how to make Scandinavian felt trees for your table

How to make Scandinavian felt trees for your table for a little bit of rustic decor with a modern edge. I am joining a group of bloggers to share tabletop trees and this is what I came up with for our corner banquette. I like to soften the Saarinen table with a wood trivet and a plant or fresh flowers all year long, so adding these little wood-based felt trees for the holidays was just the look I wanted.

What I love about the Scandinavean felt trees

• You probably have everything you need except the felt
• The wood bases are from nature. (We picked up the wood in Maine when we went to the Lost Kitchen Cabins).
• It takes a little more than an hour to make all three trees and even less if you have a helper.

The Supplies you’ll need:

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• About a yard of felt (a little less if you are careful) – I used all one color, but you could use three different colors or variations of the same overall color. I found mine on Etsy and it’s the exact color I was hoping to find.
• A pattern (I printed out three sizes at 75%, 60% and 45%)
• A good pair of scissors
• Straight pins
• A hot glue gun
• Wood logs in three different sizes cut into 1/2″ discs
• Sticks or bamboo stakes

Christmas Tree Pattern to print in three sizes

Here’s how you make them:

• Gather your supplies
• Cut wood discs from tree branches in three sizes to use as the base for each tree
• Gather sticks or use bamboo wood stakes and cut into three lengths
• Drill holes into the round wood dics to hold the stick or wood stake.
• Glue the stick or bamboo stake into the hole using a glue gun
• Make christmas tee patterns in three sizes – print out pattern 75%, 60% and 45% or whatever size yo want
• Cut 12 felt squares for each of the three sizes
• Fold each piece in half, pin the folded tree pattern to the folded side and cut out 12 of each size
• When you are ready to being glueing to the stick, divide each set of 12 into two stacks.
• Begin by folding the tree in half and using a glue gun, run glue along the seam, leaving a little space at the top without glue and then glue to the stick.
• Continue glueing all six and then glue the remainning six on the opposite side.
• Glue the points together at the top
• Separate each folded tree a little. Use a steamer to loosen a little if you have one, but not necessary.

Scandinavean Felt Trees for any corner that needs a little holiday

 

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