It's Day 3 of the12 Crafty Days of Christmas!
Today's crafty inspiration came from The Crafted Sparrow. I saw Rebecca's Felt Pine Trees featured on lots of link parties, and I thought they'd be the perfect addition to my Christmas decor!
Supplies - to make 3 trees
6 sheets of felt
3 - 1 1/2" wooden discs
3 - 7/16" dowel rods
3 - wooden candlesticks 3" tall with 1/2" hole
3 - paper mache cones or poster board
hot glue gun and hot glue
I looked and looked for paper mache cones, but couldn't find them anywhere in stores. Knowing I could make the cones myself, I decided to save a few bucks and use up some poster board I had sitting at home. I used this template as a reference and cut the cone shapes from my poster board. I rolled the board into cones and glued the edges in place. The cones may not look perfect, but they're going to be covered up with felt anyway! It was such an easy way to save some money!
Next I cut 1 1/2" wide strips from felt and cut the strips into triangles. You'll need about 2 sheets per cone. I hot glued the felt triangles onto the cones, starting at the bottom and overlapping slightly.
If you want to paint or stain your wooden candlestick and dowel rod, do it now. I decided I wanted to stain them after I had already glued everything together! You can also trim your rods down into different lengths to vary your tree height.
Once the cones were covered with felt and the stain was dry, I attached a dowel rod to a wood disc with hot glue.
Then I glued around the outside of the disc and stuck it up the inside of the cone until it was snug against the edges.
I glued the other end of the dowel rod into the candlestick holder.
And to finish the trees, I tied a bow around the base of the dowel rod with twine and attached two silver beads to the ends.
I love how my Felt Pine Trees turned out!
Stay tuned for more 12 Crafty Days of Christmas tomorrow!
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These are so pretty! They're almost like a winter decoration you could leave out for a few months too!
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ReplyDeleteI love how soft those look!
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I love these trees, must make a few for my Christmas table thanks for sharing - visiting via Lil Luna link party :) Tina
ReplyDeleteSeriously, this are gorgeous! I love the rustic yet chic look!
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What a cute and adorable idea. I might just have to give this a try. I never thought of making triangles. I would love for you to add this to our Pin It Wednesday Party.
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They turned out great! Thanks for the shout out! :)
ReplyDeleteLove your trees they are gorgeous! Thanks for linking up.
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Kristin
These are beautiful! I love the colors that you chose and the little silver beads are the perfect finishing touch! Pinning :)
ReplyDeleteADORABLE!! Stopping by from TT&J linky party!
ReplyDeleteI love how your felt pine trees turned out too!! Very cute display. I love the wintery colors.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! Your trees turned out great.
ReplyDeletethese are so cute!! great tutorial!
ReplyDeleteThese really are stunning!Thanks for linking up with Made by you Monday!
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ReplyDeleteLove the colors and such a great tutorial! Pinning this one! :) So cute!
ReplyDeleteThese felt trees are extremely cute! I've been looking for some easy to do Christmas crafts. I think these just made my list! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLove your trees. Great colors. new follower
ReplyDeleteI love felt trees! I just found the paper cones yesterday to make some for my dining room table! I love how you used wood candle sticks! Thank you for sharing at simply creations link party!
ReplyDeleteSo glad I found your blog, the trees are great and fairly simple, just need some patience gluing all those triangles on. How did you keep the rows straight? Think I have a very crooked eye as my rows tend to go downhill or uphill very quickly. lol.
ReplyDeleteThose would be great to keep out for few weeks after the holidays to keep the happy holiday mood going for little while longer.
Do you have snow where you live? We usually do (west of Grand Junction, CO) but not this year. I sure miss cold temps, lots of snow.
I did see some papier mache cones at Jo-Ann's but when I went to get a couple the other day they were long gone. Think your idea of making cone much better and alot less expensive. Smart gal.
Thank you! I started at the bottom of the cone, using the edge as a guide to keep them straight. No snow yet... I'm sure it's on its way though! So glad you stopped by : )
Deletethese are adorable! i love all your projects and your style!
ReplyDeleteSo cute! I really like your trees and think using the candlesticks was a great idea. I just started following your blog (found you through a Christmas Linky Party) and would love to see you over at my blog as well (http://naptimemeanscrafttime.blogspot.com). Have a great day! :)
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