On the first day of Craft-mas the crafting gods gave to me…a Charlie Brown Christmas tree.
You may have gotten a sneak peek of it back here when I dressed up our table for Christmas. Ok…so I’m on the fence on whether or not this is really considered a “craft” but I’m easing my way into this Craft-mas series. Don’t worry, next week we’ll be breaking out the glue gun and the glitter. But I thought I would share the tutorial on how we pieced together this little decoration which is PERFECT for our dining room. And it was a really easy project. Here is the play by play. First we gathered our materials:
Which included some drainage gravel that we picked up at Lowes for $2.97, a galvanized bucket from NH Bragg for $10, and a FREE mini Christmas tree (courtesy of Colby’s hunting camp). Then we poured some gravel into the bottom of the bucket:
Then stuck the tree into the gravel:
Then filled up the rest of the bucket with the gravel:
Trimmed up some of the low branches:
Brought the tree into the dining room:
And decorated it using some really cute decorations from Target:
The garland was only $4 and one strand was plenty for the tree. The gold, glittery pine cones were only $6 for a tube of 8 of them. Although, I believe we are now down to only 7 pine cones because Goose mistook one of them for his personal chew toy. So there you have it…Craft-mas Day #1, an easy project with a huge impact for a natural, thrifty Christmas touch.
Pssst…I’ve been working on a Craft-mas schedule (because that’s the OCD in me…totally true…the schedule is even in a spreadsheet) and there is some serious glitter coming your way in the next couple of weeks as Craft-mas continues. Oh…and a bit of a Santa/Underwear situation. Just wait….you’ll see!
Angie:
The curiosity in me makes me ask: did you put water in the pail to keep the tree alive?
Oh yeah…I’m definitely watering the tree. But about as often as we water our other plants which is practically non existent.