DIY Tissue Paper Holiday Trees. Add some color to your mantel or shelf by making these easy tissue paper trees with free printable templates.

DIY Tissue Paper Holiday Trees

I love a creating a colorful mantel for the holidays! I’ve been obsessed with Hobby Lobby’s colorful trees for a few years. I decided to make some coordinating colorful tissue paper trees for our mantel.

Hobby Lobby Christmas Shop

I love seeing all of the Christmas and Holiday items at Hobby Lobby! This year there are so many beautiful items! There are gorgeous serving pieces, dishes, trees, ornaments, signs and anything you need to create a memorable holiday home! And everything is on sale too! I fell in love with this Christmas Tree sign. It’s the centerpiece of our holiday mantel and it looks so happy surrounded by the colorful bottle brush trees and my new tissue paper trees! I painted the trees colors that match the tissue papers I used.

How to make Tissue Paper Holiday Trees

These trees are so easy to make! You only need a few supplies and you can find them all at Hobby Lobby!

DIY tissue Paper Holiday Trees Supplies

• Holiday Tree Sign
• Tissue Paper (you can use any color you want! Hobby Lobby has a wonderful assortment of colors).
• Wood Dowels (these came in a package of 20)
• Wood Shapes (these shapes are in the same section as the dowels).
• Hot Glue Gun
• Glue Dots (optional)
• Stapler
• Templates (I created two sizes you can download for FREE).

DIY Tissue Paper Holiday Tree Directions

Lay the template on top of the tissue paper with the straight edge at the fold!

Trace the template with a pencil

Cut out the traced design

Do this 2 or 4 times, depending on how fluffy you want your trees to be!

Divide the trees in half. Open up the trees you just cut out and staple the center of the trees so you have two sections of trees.

Lay the first section of trees on your work surface, with the fold facing up. Hot glue a line of glue from the center of the trees down to the tree trunk.

Lay the wood dowel on top of the glue.

Hot glue a line of glue starting at the top of the tree, over the dowel to the bottom of the tree. Lay the second set of trees on top of the first section with the fold facing inwards. You want the folds next to the dowel so that the trees flare outward.

Hot glue the dowel with the tree on it onto the circle or square piece. I used a drill to make an indentation to hold the glue. You can do this or just use glue and hold it as it cools and it will stand up.

I used glue dots to close the gaps between the first set of trees and the second set. You can also use hot glue to do this. You might also need to glue the tops of the trees so they don’t gap.

How to Make Different Heights of Trees

I cut the dowels in half and used the smaller template to make smaller trees. But you can cut the dowels at different heights if you want all of the trees to be different heights

How to Print off the Tree Templates

Click on the link below and save the image to your computer. Then print off the templates. Cut out the shapes and you have templates that you can use to make the tissue paper trees!

Click Here to Download the Free Tree Templates

Hop Over and See Hobby Lobby’s Christmas Department!

Be sure to hop over and see all of the adorable items in Hobby Lobby’s Christmas Department! I also found those small wreaths in the Christmas Department and I hung them with colorful ribbon. Hobby Lobby is my favorite place to buy ribbon! And all of the ornaments on my tree and in the bowl are from Hobby Lobby’s Christmas Department too. There is something for everyone. And everything is on sale for 50% off right now! Christmas Is What You Make It®!

Tag me on Instagram @tatertotsandjello if you make some! I would love to share them!!

Have a Creative Day!

xoxo

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Colorful Holiday Bedroom Mantel

I just finished our bedroom remodel and I am loving having a real bedroom again! One of my favorite parts of the project is this little fireplace makeover! We took out the 90’s tan stone and replaced it with this hexagon black tiles. We also brought brought the tile higher up on the wall and put in a natural wood mantel! It’s our kitten’s very favorite spot!

Dreamy Holiday Mantels

Today I am sharing my boho holiday mantel, along with some friends who are sharing the dreamiest holiday mantel ideas. And don’t worry if you don’t have a mantel. There are many ideas for mantel-less folks.

Creating a Colorful Holiday Mantel: Bright Color Pops Against a Neutral Background

I love adding all kinds of color to my Christmas decor. And since our room is plain black and white, I love the way the color pops against the neutral walls.

Creating a Colorful Holiday Mantel: Layer Garlands

I love garlands. So of course I had to add a few! I always like to add a garland or two that is neutral to balance the bright colorful garlands.

Creating a Colorful Holiday Mantel: Colorful Stockings

I have used these pom pom stockings from World Market for a few years. I love the trim and those pom poms against the cream woven stocking is so bright and happy to me.

Creating a Colorful Holiday Mantel: Add Items on One Side of Fireplace

I love adding things at different heights. For this mantel I hung the stockings on the left side of the mantle. Then I elevated a little christmas tree and added it to the same side of the fireplace. This makes your eye got from the wreath to the mantel and down to the bottom of the fireplace. Next to the stool I added a little basket.

Creating a Colorful Holiday Mantel: Colorful Wreath

I made this Hanging Ornament Wreath originally for our downstairs mantel but decided it was a little small. But on this smaller mantel it really shines!

Creating a Colorful Holiday Mantel: Display a Colorful Collection

Your mantel is the perfect place to share your colorful style in displaying collections! If you collect Christmas collections like gingerbread houses, Carolers, snowmen, or anything else! These colorful tinsel trees a couple of years ago and every year I find myself buying more!! I had enough to put on the mantel. I like to group the trees in clusters so they aren’t too uniform.

Creating a Colorful Holiday Mantel: Add Colorful Items at the Hearth

Since our bedroom is where I wrap most of the holiday presents, I put our wrapping paper and ribbons in a wicker basket and tucked it into the side of the fireplace.

