I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas Tree

A packing peanut tree seems like a white Christmas to me.

Materials needed:

white paint and brush

dollar store light set (battery operated)

cardboard (cereal box style)

hot glue

styrofoam peanuts

 Create a cone from your cardboard.  Hot glue it into shape and give it a quick coat of white paint. 

 DON'T GET HOT GLUE ON FINGER AND THEN PUT YOUR FINGER IN YOUR MOUTH....JUST DON'T DO IT!!!

 The tricky part was trying to insert the lights into the peak of the tree.  With a lot of luck and pinched fingers from my small needle nose pliers, I was able to pull the lights through pre poked holes in the cone. 

 Then it was just a matter of gluing the styrofoam peanuts onto the cone. 

Thank goodness the lights worked......

Always check the lights

 to make sure they work before 

you put them in your tree!

To top the tree off, I used a silver star napkin ring.

To see my tree collection click here and here!

The result was a tree, numerous hand injuries

and no hot beverages for a few days! 

FA LA LA LA LA   LA LA  LA LA!

And for a little Coco Chanel

I base coated a second form with pink paint, applied packing peanuts, sprayed tree with some spray adhesive and sprinkled glitter down the sides.  Some dollar store jewels cascade down and dragonfly embellishments adorn the top....ahh COCO!

  Mr. FT calls me Sparkle and keeps slipping dollar bills in my stocking???

Cheers!

Partying with

Katherine