I'm going to blame Pinterest for my recent craft obsession. Everyone keeps putting up all these adorable DIY projects and I can't help but instinctively think, "I can make that!"... So when I was at Target back in November and they put out this adorable little jingle bell tree I snapped a pic so I could make at home. They wanted 20 dollars for this:
So I took myself to Michaels and bought some supplies. A green tree foam, and a few packages of jingle bells. Turned out I needed 6 packs to cover this baby. I decided to do the traditional colors, but they had the bright jingle bells just like Target as well. I used a votive holder for the base, but you could get one of the small metal pails like the one at Target. Oh, and a lot of hot glue.
I decided to cover the green form with some black ribbon in case any thing showed through, I didn't want the green color to be seen. You can skip this step. I just used some old ribbon I had around and hot glued it to the form. You don't have to be precise at all.
Then I just started dabbing hot glue and putting on the bells. I filled in the spaces with smaller gold bells that had no glitter. But I love the glitter on the red and green ones. It gives it a little sparkle.
Finally, after I had covered the whole thing, and made a few trips back to Michaels for more supplies, I had finished product. The form is so heavy after all the metal bells that I haven't attached it to the votive holder yet. I plan to hot glue it eventually, but for now it just sits on top of the holder.
Ta-da!
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