How to Make an Easter Tree

March 20, 2012
By Bowdabra Design Team

Designing an Easter tree is very easy and a great way to showcase little Easter charms and ornaments.  The best part about making an Easter tree is taking a walk in the woods and searching for the perfect little branches to create your Easter decoration!  The walk searching for branches can be done with family, friends, or a great way to get children involved with Easter decorating and have them search for the branches.

Materials:

Instructions:

1. Begin by finding the perfect branches to create your tree.  Spray paint them to seal them.  Next, cut a Styrofoam ball large enough to fit into a round wicker basket.  Place the branches into the Styrofoam and add shredded basket filler to the top of the ball.

Easter Egg Tree with Bowdabra Bow

 

2. Hang Easter charms onto the tree.  Looking for some fun Easter egg decorations to make?  Our polka dot ribbon eggs would work, as well.

Easter Egg Tree with Bowdabra Bow

 

3. Create large bow for the front of the basket using scrap ribbon.  Cut wide width wire ribbon about 6″ long.  Cut the ends of the ribbon into a pointed shape.  Cut 18″ of Bowdabra Bow Wire and fold it in half and place it into the Bowdabra.

Easter Egg Tree with Bowdabra Bow

 

4. Fold the ribbon in half to create a crease.  At the crease place the ribbon into the Bowdabra.

Easter Egg Tree with Bowdabra Bow

 

 

5. Continue adding one ribbon at a time into the Bowdabra.  Until you have as many as you would like.

Easter Egg Tree with Bowdabra Bow

 

6. Scrunch down with the Bowdabra Wand.

Easter Egg Tree with Bowdabra Bow

 

7. While the bow is still in the Bowdabra, thread the two loose ends of the Bowdabra Bow Wire through the loop at the other end.  Pull the Bowdabra Bow Wire tightly while the bow is still in the Mini Bowdabra.

Easter Egg Tree with Bowdabra Bow

 

8. Gently pull the bow out of the Bowdabra.  Separate the two loose ends of the Bowdabra Bow Wire and bring them around to the back of the bow and knot.

Easter Egg Tree with Bowdabra Bow

 

9. Fluff the bow and shape the wire ribbon petals.

Easter Egg Tree with Bowdabra Bow

 

10.  Attach the bow to the front of the basket.

Easter Egg Tree with Bowdabra Bow Tutorial by Sarah Forhan

 

For more about the designer of this tutorial click here…..

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Visit our Bowdabra Friend and Featured Blogger Danielle of Blissful & Domestic . Danielle is celebrating the many uses of ribbon with a bath towel head wrap tutorial.

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Join us for Bowdabra’s National Craft Month celebration for lots of great ways to enter in our month long giveaway. Contest begins March 1, 2012 and ends March 31, 2012 at midnight eastern time. Winners to be announce April 2, 2012 at http://bowdabrablog.com

Prize Packages:

  • Grand Prize – Ribbon totaling in value of $150.00
  • 2nd Prize – Bowdabra, Mini Bowdabra, and Hair Bow Tool & Ruler Suggested Retail: $41.54
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19 Responses to How to Make an Easter Tree

  1. Emily on March 20, 2012 at 7:23 am

    So cute. Love how this could be adapted for any holiday!

    • Bowdabra Design Team - Susie on March 25, 2012 at 4:11 pm

      Great idea, Emily.

  2. Amber Turnell on March 20, 2012 at 11:50 am

    1. Pinned @AmberTurnell
    2. I LOVE that bow!
    3. Tweeted! I just realized that my twitter name is AmberMTurnell not AmberTurnell… SORRY!
    4. Get & Love the emails!
    5. Visited Blissful & Domestic. Completed those entries! Love that towel tutorial!

    • Bowdabra Design Team - Susie on March 25, 2012 at 4:11 pm

      Great! Good luck, Amber.

  3. Elizabeth Strickland on March 20, 2012 at 5:57 pm

    you have been pinned and tweeted and I get blog updates :)

    This is a lovely little tree that could be done for any room decor! I may make one to hang my daughter’s jewelry from :)

    • Bowdabra Design Team - Susie on March 25, 2012 at 4:11 pm

      Thanks for all the entries. Good luck!

  4. Mindie on March 22, 2012 at 2:29 am

    Love the Easter tree. I am so behind, have not pulled my Easter items out yet.

    • Bowdabra Design Team - Susie on March 25, 2012 at 4:12 pm

      Thanks for stopping in. This month is flying by!

  5. Holly Lawson on March 22, 2012 at 7:22 am

    I pinned the craft on Pinterest – Holly Lawson
    hollymsc123@aol.com

  6. Holly Lawson on March 22, 2012 at 7:23 am

    This is such a cute tree. I like it better than just adding plastic eggs.
    hollymsc123@aol.com

    • Bowdabra Design Team - Susie on March 27, 2012 at 3:05 pm

      Thank you, Holly!

  7. Holly Lawson on March 22, 2012 at 7:23 am

    I am already an email subscriber
    hollymsc123@aol.com

  8. Holly Lawson on March 22, 2012 at 7:23 am

    I tweeted the craft – hollydlteacher
    hollymsc123@aol.com

    • Bowdabra Design Team - Susie on March 25, 2012 at 4:13 pm

      Thanks for all your entries. We love reading your comments.

  9. Jane on March 24, 2012 at 1:21 am

    1.) You’ve been pinned. http://www.pinterest.com/jesims

    2.) What a great project to do with the kids.

    3.) Tweeted. http://www.twitter.com/jesims

    4.) Get the emails.

    • Bowdabra Design Team - Susie on March 25, 2012 at 4:13 pm

      Thanks for all your entries, good luck!

  10. Marion on March 24, 2012 at 5:16 am

    I like easter tree, too! Marion, from the blog Criações em família & cia.

    • Bowdabra Design Team - Susie on March 25, 2012 at 4:13 pm

      Thanks for stopping in, Marion!

  11. Judy on March 30, 2012 at 3:52 am

    My granddaughters and I were just saying yesterday that we need to make an Easter egg tree. Thanks for the tutorial. And we love making bows with the bowdadra.