Wooden Christmas Tree Project

I just had my first Facebook Live last week and I can’t begin to tell you how nervous I was.  I’m not very techy, especially when it comes to my cell phone but I figure that if I wanted to reach more people than the best way was to do a live! 

One of the first crafts that I did during my Facebook Live was a wooden Christmas tree using Dollar Tree wooden rulers, a paint stick, Christmas napkins, paint and hot glue.  I purchased a miter box/saw from Home Depot so that I could cut the sticks into the sizes that I wanted.  I got the miter box because my intentions were to angle the wood shapes on each end so that the tree looked like a triangle.  After I cut the rulers, I decided that for my first time on Facebook, I better just stick to a straight edge!

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This is a really easy project and could definitely be done with children.  I even made a Christmas tree with Popsicle sticks…which would be fun to do with your children or grandkids.

Here is a list of supplies that I used:

• Wooden Rulers from Dollar Tree (I used about 3 per tree)

• Saw to cut the rulers

• Paint Stick for the trunk of the tree (you can use another ruler)

• Mod Podge

• Christmas Napkins

• Paint and brushes

• Chip brush

• Hot glue

• Ribbon and Embellishments

I used the only Christmas napkins that I had in my stash!  Any other year you can usually find Christmas items in the stores around the 1st of July but not this year.  All I could find was pumpkins, acorns, fall leaves and fall napkins! I have had the hardest time finding items to use for Christmas in July projects!  Thank goodness that I had a stash leftover from last year (and probably the year before that, etc…)

I hope that you enjoy this video and if you have any questions, please let me know. Merry Christmas!