Wooden Tree
There is always space for a Christmas tree.
We don’t have much floor space in our tiny house, but we have wall space!
It puts a unique twist on the classic christmas tree, and I really like it. Now I want to make one as tall as the wall. Continue reading for our 3.5-4 foot Wooden Christmas Tree Tutorial.
Supplies
Wooden Dowels (found ours at Hobby Lobby, about 1/4 inch in width)
Twine
Hot glue gun
Christmas lights (I used one 100 count pack)
Cut your dowels according to the correct sizes. The text on the left side of the tree indicates how far apart each dowel is spaced.
Find the center of each dowel and place a pencil mark there. This will help you center all of the dowels, making the christmas tree shape.
Find a way to keep all of the dowels centered and spaced apart their appropriate distances, while securing the twine with hot glue. I decided to cut out cardboard “spacers” and tape them to the floor, so if my dowels moved, I could easily line them up with my spacers without having to readjust each dowel.
You will want to put something down on your carpet or table so you aren’t getting hot glue all over that while securing the twine.
I wrapped the twine around each end of the dowel to ensure that the twine would stay on.
Let the wooden tree dry, and once it’s ready, hang it on the wall with 2 nails.
Add the lights and whatever else you would like. I did use clear tape to secure the lights to the dowels.
May your holiday season be merry and bright!
That’s really cute Beth. The star tops it off perfectly!
Hi Mom! Thank you!
Such a fun idea, Beth!
I appreciate you coming by Amy! :-)
Love it. Simplicity and beauty. Have pinned to Christmas Crafts and Food Board.
Thank you friend!!
That is too cute, such a great idea with limited space! or even an additional tree….
Oh definitely an additional tree!
That is the cutest idea! What a great idea when you have a small space. Love it. Came over from the DBB. Pinning!
I appreciate you coming by Emily!
This is so cool! I love how it looks! Pinned
Thank you Kaysi!
Love this and will be great for the kids room!! Thanks for sharing. xoxo San
I didn’t even think of using it in a kids room, but thats a great idea!
I love that you used little wood dowels and twine to make the tree! I did something similar with just lights on our front window, but was just using clear packing tape to keep the lights in place… short story the tape keeps slipping on the glass!!! I’m going to have to try this instead, thanks! (325elizabethavenue.blogspot.com)
That would look really cute too in a window using tape, but yeah if it gets too cold the tape comes off!
Super cute and mod too! Pinned:)
I appreciate you pinning this Michele!
This is such a wonderful alternative to a “real” tree. We have a quite small living room with 3 doorways off of it and two big windows so not much wall space. We also have a 1/2 wall between kitchen/ l/r so that decreases the space even more.
We’ve had a small tree on a table and a bigger tree on other years but that involves moving all furniture in living room. We just did that so don’t think we’re up for it again. Just adjusting to how it is, making do.
We have a shutter shelf on one wall centered so I do lot of my decorating on it. Makes it easier than trying to move furniture all the time. I’m using big jars to make little snow scenes in this year in place of a tree I think. It’s just hubs and I so not having to deal with tree is much more convenient for us. I’d love to have a real tree on a table but even those are so ridiculously expensive for 2 old seniors. Love smell in house of real tree.
I’m going to look around, see if we can squeeze one of your style trees on a wall, if not we’ll have to do without this year. There’s always next year. The wall we might have put on is covered by the tv stand now. I’m going to pin this however in case I get a wild hair. Maybe make one for front of porch. Your post is great and a wonderful solver for folks that don’t have room. Happy days and happy creating
Others suggested just using the lights and making a tree shape in a window, that would be fun too!
What a cute idea! I’d love for you to stop by and share this at my weekly link party. Hope to see you there! http://www.thelifeofjenniferdawn.com/2013/12/a-little-bird-told-me-link-party-70.html
Hi Jennifer, I’ll by come!
Cute idea for someone that doesn’t have much space for a tree. :) – Andrea@scrapality.com
Hi Andrea! I appreciate you coming by, I am going to stop by your blog!
This is super cute, Beth! :)
Thanks friend!
I am about to feature your fab tree on FB…love it Jennifer! Thanks for linking up today @ our Inspiration Monday Party! ~Julie redheadcandecorate.com
Oh gosh, thank you Julie!
Beautiful idea, and what a space saver! Don’t forget to link up to The DIY’ers today! http://homecomingmn.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-diyers-41.html
This is so adorable! This is a great decoration for any house-even one with lots of floor space. Thanks for linking to the In and Out of the Kitchen Link Party. Hope to see you next week.
This is such a unique and inexpensive idea! Thanks for sharing this great project at The Pin Junkie. It was featured in this week’s Christmas craft roundup. http://www.thepinjunkie.com/2013/12/christmas-crafts-and-printables.html I hope you’ll stop by to grab a featured button and share your best Christmas recipes at tonight’s party for another chance to be featured! Wishing you very happy holidays!
I truly appreciate you sharing this Bonnie!
Awesome and amazing! Pinned and am Featuring at Family Fun Friday!
Monica
http://www.happyandblessedhome.com
Featuring YOU today over on my blog. Thanks so much for linking up to {wow me} wednesday. :)
Ginger @ GingerSnapCrafts.com
Thank you Ginger!
What a cool idea! We don’t have much space for a tree either. I end up moving furniture around every year to make room for it.
I would probably move furniture around too because it’s tough being without a real tree!
Beth, I absolutely love this! Thank you so much for joining us and sharing at Best of the Weekend! Pinning and sharing! Thank you so much for being at the party and wishing you and your family the happiest of holidays. Enjoy a wonderful weekend!
Thank you Cindy, happy holidays to you too!
Very cute!!
I would like to make this but can’t figure out how much room is between layers of dowels.
Oh MY. Now I see what I missed.Comes from getting up to early Sorry…. Great Idea.
Haha, sometimes I have sleepy eyes too!
This is such a fun idea, especially for someone dealing with a small space. I featured it tonight at the Project Inspire{d} link party!
Thank you friend!
Fun idea. We’d love you to share this great project on our Awesome Things Tuesday party.
http://jessicabooth.blogspot.com/2013/12/awesome-things-tuesday_31.html
–Jessica @ Preserving Life’s Moments
I love this tree and the idea of making it bigger. My question though is how would you make it bigger?
Hi Mandy!
You’d have to use larger and longer dowels I would assume, finding those may be difficult, I am unsure!
I have been able to find 48″ dowels and some longer but the longer ones are over an inch thick. I am loving this tree and with a 1 yr old at home I am thinking this would be a great alternative without worrying about him pulling a tree over. How did you determine what length to make the dowels and how far to space them? I am sorry to be asking so many questions I am just curious so I can try and make one. TIA
Hi Mandy! I played around with the dowels on the floor until the tree looked right. There wasn’t a lot of specific calculation that went into it, however I did want the dowels evenly spaced apart and to gradually decrease in length, but for the most part I eyeballed it. Good luck!
Cool tree! Thanks for the idea!!!
You are welcome, can’t wait to hang mine up soon!
I love this idea. I am going to use driftwood though from my woods out back instead of the dowels. It will be almost the same thing, just a slight variation. Thank you for sharing this wonderful idea.