Trashtastic Tuesday- DIY Rustic Brown Paper Christmas Tree

Hey all!  Welcome to Trashtastic Tuesday! This is a little series around here where I show you something that I thrifted, sometimes I make it over, sometimes I don’t.  Or it may be something that I have owned and I am tired of, or no longer like, so I make it over.  But nevertheless, it is usually something that I paid very little money for.  The past few weeks have been crazy busy with Halloween and cross country conference and state championships ( My son place 32nd at states championship with a time of 17:42).

I don’t have a new project to share, but am hoping to get started on some fun things in the next week or so.  I have things just sitting waiting for my time and attention.  So, for today, I thought I would bring back a Trashtastic Tuesday project that I shared a coupl eof years ago- my rustic brown paper Christmas tree.  The pictures aren’t the greatest ( they were taken long before I got my good camera), so I will try to take some better pictures and update the past when I get my Christmas Decor out this year.  For now, hopefully you will be able to look past the less than steallar quality of the pictures, and enjoy the craft!

I was looking for a project to do for Trashtastic Tuesday over Thanksgiving Break, and I just wasn’t feeling inspired.  Probably because I am smack in the middle of painting my stairwell.  That is a lot of work, let me tell you!

So I decided to scour some of my favorite blogs for inspiration, and I came across this adorable book page Christmas tree on Organized Clutter and  I really liked it, so I decided to make one, but put my own spin on it.

Here is a picture of the supplies I used for this project.  I cut out my squares just like he tutorial said.  I used these as a guide for making all of my brown paper squares.  I also used bamboo skewers instead of a wood twig.

One thing I did differently was to crinkle up each square of brown paper before I placed it on the skewer. I just kind of smushed it up, then smoothed it back out.  This was not difficult to make, just time consuming.  I started making it during a break from painting. It was time to let things dry, and my daughter and I watched Grease Movies while I worked on this. Can you believe she had not seen it before?  But I ended up not finishing it in one session.    I would say it took me at least 5 hours or so of cutting the brown paper into squares and then ripping each edge so that it would look rustic.  I did cut my squares first, it was just easier for me that way.

I decided to paint the pot white using some paint I already had.  I only used one coat, and I wiped it a little with a paper towel afterwards.   So after that I needed something to top the tree, at least temporarily.  So I decided to print out a star template and use some chevron wrapping paper I have to make a star to stick on the top.  I also took a red Sharpie marker to make a a little red stripe going right under the rim.

What do you think of my rustic brown paper Christmas tree?  I think it is totally trashtastic!  So far I have used it for two Christmas seasons.  I just wrap it loosely in tissue paper before packing it away. I am hoping it still is in good enough shape to sit out again for at least one more year when I starte decorating for Christmas this year.

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