Basket Turned DIY Christmas Tree Collar

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Today I’m sharing my broken basket turned DIY Christmas tree collar.

You know how the story goes.

A home decor need presents itself and I get to figuring out how to make it happen for zero dollars.

We got both our Christmas trees up and are all feeling the Christmas spirit!

I showed you the orange ornaments I made for our faux tree here, and now I have an easy DIY Christmas tree collar for you!

After I decorated the tree in our family room I almost ordered this tree collar here.

Then I got to thinking about an old basket in our garage that had seen better days. I love the shape of this basket and just wasn’t ready to compost it, so it sat unused for a few months.

Thankfully I figured out a way to put it to good use!

Basket Turned DIY Christmas Tree Collar

diy tree collar woven

First step, decide the height of your basket. I set mine next to the tree and eyed it to decide how high.

I used a metal cutter like this one HERE to snip through the basket at a height for the tree collar.

diy tree collar easy

Once it was cut to size I needed to open it up to get around the base of the Christmas tree.

A saw like this one HERE was needed to get through the thick branch that formed the top of the basket.

This part of the basket is why I like it so much, but it took some elbow grease to saw through it.

diy tree collar dupe

Once I got through that, I pulled out the metal snipper again, and finished cutting through it to finish it off.

In order to stop the woven branches from falling apart I dabbed the end with hot glue.

Speaking of hot glue, did you know they make cordless hot glue guns now?

I had to pop this one here into my cart because it’s so pretty as well.

diy tree collar

christmas diy tree collar

diy tree collar basket

upcycled Christmas diy tree collar

This is the perfect project because you save a good amount of money and can finish it in under an hour.

Upcycling for the win! Reusing and repurposing really makes me happy.

I hope this inspires you to try and reuse an old basket by turning it into a woven Christmas tree collar.

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xo maria

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In case you don’t find a basket that works for this project, here are some of my favorite woven Christmas tree collars.

 

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6 Comments

  1. Donna

    This is such a great idea! I love the look of tree collars! It’s wonderful that you were able to use the basket in a new way! It looks great around your tree!

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    • Maria Kamara

      Thanks so much Donna, I was glad to put it to good use.

      Reply
  2. Cindy McTigue

    Such a fantastic idea Maria! Great job too it looks perfect

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    • Maria Kamara

      Thanks so much Cindy!

      Reply
  3. Rachel - Tea and Forget-me-nots

    You read my mind. I accidentally bought the wrong size tree skirt last year and was debating cutting it to fit. Now I know that I can. Thanks.

    Reply
    • Maria Kamara

      I’d go for it Rachel, a little resizing should do the trick.

      Reply

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