DIY Christmas Trees from Repurposed Items

DIY Christmas Trees from repurposed items

For me, repurposing is all about creating one of a kind things out of unique items, and these two DIY Christmas trees are a perfect example of that. 

When I’m in creative mode, but I don’t have a specific idea in mind, I look at the things that I have in my stashes, and I try to think of ways to repurpose them.

I brainstorm, writing down every idea I can think of. Even the ideas that seem pretty wild and wacky.

And that’s when many of my project ideas are born. 

When I shared my Repurposed Christmas Tree a couple of days ago, I said that I created two companions to go with it.

These two tree ideas came out of a very recent brainstorming session.

 

I’m making the first Christmas tree from silver metal craft conchos.

For anyone who doesn’t know what a concho is, they’re used in crafting for making lariat-type necklaces.

 

How to Create a DIY Christmas Tree from conchos

For the concho tree I’m using a 9 inch styrofoam cone.

I sat it on a plastic container because I wanted the conchos to hang over the bottom of the cone.

 

After putting a bit of hot glue on each concho, I pushed them into the cone a bit so I could angle them down.

TIP: The hot glue will melt the styrofoam just a bit, but you don’t need to use very much glue.

 

This really couldn’t be easier.

You just make your way up the cone, overlapping as you go.

 

One of my feline helpers is always around to supervise, and that day it was Salty’s turn.

He thinks it looks like a pine cone, but people make pine cone trees so it’s all good.

I glued a glass candle holder onto the bottom of the tree as a trunk.

 

For a topper for this repurposed Christmas tree I attached a vintage plastic and foil light reflector with just a dab of hot glue.

And now on to tree number two.

This is the tree I was really excited about because it’s so weird. lol.

 

How to Create a DIY Christmas Tree from keys

The second Christmas tree is made from keys. A friend sent me these from her stash years ago. 

 

I started by hot gluing the keys on, overhanging them so the main body of the keys covered the bottom area of a 6 inch styrofoam cone.

 

Around the very bottom I used keys that were the same length.

They act like feet and the tree stands on them very nicely.

 

I made my way up the tree, hot gluing the keys in an overlapped way that looked good to me.

There’s no real rhyme or reason to this.

I just threw creative caution to the wind and went for it.

 

For the top I used a thingy, sorry but I don’t know what it is, that I found in with my keys.

It made a great place to attach a tree topper.

 

I added a vintage green plastic and foil light reflector to the key tree as a tree topper.

To finish off both toppers I hot glued some faux pearls that were on some button into the centers.

TIP: When hot gluing cold metal things onto styrofoam cones they can become loosened if there’s too much pressure put on them. Especially the conchos because they’re sticking out from the cone. The good thing about this is that if I ever want to take these apart the hot glue will come off the keys and conchos, because they’re metal, rather easily. Also, if something comes loose it can just be glued back on again.

 

TRIO of Repurposed DIY Christmas Trees

And here’s my trio of trees, on my decoupaged bedroom dresser.

The key tree really reminds me of a weeping spruce. 

 

I love that the steamer parts tree is still the star, but now it has some funky forest friends to keep it company.

 

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Thanks so much for reading, and until next time…

keep on keepin’ on!

XOX