Twig Christmas Tree: Easy to Make and Basically Free
Gather some twigs from your yard and create pretty DIY twig Christmas trees. They bring a nice bit of nature inside and are perfect for a neutral, rustic look.
Yield: 1 Twig Tree
Cost: $5
Equipment
- Hot glue gun
- Drill
Materials
- Twigs
- Thick branches for the trunk
- Bleach - for cleaning
- Newspaper
- Scrap wood - for tree base
Instructions
- Gather twigs and branches.
- Soak them with hot water and about 1/2 cup of bleach.
- Rinse them off, and set them out on newspaper to dry.
- Drill a hole on a couple of pieces of scrap wood.
- Use a bit of gel stain to darken the wood.
- Hot glued the trees into the bases so they can stand.
- Hot glue similar sized twigs several inches up the trunk.
- Leave enough room to show some of the bottom of the trunk.
- Glue more twigs above the first layer, making sure that they overlap the first set.
- Repeat until the you reach the top.
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