DIY Fresh Mini Christmas Trees this holiday season. Perfect to add texture, height, color to your mantle, vignette, Christmas Village scene or tablescape!
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Active Time5 minutesmins
Total Time15 minutesmins
Course: This & That
Cuisine: Holiday
Keyword: Christmas Tree scraps, DIY Mini Fresh Christmas Trees, How to make mini pine trees, Upcycling
Author: Kathleen | The Fresh Cooky
Cost: $5
Equipment
Garden Nippers
Glue Gun
Large Nail or Ice PickĀ
Materials
Visit a nursery or Christmas tree lot and ask those trimming the trunks of the trees for the discarded discsyou know how they always ask you if you'd like a fresh cut? Well you want what they cut off.
Gather discarded branchesor stems of evergreen from Christmas Tree lot. Ideas: Fraser fir, cedar, long needle pine, juniper, any evergreen. Try sprigs of berries or holly too!
Lay out a sheet of wax paper or parchment paper on a cutting board or cookie sheet.
Trace wood discs & cut out circles onto wax or parchment paper. Attach to bottom of wood to protect surfaces.
Clean off an inch or two from the bottom of the branches and cut to size, spray outside with anti wilt spray, they will last fairly fresh a few weeks.
Push a nail or ice pick through the center of the wood slice (be sure you do this on a cutting board), wriggling in until it's large enough to push the stem of the tree branch piece through. Pine is pretty soft, so you should be able to do this with hand strength.
Once you are sure the branch fits, squeeze in some hot glue and immediately press in the branch stem, adding a little extra glue around the base.
You may want to try it without glue first, to make sure your tree is not to heavy and will still stand.