DIY Gingerbread Tree

Happy Friday! Today my friends and I are sharing our Christmas kitchen countertops.  Gingerbread is all the rage this Christmas, just in case you didn’t know. Some of the gingerbread items can be a little pricey, so I decided a DIY gingerbread tree would be perfect for my kitchen.

I was recently at my Dollar Tree when I saw these wooden trees.

The minute I saw them I knew that they would make the perfect DIY gingerbread trees.

And they were only $3 each!

My first thought was to sand down the design on each tree and paint it with gingerbread colored paint.

But what if I hated it?

So I decided to do the backside.

Supplies

Dollar Tree Trees – there are 3 styles however I was only able to find 2 – so I am on the hunt.

Acrylic paint – gingerbread color or paints to mix to make the color of gingerbread.

Folk Art Dots paint in white

Chalk pencil

Step 1

Paint the tree with light grey or “primer grey” paint.

Once the gray paint dries, top that with your gingerbread color of paint.

It only took 1 coat because I primed it first.

My kind of craft!

Step 2

Using a chalk pencil, draw on the pattern that you want to paint onto your tree.

I love using chalk pencils as they allow you to erase easily.

Step 3

Using your Folk Art Dots paint, paint over your design.

Don’t worry about it being perfect, real icing isn’t perfect either.

I can’t believe how easy and pretty my DIY gingerbread trees turned out.

Aren’t they pretty?

I am so glad that I only painted one side, just in case I want to use the green side next year.

Please go over to my Facebook page t see what my Christmas kitchen countertops look like.

Just click here.

Now please join me in visiting Terrie to see what she is cooking up for her kitchen countertops.

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Until next time…

Tammy

 

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