How to Make a Faux Christmas Tree
The products I used:
- 1- 54" Black powder-coated galvanized steel wire round tomato cage for $6.98 from Lowes.
- 5- Green 6ft Garland for $4.99 from Hobby Lobby
- 1- Black, square, plastic, flower pot for $7.98 from Home Depot
- 2- 100 green wired, clear mini lights for $4.99 from Walmart
- 1- Black zip tie
- Some rocks
Steps
- First, you will want to take a seat outside ( so the garland doesn't make a mess in your house)
- Start spreading out each piece of the garland ( if you do not spread out each piece of garland you might short yourself and have to buy more)
- Fill up pot with some rocks about a quarter full
- Use your zip tie at the top of the tomato cage to attach all 4 ends together
- Start wrapping the garland around the tomato cage from the bottom to the top. Use a piece of the garland to attach the garland to the tomato cage every couple of inches
- Now start stringing your lights on the tree (start from the top to the bottom)
- Put your tree in the weighted pot
- Plug it in and enjoy
I love this DIY because it is a decoration that could be used for ThanksGiving and Christmas. Assembling this project was very easy. The Faux Christmas tree only cost around $49.93 per tree, however, I did end up making two trees. Some things that you might want to note. First of all using a black tomato cage camouflages with the green garland. If you can not find a black tomato cage I would spray paint it black or dark green. I like to purchase unlighted garland, that way I can use a warm light for Thanksgiving and then change the lights to a LED Light to match the Christmas lights on the house. Make sure to purchase a pot big enough to fit the width of the tomato cage. I used some rocks out of my driveway and put them in my pot, so it won't blow over during a winter storm. You can use ribbons and other decors to spice things up on your tree too !
