How to Make Cozy Christmas Trees
You won't believe how easy and inexpensive it is to make these cozy Christmas trees! They are so darling in a grouping on a tabletop and my video tutorial shows you step by step how to make them, with a little bit of help from Mr DIY!
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I know, I know, it's only October! And a Christmas post in early October
seems a bit nuts. However, I recently shared how to make these cozy
Christmas trees live on the Christmas DIYs and Decorating page on FB hosted by the super sweet and amazing
KariAnne of Thistlewood Farms, so it only seemed fair that they get their own post too! 😉🎄
I've been wanting to make yarn or rope-wrapped tabletop Christmas trees
for awhile now, but I wasn't having any luck finding the perfect color of
yarn, with the perfect width, for the perfect price. The really chunky
yarn was so expensive and they didn't have a soft neutral like I
wanted.
Until...
Until my blogging friend Karin of Karin's Kottage shared a
coastal Christmas wreath, and she used cotton piping to wrap around her wreath. It's super
inexpensive and I knew it would be perfect to create my own cozy trees!
And it's the perfect color! Cozy and farmhouse and neutral.
Here's the full video tutorial for the DIY trees. I'll share the supplies
list and more pretty pictures below.
Video tutorial for DIY cozy Christmas trees
Wasn't that a fun DIY? And aren't these Christmas trees so cozy and cute? I
really love how the trunks and bases turned out. Staining them with dark wax is a real time saver.
And I cannot say enough good things about this amazing cotton piping!
Finishing the bottoms of the trees with felt is not necessary, but I like how it gives the trees a finished look.
I still have all my Fall decor up, so I had to scramble to create the look of Christmas in my home to style these trees 😍 Did I fool you?
This brand new
pine wreath with oranges and berries helped to save the day!
As did the
seeded eucalyptus garland I wrapped around the bases of the trees with some berries and fairy lights.
And I gotta say that Mr DIY's idea to leave the wood spools natural was pretty darn smart! I like the dimension it adds and the contrast with the stained bases!
Supplies for cozy Christmas trees
- 1" cotton piping (for the largest tree)
- 16/32" cotton piping
- 12/32" cotton piping
- Styrofoam tree forms
- brown craft tree forms
- dowel rods
- brown furniture paste (I used Annie Sloan but here is a similar one)
- foam brush
- hot glue and lots of glue sticks
- birch round
- smaller beveled wood rounds
- felt to finish off base of tree
- red berry garland
- green wired paper garland from Target Dollar Spot at Christmas time
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I hope you're as excited about Christmas as I am! I've got lots of fantastic projects lined up to share!
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What a fun project. Them trees are stunning and can decorate to one's own liking.
ReplyDeleteThanks Colleen, I think you could decorate them in some really fun ways!
DeleteIm wondering what size cones were used and how many yards of pipping was used for each.
ReplyDeleteThe cones were from 6 to 9 in tall and I used about two yards of piping per cone. The thicker piping obviously filled the tree up quicker. The piping is so inexpensive so be sure to get more than you think you'll need.
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