DIY bottlebrush Christmas tree hack

Materials: 

• Tree template 
• Crepe paper (ours is mostly from Papermart, it’s our favorite and their color selection is endless! You can find them here! Some colors are from Carte Fini)
• Hot glue gun 
• Wooden skewers 
• 1 inch wood rounds 
• Drill 
• 1/8″ drill bit 

Directions: 

1. Print out the template, it comes in three parts so you will need to cut out each piece and then tape it together. 
2. Trace your template onto as many colors of crepe paper as you would like. 
3. Cut out the traced pieces. 
4. Fringe the edge of each one of your crepe paper pieces, make sure you leave at least ¼” edge on them at the top. 
5. Once fringed stretch the piece to its fullest. 
6. Take a wooden skewer and leave anywhere from ½” to 1” at the bottom. 
7. Put a dab of glue on and start winding the piece around the skewer, you’ll want to make sure that some parts are layered twice to create some thickness in the tree. 
8. Wind fringe up toward the top placing glue periodically on the skewer as you place the fringe. 
9. As you get to the top you should be nearing the thin edge of the fringe. 
10. Once you have reached the height you would like your tree to be carefully use a pair of scissors to cut the wood skewer. 
11. To finish, dab a bit of hot glue and wrap the top off with the smallest fringe edge. 

There are so many ways to use them: on the mantle, as a gift topper, or in a little vignette. We turned ours into a cake topper a couple of years ago!

We can’t wait to see your house decked out with colorful trees! Be sure to tag us with #Holidayswithlars