How to Make DIY Wood Trees for Christmas
Learn how to make DIY wood trees for Christmas with wood boards and spray paint. These wooden Christmas trees are a simple, rustic, humble holiday decor idea, perfect for your mantel.
Materials
- Wood Boards
- Saw
- Spray Paint or Acrylic Paint & Brush
- Sand Paper
Instructions
- Step 1: Use a saw to cut wood boards into triangles of varying sizes.We used 5" wide boards and cut them into three triangles that are 12 inches, 8 inches, and 5 inches tall.Use sandpaper, a palm sander, or orbital sander to smooth out the cut edges, corners, and flat surfaces of the wooden triangles.
- Step 2: Choose the colors for your wooden trees.You can paint them with a brush, or with spray paint.We used white, sage green, and gold spray paint.
- Step 3: Sand the trees to give them a distressed look.You can sand all sides and edges of the trees, or you can sand the edges only.The more you sand, the more distressed your wooden trees will look.I sanded the edges only.
Notes
- You can use scrap wood, salvaged wood, or buy blocks of wood from the hardware store or craft store.
- The dimensions of your triangles don't matter too much as long as the wood is at least ¾" thick. This ensures the wood triangle trees will stand up on their own.
- If desired, sand the wood triangles before painting. Once the paint is dry, distress the edges and optional flat surfaces - depending on the amount of distressing you want the wood Christmas trees to have.