Pallet Wood Rustic Christmas Tree

Other than the cat, there’s only the two of us at our house at Christmas time. We don’t even have visitors. Not that we wouldn’t welcome them, it’s just that everyone is busy and our kids and Selena’s mom are in the DFW area, 330+ miles to the North. With that, we don’t always put up the Christmas tree.

Selena and I went to a Christmas craft show yesterday and saw pallet wood Christmas trees. The idea was cool, but they were cut similar to an arrowhead. Straight angles cut on each end of the “bows.” I pictured something different and came up with this design.

Constructed of scrap wood, it’s taken maybe an hour to build, not including bending and installing the star.

One of the trees that we saw was not painted green, but instead a variety of holiday colors. That’s how Selena wants to do this one. I’m going to let her dry brush paint it then I’m going to add lights and barb wire garland. It’s been fun to do, that’s for sure.

Well, we decided not to add lights. We like it as is. The ornaments are made by a friend of mine. I call them Junaments. Her name is June. :-)