I love to decorate my home for Christmas, it’s a family activity around our place that starts the day after Thanksgiving. Each year we like to take a few days to craft some new Christmas Decor. This year one of the projects were these 3 Frugal DIY Christmas Trees. I just adore how they turned out! Do you know what I adore even more? That we reused and recycled materials that we had on hand!
The only money spent on these BEAUTIFUL trees where the paper mache tree forms I got on clearance for 50% off at Hobby Lobby. TOTAL COST = $8
For the remaining materials, we used old Christmas tree balls, pinecones from family walks and an old sweater that I shrunk while doing laundry!
*Depending on the size of your paper mache Christmas tree base will depend on how much materials you will need. Measure the size of the tree form. Hight and width and double for the number of materials you will need.
3 Frugal DIY Christmas Trees
SUPPLIES
Christmas tree balls in three sizes
glue gun
glue gun glue sticks
DIRECTIONS
Using a hot glue gun, glue the large Christmas tree balls on the paper mache tree base first, then add medium and finally the small Christmas tree balls.
FELTED SWEATER TREE
SUPPLIES
cream colored wool felt or a wool sweater shrunk and felted
pearls
hot glue gun
glue gun glue sticks
paper mache tree form
scissors
DIRECTIONS
Cut strips of felt into two and a half-inch strips.
Cut out petal-shaped leaves out of the felted wool.
Use both the concave and convex wool shaped leaves.
Using the hot glue gun, glue in the felted leaves around the base of the paper mache tree. Staggering the leaves as you continue to glue on the felted leaves row by row.
Lastly, glue the pearls on random leaves.
PINECONE TREE
SUPPLIES
white paint
paintbrush
hot glue gun
glue gun sticks
paper mache tree form
DIRECTIONS
Paint 1/4 of your pine cones white and let dry for one hour.
Glue each medium size pinecone onto the paper mache tree form using a hot glue gun.
Fill in any visible holes with the small pinecones.
HAVE FUN and MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Blessings,
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Great post and thanks for the family craft idea!
You are welcome and I hope you have FUN!