How to Make an Easter Tree
Make an easy Easter Tree to hang Easter ornaments
Yield: 1
Cost: $15
Materials
- Naturally Wired vine covered craft wire
- Wire Cutters
- 12 in. Wooden Dowel
- 6-inch Half Circle Styrofoam
- A Wooden Box One that is larger than the foam circle
- Filler
- Sheet of Moss
- Artificial Cherry Blossoms optional
Instructions
- Place your half-foam circle into the box
- You can glue it to add some stability
- Leave a few inches of the dowel unwrapped so you can easily push it into the foam
- Start with a dowel as your base, using long strips of naturally wired - about 15 inches long - and start wrapping the naturally wired around the dowel, going up in a spiral fashion. Leave gaps in the dowel is OK. You'll fill those in with the next few wires. Make sure you don't make it so tall that it's top-heavy.
- If you want a thicker trunk, you can twist another wire around the tree. Make this one about 6-inches longer than the last one so you have branches at the top
- At this point, I would push the unwrapped portion of the dowel into the foam
- Now, starting about halfway up the tree, you can twister shorter wires around the tree to make more branches
- Place those outward, and upward to look like tree branches.
- You can repeat until you are happy with the thickness of your trunk, and amount of base branches.
- If you want to use any leftover wire, add more secondary branches.
- If you want to add flower blossoms, Just cut off a piece of the flower and stem, and twist around it to secure it in the branch. These are great for hiding imperfections
- Add filler to your box and Cover with moss