Creating a Colorful Holiday Mantel: Add a colorful print

These colorful FALALALA prints are happy, bright and so easy to print out for instant holiday decor!

As I mentioned, today I’m joining some of my talented blogging friends who are also sharing their Christmas Mantel Decor Ideas with you as well. Be sure to visit their posts by clicking on the links below the images.

Snowy Natural Rustic Christmas Mantel Decor at The Happy Housie

Assymetrical Christmas Mantel Garland at Maison de Pax

How to Christmas Mantel Garland at Maison de Cinq

How to Design an Elegant Christmas Mantel at Grace in My Space

Festive Farmhouse Holiday Mantel Decor at She Gave it a Go

Colorful Holiday Bedroom Mantel at tatertots and jello

Classic Burgundy and Silver Mantel at Deeply Southern Home

A Traditional Red and Silver Christmas Mantel at Sincerely, Marie Designs

Elegant Holiday Mantel with Candlesticks at Modern Glam

Console Table Holiday Mantel at Rooms for Rent

How to Decorate a Rustic Christmas Mantel at The Tattered Pew

Neutral Christmas Mantel with Green Garland at Taryn Whiteaker Designs

Red and White Modern Holiday Mantel at This is Simplicite

Winter Wonderland Christmas Mantel Ideas at Clean and Scentsible

Assymetrical Christmas Mantel Ideas at Life is a Party

Our Outdoor Fireplace at Christmas at This is Our Bliss

An Elegant Christmas Mantel at Rambling Renovators

A Christmas Village Mantel at A Pretty Life in the Suburbs

Green and Gold Neutral Holiday Mantel at Joanna Anastasia

Warm and Elegant Holiday Mantel at Life is Better at Home

More Colorful Holiday Mantel Ideas

Here are a few other ways I styled colorful mantels!

Joy to The World Colorful Mantel

This is one of my favorites! I love the colorful trees with the white houses and I wrote JOY TO THE WORLD in pennants within the hanging embroidery hoops. It’s sweet and happy!

Colorful Merry Mantel

Here’s my mantel from last year. I used left-over ornaments and hot glued them to an embroidery hoop!

Have a Creative Day!

xoxo

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Bright Colorful Merry Mantel

I love color! A couple of years ago I created a bright and happy holiday mantel and it was one of my favorites. I decided that I wanted to create a similar type of mantel this year!

25 Holiday Mantel Ideas

I am joining some friends who are also sharing their mantel ideas. I love seeing all of the creative ideas! Scroll down to the bottom of the post to go see all of the mantel ideas!

Colorful Ornament Wreath

I started off with a DIY Colorful Ornament Wreath that I created. I had some leftover bright ornaments. The wreath is super easy to make.

Bright Bottle Brush Trees

I adore these colorful trees. You can find them at Hobby Lobby. I layered them on the mantel.

Merry Wood Art

The center of the mantel has a MERRY wood art sign. I surrounded the MERRY with the bottle brush trees and a felt garland.

Layer Garlands Over the Mantel

To add a little more color I added a couple of garlands over the front of the mantel. One is a wood bead garland with wood trees. The other garland is a colorful felted ball garland.

Bright Pom Pom Stockings

At the edge of the mantel I hung some bright pom pom stockings. I love how colors in the stockings reflect the colors on the mantel.

Bright Falala Tree

My falala tree also has the same bright ornaments. Bright colors are reflected in the tree in bright ornaments, colorful plaid ribbon and scandinavian DIY ornaments.

25 Holiday Mantel Ideas

Today I'm joining some of my talented blogging friends for the Christmas Seasonal Simplicity Series.  We're all sharing our holiday mantel decor with you - be sure to check out these fabulous Christmas mantel decor ideas by clicking on the links below each image.


Cozy Cabin Christmas Mantel Decor with Pops of Red at The Happy Housie
Fresh Cedar Christmas Mantel at A Pretty Life
Bright Colourful Merry Mantel at Tatertots and Jello
Red, White, and Gold Christmas Mantel at This is Our Bliss
Cozy Traditional Christmas Mantle at JoAnna Anastasia

Natural and Cozy Christmas Mantel at Modern Glam
Christmas Mantel Decor Ideas at Craftberry Bush
Merry and Bright Christmas Mantle at The Handmade Home
Assymetrical Christmas Mantel with Fresh Greenery and Blue Accents at The DIY Mommy
How to Hang a Garland on a Shelf for a Christmas Vignette at Fynes Designs

Elegant Holiday Living Room and Mantel at House by Hoff
Traditional Christmas Mantel at Rambling Renovators
Christmas Mantel Decorating Ideas at Jennifer Maune
Christmas Mantel Mixing Faux and Fresh Greenery with Grey Accents at Deeply Southern Home
How to Decorate a Mantel for Christmas at She Gave it a Go

How to Decorate a Mantel with a TV Above It for Christmas at Home Made Lovely
My Classic Christmas Mantel with White and Red at Life is Better at Home
How to Style Your Shelves for the Holidays at My Sweet Savannah
Christmas Mantel Decor Ideas at Clean & Scentsible
Modern Minimalist Shelf Styling for the Holidays at This is Simplicite

Christmas Mantel Decor with Lighted Garland at Grace in My Space
Rustic Luxe Christmas Mantel Decor Ideas at Cherished Bliss
My Green and White Christmas Mantel at Cassie Bustamante
Holiday Mantel  at Life is a Party
Asymmetrical Garland Mantel at Taryn Whiteaker Designs

Have a Beautiful Day!

xoxo

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