I love this time of year!! It’s so fun decorating our home. I love bright colors and pom poms. I thought it would be fun to combine the two by creating some whimsical holiday trees for our mantel or entryway table.
Here’s how I made the trees:
Supplies:
Different sizes of cones
fabric – I used four different fat quarters
hot glue and glue gun
pom poms (the amount you need depends on how many time you want to wrap them around the cones)
Candlesticks or wood bases to put the cones on.
Directions:
*I used some cones I bought at the craft store. But you can also use styrofoam cones too.
*I originally wrapped the cones in white material because I was going to have them all be white with different colors of poms. But then I decided to wrap them all in different colors of material.
*I used fat quarters for the material. I held the edge of the material against the cone and rolled it with the material rolling too and traced the outline of the cone.
*Then I cut out the fabric in that shape, I cut the fabric a little bigger at the bottom so I could fold it under the cones.
*Then I ran a line of hot glue down one side of each cone, attached the edge of the fabric, wrapped the fabric around and ran another line down the back to join the two sides of the fabric together.
*I folded the fabric under the cones and hot glued underneath.
*Then I took the four colors of pom poms and attached them to the cones.
*I alternated how I spaced out the rows of pom poms. On some trees I spaced the rows out – 2 inches, 3 inches and 4 inches. I marked the increments with a ruler and pencil.
*On the back side of each cone, where the fabric met, I put a dab of hot glue and then attached the end of the pom pom string, I wrapped the string around the base of the tree until it met at the back of the tree. I cut the string and then started again where the next mark was.
*Then I set the cone on a candlestick. Since I used cones that are hollow, I put the empty spools from the pom pom inside of the cones to make a base. If you are using styrofoam cones, they already have bases so you won’t have to do that.
I just love these happy little trees!
And I also made a pom pom wreath with the left over fabric from the fat quarters and pom poms. I will share the tutorial soon!
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I am so excited to share this tutorial as part of the #HolidayIdeaExchange party tonight!! It’s a way to share NEW holiday ideas on Pinterest!! Come join the party and we will repin your new holiday idea so it can be seen by thousands of people — the board already has over 70,000 followers. Be sure to tweet your pin also with the same hashtag so we can be sure to find it. Hashtags are a little trickier on Pinterest and we don’t want to miss any!
Here’s how it works:
1. Pin AND tweet your new holiday projects using the #holidayideaexchange hashtag.
2. Projects can be for any fall/winter holiday (Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, New Year’s, etc.), and they can be anything from gift ideas to recipes to home decor projects–and everything in between!
3. Participants are limited to five total projects.
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Even if you see this after the party has ended, you can still join the fun! We’ll be watching the hashtag throughout the holiday season, so share your projects! We will add your projects to the #HolidayIdeaExchange board so tens of thousands of followers can see them!
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I am not familiar with “fat quarters”. Do you find them at fabric stores or Michaels? Darling fun colors. Love the pompoms.
I am not familiar with “fat quarters”. Where do you buy them? Or any fabric will do? Thanks. They are darling~~~
This is SO CUTE. I’m pretty obsessed with little Christmas trees this year, and I love how fun and easy these are to make! Thanks for sharing!
Love the trees! So cute and bright… I’m dying to make that matching wreath. Please share tutorial SOON!!!
I am featuring these adorable trees tomorrow… SO CUTE!
Very fun decorations! I love the ‘pop’ look very much!
SO cute! I LOVE the bright and fun colors. Great job, girl! XO
What a gorgeous project! I love all of the beautiful colors you used Jen! You are so talented….everything you do always looks amazing! Angie xo
LOVE how colorful this post is! LOVE pom pom trim, too – awesome Christmas decor Jen!
Thanks Kari!! I love the bright colors 🙂
xxoxo
These are sooo cute and bright and fun. Like always!! Love.
Thanks my friend!! I hope you are having a good day.
xoxo
Love these Jen! I just picked up some Pom Pom trim last week with a similar project in mind. Thanks for the extra inspiration – I’m excited to get started now.
Oh yay Krista!
I can’t wait to see yours!
xoxo
Jen – these are fantastic! I loved them so much that I was inspired to whip up a little round-up of Christmas tree crafts for this upcoming Tuesday, and of course, your gorgeous pom-pom trees are in it!
Thanks for the great Pinterest party tonight, lady! It was a lot of fun!
Aw! Thanks so much Tara!
xxo
I absolutely love this project! So bright and cheery. I may have to steal this idea for our Christmas study 🙂
Thanks Jessica!!
It was so fun to pin with you tonight. I’m so excited for the holidays!
xoxo
These are so whimsical and fun! I love the different colors all together. This is such a great idea!
Thanks Stacia!
Those bright colors just make me happy. And pom poms. Yay!! THanks for taking the time to come by and comment. I appreciate it!
xox
Oh my goodness, Jen! These are absolutely ADORABLE! Love the colors!
Thanks Chelsea!
It was so fun to pin with you tonight! I loved seeing all of the inspiring projects. And I loved your red and white candy letter. So cute!
xoxo