How-To Create A Christmas Topiary

A Holiday DIY Project from Regular Contributor, Michelle James

 

Well, we are smack in the middle of the holiday season. I am slowly getting my decorating done, and will probably finish on Christmas Eve. I have wanted an outdoor Christmas topiary for a while now; so, this year I finally decided to make one.

 

How-to Create A Christmas Topiary

We had almost all of the supplies on hand for this project. The only thing I purchased was the large ornament from a home improvement store on sale for $7.99 and the set of 35 lights.

Supplies needed:

• Outdoor Pot – I used one I already had that wasn’t full of dirt.

• Saucer – This is a plastic saucer for pots and it happened to fit into the pot so it worked out perfectly. It was white so it got a coat of paint to help match it up with the pot a little better.

• Dowel – (or something similar) We had some PVC pipe left over from a lighting project and it was perfect.

• Filler – This is to fill the pot. In Iowa it gets pretty windy so some rocks went in as well. We also have a ton of foam insulation so that is what we used.

• Large Ornament

• Small ornaments

• Indoor/Outdoor Christmas Lights – I used a 35 pk.

 

 

 

I have to give credit where credit is due. Since my husband got his hours cut at work, he has been helping me A LOT with my projects. He actually got the first part of this done for me. He is a great guy and deserves the credit.

He removed the gold hanging element off the top of the large ornament so there would be a hole for the dowel/PVC pipe. I actually turned the ornament upside down so it would look like a tree.

He drilled a hole in the middle of the saucer and spray painted it brown to match the pot.

He used some rocks and some filler inside the pot around the dowel/PVC to help it stay upright along with the help of the saucer. Then placed the ornament onto the PVC.

 

 

It fit nicely. This is the saucer before he had it painted but I thought it was a genius idea. The lights and the ornaments had a nice place to sit now.

 

 

I placed the lights down first into the saucer and then placed the red ball ornaments on top of the lights around the large “tree”.

 

 

Then, all I had to do was plug it in. Doesn’t it look nice? And, it was super easy.

 

 

 

I added some LED lights (not a huge fan of the bright white) around a metal “trellis” instead of a tomato cage for a second tree. Bright white aside…

I just love it! What type of décor do you use outside during the holidays?

I hope you will come back to see my “warm and cozy” throw blankets on December 29^th.

Enjoy your holiday!

Michelle

 

Visit Michelle at her blog, Michelle James Designs!

 

 

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