For some reason the smell of cinnamon mingled with Christmas music makes me want to get my craft on. Of course, December is not an ideal month to spend hours crafting. But I find it therapeutic during this crazy season to sit in the stillness of the night with Christmas music in the background (while Steve studies away in the offices) and create. This week is craft week on the blog and first up is DIY easy Christmas crafts – the holiday forest.
I scoured through my holiday pinterest board and came across this idea. Easy enough to replicate!
My sister was in town over Thanksgiving and jumped in on the fun. I purchased 1 2×6 (8ft in length) and created three sets. I very carefully cut all the trees using my miter saw. I can’t say it too many times, be careful! There wasn’t a whole lot of measuring in this project. I determined I wanted trees at different heights so I eyeballed most of it.
I was lucky to have a helper sanding while I was cutting!
Painting was quick and easy as they only required one coat – so you can still see some grain. Even after one coat I used a paintbrush with a little water to wash some paint off.
Using the end of a paintbrush I dabbed some white paint on the trees and they were done. I love that you can paint them to match your unique style of Christmas decor. I painted two gold trees but I think a gold and silver shimmery/metallic set might be fun.
Check out the other posts from Christmas Craft week:
DIY Easy Christmas Crafts – Paper straw tree
DIY Easy Christmas Crafts – Holiday pillows
DIY Easy Christmas Crafts – Glitter Christmas lights decor
DIY Easy Christmas Crafts – Wooden Christmas Star
I love these trees! I definitely want to make some.
I cannot for the life of me figure out how you cut this on the mitre. Please tell me how to do it!
Very carefully! I didn't move the angle of the saw – I just moved the wood around – which is why none of the trees are alike because the angles are just a little different on each one depending on how I rotated the wood.
Wondering, ball park how tall is the largest? Would be nice to judge the other sizes. If you got 3 sets out of 1 piece of wood….it must be tall?!?!?
My Christmas decor is still boxed up, but I believe the tallest one is 11 inches or so. You could make them taller, but you’d need to make the base wider as well.
Did you use regular paint ?
Yes, I just painted it with regular craft paint. I did mix in a little water to the small amount of paint I was working with so the grain of the wood would still show.
Are you able to share the width of each base and the height of each tree? Thanks in advance and all the best in 2017
I just packed them away when I took our Christmas stuff down. They were all different sizes – no rhyme or reason, just trying to get the most out of the boards I had. I think the largest one was 11 or 12 inches tall and had a base of almost 5 inches. Whereas some of the smaller ones were only 5 inches tall with a 2.5 inch base.