Warning!
This project will warm your heart and bring a smile to your face!
Proceed with caution.
I look forward to decorating for Christmas every year. Bringing the boxes in from storage, fluffing the tree, going through every ornament (talking about the special reason behind them), and listening to holiday music. It really is the most wonderful time of the year.
I also love making decorations with friends. One year we dyed dozens of sisal trees and the year after that we decorated glass ornaments. It’s a great way to spend time together and flex our creative muscles.
So this year, with the help of Jack and his dad, Ralph, we created these adorable rainbow trees.
Here’s the supplies you’ll need for this weekend project:
Styrofoam Tree
Flat Head Sewing Pins
Sewing Pretty Pins (3 boxes)
2’’ square wood base
1/4’’ dowel rod
Wire Cutter
Scissors
Paint Brush
Ralph cut and pre-drilled the 2’’ square wood bases and the dowel rods for me. Check online or at your local home improvement store to see if they can cut the wood bases and dowel rods for you. The tree will be still be cute with or without the wood bases!
Here’s the instructions to make these rainbow trees:
Paint the wood base and dowel rod.
Using the 2 1/2’’ Pom-Pom Maker, make the pom-pom.
We used one side of the pom-on maker, wrapping the chunky thread 60 times. Use embroidery floss to secure the pom-pom together.
Place a flat head sewing pin at the start of the chunky thread and secure it to the top of the tree.
Wrap the chunky thread carefully around the tree.
When you reach the bottom, cut the chunky thread, and secure with a flat head sewing pin.
Braid six strands of chunky thread.
Wrap the finished braid around the base of the tree. Secure with a flat head sewing pin.
Separate the sewing pretty pins by color.
Using the wire cutter, trim a 1/4’’ section away from the bottom of the sewing pretty pins.
Wear safety goggles and trim the pins in a large bowl or plastic bag. Safety first!
Place the trimmed sewing pretty pins randomly around the finished tree.
Using a non-trimmed sewing pretty pin, secure the pom-pom to the top of tree.
Carefully push the dowel rod through the bottom of the tree.
Ta-da! Repeat the steps above to make a forest of rainbow trees. Aren’t they the cutest?
I hope you enjoyed this holiday decor project as much as I enjoyed making it. The possibilities are endless—imagine a color blocked tree. Yasss!
What are you favorite projects to make during the holidays?
cut, sew, repeat…
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