I recently completed a project inspired by an idea from
Jessica Sprague. I wanted to do something crafty and homemade for Christmas, and this is what I ended up with!
I started by painting some terra cotta pots a deep red color.
After they dried, a put a clearcoat on them, which had red glitter in it. Who
doesn't like glittery Christmas decorations?!
I cut Christmas scrapbooking paper into strips, and started layering the strips around the trees, according to color/pattern.
To assemble the trees, I pained wooden dowels a dark brown, for the trunks. I placed rocks in the bottomof each pot, because the trees themselves are a little top-heavy. I put Styrofoam in each of the pots, and covered with artificial moss over the Styrofoam. Then I just jabbed the dowel into the tree Styrofoam and the pot Styrofoam.
I finished by putting silver bows on the top of each of the trees. I ended up with 5 trees in varying heights.
These trees are by no means perfect or professional looking, and I like that. They are uneven, maybe a little crooked, but they are mine. And I love them!
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