This scalloped felt tree tutorial is not the project I had planned to share with you wonderful Made From Pinterest readers. No, I had other plans in mind. Big plans. Plans that included plastic forks. And spray paint …

Inspired by the plastic spoon tree that’s been all over Pinterest. It caught my eye …

and sparked my imagination …

and I thought I’d give it a fun twist with forks. Instead of spoons. Personally, I thought it was a stroke of brilliance. I mean, the tines on the fork would represent the needles on the tree.

Pure genius, right?

So I picked up some cheap forks at the grocery store. And started cutting. And plastic was flying this way and that. Tines in one direction, handles in the other. After five cuts, I gave up. Because the original tutorial called for 200+ spoon “heads” …

and because my dog was quivering in the corner …

and because, quite frankly, I like my DIY’s easy.

Enter the scalloped felt tree. Which I pinned here and here and here …

So much less risky than those flying plastic tines …

although, there is the hot glue gun to contend with.

How to Make a Scalloped Felt Tree

I started by cutting up felt pieces into 2” x 4” lengths …

Which I folded in half …

And free-hand cut circles …

When I thought I had enough circles cut (which I didn’t, so I had to cut more) I started hot gluing them on the form. Starting at the bottom …

Staggering the rows as I worked my way up …

Until I was done …

And now they look so cute on my holiday fantel mantel …

So much simpler than cutting the heads off of plastic forks!

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Linda, thanks for another great post. We think the fork idea was genius too, but based on your experience we are not trying it! The felt trees sound like the way to go!

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That doesn’t mean that I can’t enjoy holiday decorations with a snow theme. I love the look of this “Frosty Hat” and decided I had to have one of my own. There was no tutorial linked to the picture on Pinterest so I “winged” it on this one.

 Supplies

• $9.99 Hat 
• $3 Glitter
• $1 Ribbon
• $.99 Pine cone, Holly and Greenery
• $.20 Snow Flake
• $5 Adhesive Spray
• Glue Gun

Total Cost $20.18  Not bad for such a cute decoration!This is the first layer of the very fine glitter. I sprayed 1/4 of the brim with spray adhesive and then sprinkled the glitter on. I tapped off any excess and moved on to the next section. I believe that if you are going to use glitter that you should go all out. One type of glitter just wasn’t enough. If one kind is good then two would be better. On to the chunky glitter! Same method spray 1/4 of the brim with spray adhesive, sprinkle the glitter on and tap off excess.Next I measured the height of the ribbon up the side of the hat and then added both glitters so that they would show after the ribbon is glued on. Here is how the very fine glitter looks like.Here is what the chunky glitter looks like. Next, I glued down the snowflake and then glued the ribbon over the snowflake and hat.Lastly, I glued on my greenery, holly and pine cone.  My Frosty Hat is now complete. Even though this was a “pin” without a tutorial I have to say that…..

This pin ROCKS!

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