A Woodland Christmas Tree

I’m so excited to share my Woodland Themed Christmas Tree with you this year. When we finally finished our basement a few years ago, I was able to move the family tree, with all our homemade and vacation ornaments downstairs, and have a themed tree upstairs. The kids call it “Mom’s Tree”. I found it on Kijiji for a great deal. I wanted a skinny tree so I could fit it at the bottom of our stairway. I like it here since you can enjoy it from the living room, and the dining room. The first year I decorated it all in snowflakes, silver and white. When I decided to do a woodland theme this year, I knew I could use a lot of the ornaments I already had and just add a few for a woodland feel. All the glass, silver and glitter help my woodland theme take on a snowy, glitzy feel, which I really like, with just a little rustic added in.

My first idea for ornaments was to buy a tube of woodland animals from Michaels and spray paint them white and hang them on the tree. I used little screw-in round hooks on their backs, which worked great. They’re my new favourite. I love how they turned out.

I also made some birch bark Christmas ball ornaments. I bought glass balls at Michaels, and removed the tops from them.

Then I used small strips of birch bark, peeled off some birch wood, and curled them with scissors like you would ribbon. I just slipped them into the balls and put the tops back on.

They look so sweet. I really like how they turned out.

Along the same lines, I made a set with feathers as well.

I also wanted to use some pinecones. I made two types of pinecone ornaments. For the first one I used some pine cones left over from making my white pine cone wreath, that had been spray painted white. I just added little round screw-in hooks to the tops.

I also had these fun, large spruce cones. I just added a little white paint to the tips to make them look snow covered, since I wanted the tree to be a combination of silver, white, glass and glitter, but also mix in some natural brown.

Another natural element I added were the acorns made from Easter eggs that I made this fall, see the whole tutorial here. I just added some clear fishing line to the stem to hang them from.

I also added a few different decorative balls. I made these birch balls by hot gluing strips of birch bark to styrofoam balls. I also used some twig balls, and fun moss balls. To add to the moss balls, I wrapped them in a little white, fuzzy yarn. Love how they turned out.

They look great tucked into the tree.

When I decided to do a woodland theme, I started seeing so many cute decorations in stores. A lot of them are more of the red, felt, rustic lodge style that won’t work with my silver, and glitter winter woodland look. But here’s some that I found that really fit my look and that I couldn’t resist.

Where to Buy Them: 1. White Owl -Canadian Tire; 2. Book Page Nest –La Petite Fleur; 3. Glitter Acorn –La Petite Fleur; 4. Silver Mushroom -Walmart

I mixed all these new ornaments, bought and handmade, in with the white, glass, and silver ones I already had. Like these pretty little birds, and lots of glass balls.

And as a tree skirt for our woodland tree, I used beautiful, warm,and fuzzy sheep skin rugs. The creamy one is real, from IKEA, and the white one is faux, a fun find at HomeSense. I love how they connect with the beautiful pillows on the couch.

With a fun woodland winter wonderland tree like this, life really is a party!

And a hope you noticed our little update around here.   We’ve changed things up a bit, and I hope you like our new look.  Also, I’m sharing daily updates of our Advent Activity Calender activities on Facebook, so follow along to see what we’re up too. 

This post is linked up at The Vintage Farmhouse, The Shabby Creek Cottage, House of Hepworths,  Craftberry Bush, The Frugal Girls, The Shabby Nest, Tidy Mom, Liz Marie Blog, Whipperberry, Centsational Girl, Thrifty Decor Chick, and Tatertots and Jello.