Easy Decorative Twig Christmas Tree – Christmas Decor
Decorate with twigs by making a DIY Twig Christmas Tree.
With our basement renovations coming up very soon, Sébastien and I decided to keep Christmas expenses as low as possible.
As you can imagine, Christmas decorations will be at the very bottom of the list of things to buy this year.
New Christmas lights might be on the list of exceptions though, we’d like to get LED lights for our tree.
ANYWAYS, like I was saying, we are going to try to keep expenses low so that we can save for things we need in the basement.
Luckily, I can still update our Christmas decor with FREE things…. like this:
Decorative Twig Christmas Tree
I’m so LOVING the twig Christmas tree I made.
Not only is it EASY to make, it costs nothing!! You can’t beat FREE!!
The design is basically identical to the Wall Mounted Advent Calendar I made two years ago. Want to make one too?
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Decorative Twig Christmas Tree
Supplies:
- Branches and twigs
- Pieces of wood – Something tall enough to attach twigs (about 22.5″ x 3/4″) and something to use as a base (7″ x 2.5″). Ideally wood that has weathered (been outside) so that the color matches the branches and twigs.
- Branch Cutters
- Hot Glue Gun
- Screw
Instructions:
Step 1: Cut pieces of twigs using branch cutters.
Start by cutting a small piece and work your way to bigger.
I started off with a piece about 3/4″ and my biggest piece was 13″. I cut a total of 21 pieces.
Step 2: Set your glue gun to high temp and hot glue the twigs onto your long piece of wood.
I left about 3/4″ between each piece.
Step 3: Once all the pieces are glued on, attached the tree onto the base with a screw.
And voilà… a decorative Christmas tree made with branches:
Decorative Christmas tree made with branches
So what do you think? Really cute right?
They are so easy to make that I plan on making more! I want to make a small one and one big one that I will put on my front porch.
If you’d like more ideas of things you can make for Christmas, check out these tutorials:
Elf Boots – Felt Christmas Ornaments
You will probably like these 3 easy homemade Christmas ornaments I made. They are super inexpensive!
I also made twig ornaments and they turned out awesome!
Have you started decorating for the Holidays? If you need more ideas, I have a whole Christmas section full of great DIY Christmas projects!
Have a GREAT day!
Christine
P.S. I’ll be linking to these Parties.
This is so cute and easy to make that any non crafter could do it. I love projects those kinds of projects! If you get a spare moment I would love to have you join my weekly link up, its live now until saturday :) I am pinning this so I can make one too :) My front porch is going to be awesome with the giant wooden snowflake I made and one of these trees..and the wooden scrap wood reindeer I just finished..I think I may have a holiday addiction lol
Have a great day!
Jess
So resourceful! We’re on a tight Christmas budget too, so I’ll have to remember this one for this year. Found you on the “Work it Wednesday” link up. :)
This turned out sooo cute! Love it!
Another great project. I love the modern & simple take on Christmas. This will be next on my list!!
This is great. Thanks for sharing.
This is perfect….I love this idea!
Hello Christine…(that was my mothers name)
I love these twig Christmas Trees you’ve crafted. They would be look just right in my home. Even the ‘King” approved!! I’m going to make some tomorrow. Thanks for the idea.
Love your blog too
sincerely s.elston