Dollar Tree Flocked Christmas Tree DIY

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Hello everyone! Hope you are well! 

Today is the Look for Less Challenge and it’s the final one of the year. And because it’s the last one for 2020 I decided to do something for the holidays! 

Remember when I made my farmhouse inspired Dollar Tree Christmas trees back in 2018? Seems like just yesterday…

Well, I figured it was time to do another tabletop Christmas tree DIY from the Dollar Tree but with a new look! 

And this one is just as darling… 

 I was inspired by this one I saw at Ballard Designs:

Screen Shot 2020 10 13 at 11.38.48 PM Dollar Tree Flocked Christmas Tree DIYIt came at a whopping $119! ? Too much for me to spend on a table top tree, as I am sure some of you will agree. 

I thought it was adorable, and a perfect piece to try and recreate. And this time I wanted to make sure I used Dollar Tree items. 

First thing I picked up were these gift boxes. They are similar to the ones I used for my Dollar Tree Stocking Hangers 

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Next, I took some jumbo popsicle sticks and cut them to fit the vertical edges of the box. I used my miter sheers to cut them to size.

They make this job so easy! 

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I adhered the popsicle sticks to the sides with hot glue. Once I had the vertical pieces in place, I measurde and cut the horizontal ones. One side should look like this:

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I repeated this on all sides and once that was done I worked on the “x”. 

Dollar Tree Flocked Christmas Tree DIY 4 Dollar Tree Flocked Christmas Tree DIYI used the same popsicle sticks for this. First, I placed one across diagonally, measured and cut it. And then I added two smaller ones on the other side. 

Once I adhered all of them I painted them with my favorite white chalk paint. 

Dollar Tree Flocked Christmas Tree DIY 5 Dollar Tree Flocked Christmas Tree DIYAfter all sides were dry I used Rustoleum’s aged glaze and rubbed it all over the box with a lint free cloth. 

You may remember this glaze from when I recreated a faux wood candlestick look in this video, however, this time I am actually looking to use it as a glaze. 

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I used a small artist brush in order to get into all of the crevices to create more depth and shadows like the inspiration piece. 

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Once I painted all the areas in, I wiped the excess off with a clean lint free cloth. 

Dollar Tree Flocked Christmas Tree DIY 8 Dollar Tree Flocked Christmas Tree DIYThen I set it aside to dry. 

While it was drying I got my little Dollar Tree Christmas tree out. 

The inspiration piece had a more full and brown trunk so I added jute around the “trunk” of this one. 

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I cut individual pieces to use between each of the sets of branches. Then I painted the jute over with brown chalk paint. 

Once that was dry, I took some Dollar Tree snow spray and sprayed it outside. 

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I brought the tree back inside once it was dry and I cut the base of the tree so that it would fit inside of the “crate”. I used pliers and it worked really easy.

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Since the tree sat kind of low, I added some floral foam and a piece of wood on the inside of the crate to add height and more stability. 

Dollar Tree Flocked Christmas Tree DIY 12 Dollar Tree Flocked Christmas Tree DIYI placed the tree back in the crate, added a few more pieces of foam to surround the tree base and covered it all up with Dollar Tree floral moss and I was done!

Dollar Tree Flocked Christmas Tree DIY 15 Dollar Tree Flocked Christmas Tree DIYI cannot tell you how happy I was to see the way it turned out. 

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The tree reminds me of the “Charlie Brown” tree since it is a little sparse, but I love it and I hope to make a second one. 

Here’s how I did!

This only cost me $3 since I only had to get the tree, box and faux snow, but it would have cost me $7 if I needed to buy all the supplies to make it. Either way it’s a win-win!

Christmas Tree Dupe Look for Less October 2020 Dollar Tree Flocked Christmas Tree DIYWhat do you think of this cute dupe? I really do love that little crate and how it turned out and I hope you do too! 

Dollar Tree Flocked Christmas Tree DIY 16 Dollar Tree Flocked Christmas Tree DIYI would love it if you would share this with a friend or pin it on Pinterest and I will see you in the next one! 

Until then… adios! 

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4 Comments

  1. Yami, I like your version best. The crate idea is genius. I have a mini Christmas tree I was going to toss but you’ve given me inspiration for an upcycle.

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