Easy and inexpensive felt Christmas trees perfect for adding a natural element to your holiday decor.
I've created a lot of Christmas and winter crafts, but these DIY rustic felt trees are probably one of my favorites. They're perfect for adding a bit of rustic charm to your holiday decor and being made of felt and twigs makes them super affordable.
I actually saw similar trees recently on Target.com and knew I could make them for a fraction of the price. Just follow the steps below and you too can have perfectly rustic felt trees perfect for holiday decorating.
SUPPLIES NEEDED TO MAKE FELT TREES
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-Felt (about a half yard per tree)
-Sticks
-Scissors
HOW TO MAKE RUSTIC FELT CHRISTMAS TREES
These little rustic trees are SUPER easy to make and cost next to nothing, thanks to mother nature. I bought my felt at Joann's and was lucky enough to catch a 50% off sale. (I used about a half yard of felt for each tree.)
To make things easy, I searched online for a Christmas tree template and found this one. I printed it out then used my scanner to resize it down to three different sizes.
I folded the template in half then folded my felt in half and started cutting out trees. Many, many trees!
After all my trees were cut my son and I went hiking in the woods for the perfect log and sticks. Using my chop saw, I cut the wood down to make the tree stands then got started gluing.
I simply folded each piece of felt in half, applied hot glue to the fold then added the felt to the stick. Make sure the stick is about a half inch from the top of each felt tree top. I repeated these steps over (and over and over......) until my tree was full.
After I had all the felt trees glued I gave each one a little trim to shape them up then glued the stick onto the wood base. I used hot glue, but I think wood glue would actually hold up much better. I may even end up using a drill bit to drill a small hole in the base, allowing the stick to slip down into the base. Regardless, I'm loving how they turned out! 
As much as I like the white and tan trees, my favorite is definitely the traditional green Christmas tree.
Update: Due to popular demand, I created a video. Enjoy!
I hope you enjoyed these rustic felt Christmas trees as much as I enjoyed making them!
I can't wait to see your Christmas decorations. Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.
ReplyDeleteThank you Cindy! Wishing you a happy Thanksgiving as well.
DeleteOh my gosh!!! I absolutely adore these sweet little trees! SO cute!
ReplyDeleteAdorable, Katie!
ReplyDeleteDead ringer, except I love your colors even more! Must try these!
ReplyDeleteThese are amazing - I agree, I prefer your colors. Thanks for the tutorial.
ReplyDeleteThese turned out so cute Katie!! I'm glad you decided to make them :)
ReplyDeleteSo adorable!! I think the green one is my favorite, too :)
ReplyDeleteI love these!! And that you stacked the bases. Just adorable! Pinning away!
ReplyDeleteKatie, these are the cutest ever! I think I just found our Thanksgiving Day craft for the kids!
ReplyDeleteI love these, absolutely perfect!
ReplyDeleteGoodness, these are so adorable, Katie! I love the different colors and the wood bases are perfect!
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ReplyDeleteLove these I am getting the felt out tonight - thank you for stopping by Pin worthy Wednesday - pinned :)
ReplyDeleteI haven't tried working with felt yet, but I've wanted to. I may just have to give this a try. Thanks for the tutorial. They are so cute!
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ReplyDeleteAlicia xo
Very cute trees. How tall are each of your trees?
ReplyDeleteThese came out great!! I have to make these!
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ReplyDeleteThese are fantastic! Pinning:)
ReplyDeleteThose are lovely! I like them even better than the original trees. And I think you're right -- the green Christmas tree is my favorite, too. :-)
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ReplyDeleteThese are fantastic! Thanks for the awesome tutorial.
ReplyDeleteThese are SO cute and much easier than I expected when I saw the picture! I was imagining cutting out each leaf individually for some reason! You did a great job!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely adorable! I'm going to have to make these now too! Ahhhh! The adorableness is killing me! :)
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ReplyDeleteYup, I also think: "Christmas is a time for us to celebrate". Then after reading this post, the Christmas this year I will try to do this one. Thank you
ReplyDeleteI like your trees better than the Target trees. I must try this, they are great!
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ReplyDeleteSuper cute!! I'll definitely be making some!
ReplyDeletehi these are so perfect I would love to try to make these any chance you know how many tree shapes are in the tree? k. sunday p.s. great blog!!
ReplyDeleteI love how you used felt for this, it gives a beautiful textured look!
ReplyDeleteHow did you make the wooden base?
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ReplyDeleteThese are soooooooooooo cute! I must try to make some! How many trees did you cut out for each one? Just love these! Thank you so much for sharing this.
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ReplyDeleteKatie, these are simply darling! Perfect for us this year with all our Christmas stuff packed away while we renovate our new mid-century-to-colonial-revival house!
ReplyDeleteWow, Colors like solid reds , gold, yellow and so on make a grouping of fall trees for a fall/Thanksgiving table scape. Thanks for sharing, great job!
ReplyDeleteJust found these via Andrea's Cottage Market. My daughter and I fell in love with them! Hope to get some done for Christmas!
ReplyDeleteYour trees are cuter than the originals! Love the green one!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely darling!! Thank you for the video!!! Making them soon!!
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