I’ve been seeing these darling gingerbread trees all over lately but most recently in Emily’s kitchen! She shared a photo of some she just got and I thought they were so cute. Obviously these ones are made out of wood, beautifully shaped and expertly painted but I got to thinking I could probably make something similar.
First I looked around at my scrap wood and considered making some little trees but I really didn’t have what I would have needed to work with and didn’t want to go out and buy a bunch of wood right now. I’m short on space in my garage as it is! So next I looked around for some I could buy already made and although I really liked some other trees better, the cost made it silly to buy them just to paint and change. In the end I got these raw wood, rustic trees for about $4 each.
I lightly sanded the face of the trees since it was a bit rough in places, then I took some stencils and got to work. I considered the possibility of lightly staining the trees first so they would be a darker base and the pattern would show up with more contrast but in the end I left them natural. I literally just used pieces of the stencils and fit the design in however I liked. I used a sort of paisley design on one and snowflakes on the other.
If you have the talent to paint freehand – be my guest. That is not one of my abilities which is why I went with a stencil.
I ended up putting them on top of my kitchen cabinets because I was still needing some winter decor up there.
They honestly couldn’t have been simpler!
Until next time,
Emily’s DIY
To see the DIY Emily is sharing today, just click on the photo below.
I love this DIY!! Such a great idea to use a stencil. They turned out so cute!!!
Lol thanks! You wouldn’t want to see what they would look like if I had NOT used a stencil!