said
  - 21 Apr 2016
    9:05 pm
Wow. I had to look again once I knew it was paddle pop sticks because it did not look like it first glance.

- - mom172959 said
  - 18 Apr 2016
    8:07 pm
Love this shelf!! I didn’t notice it was icy pole sticks at first! Definitely giving this a try.

- - serotonin said
  - 18 Apr 2016
    8:52 am
This is awesome!!! I didn’t realise they were icypole sticks at first; very clever. Will be trying this for sure!

- - mom74640 said
  - 17 Apr 2016
    8:46 pm
Like it