Handmade Holiday: DIY Twine Ornaments

Currently, my Christmas tree has a lot of shiny and sparkly gold ornaments. So, it's got the green and gold colors from my theme mentioned here, but I needed to add some brown to really make my rustic theme complete. Easy solution: add twine. 

A lot of my DIY holiday projects, which I will continue to share, involve reusing materials. Makes sense, right? It keeps the costs down and it's easy to make things matchy matchy. 

Choose a starting point on your foam ball, add a dollop of glue and stick on the twine.

Wrap the twine around the ball adding a little more glue here and there. 

(It is not necessary to add the glue every time you wrap the twine around, although I did find that I needed to more as I got closer to the bottom)

Add wire, ribbon or make a loop with your left over twine to create a hook.

Hang finished ornament on the tree.

Step back from the tree and admire your handy work.

Handmade Holiday: DIY Miniature Christmas Tree

Who says you only need one Christmas tree? Maybe one MAIN Christmas tree... but then maybe you want one in your room too so that you can wake up to a lovely pine and Christmasy aroma each morning. Or maybe you want another one just to make a room festive or maybe you live in a small space and want a small tree.

Whatever your reason may be, there is a simple and super inexpensive solution... a DIY miniature Christmas tree.

I got the idea after going to pick up a tree from the lot, and the vendor was giving away free tree clippings. He said take as much as you want, and so I took two armfuls. As I was holding a bunch in my hand, I was thinking how it kind of looked like a mini tree. So in that moment, I decided I would make a little tree for my room.

Supplies you need:
Christmas tree trimmings (usually free where they sell trees)
Twine
Square burlap fabric
Wire (from the hardware store)
Clippers
Pebbles



Pick the branches you'd like for your tree, trim them as you like. Use the wire to tie the branches together. When you've gotten your tree's shape, use a little bit of wire to wrap the "trunk" together to make sure they hold strong. You can also use twine to do this.




To create the base, put the rocks and tree in the middle of the burlap, bunch up the fabric around the "trunk" and tie it all together with your twine.

And there you have it, a mini Christmas tree for any room of your home!

I've been doing a lot of holiday crafting lately and I'm excited to share some more simple projects over the next couple weeks.

I'd love to see what your crafty projects are too, please share your links!

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