DIY Snow Flock Christmas Tree
- Caitlin Berger
- Dec 2, 2020
- 3 min read
This year is the first year I have had my own real Christmas tree. In the past, I have always had my small artificial 5-foot tree from college. Even though I still fly home to California to participate in my families Christmas traditions, such as cutting down our own tree, I wanted to start carrying out those traditions for my little family in Colorado.
Cutting down our Christmas tree is one of my favorite traditions. For as long as I can remember, every weekend after thanksgiving, we would go up to our property or a nearby tree farm to pick our family Christmas tree. If we were lucky, our parents would let each of us pick out a tiny tree for our rooms. It is a tradition that is full of memories and laughter.
While I wanted to cut my own tree down this year I had no idea where to go in the state of Colorado. Luckily, my boyfriend's family would obtain a permit to cut down a tree in the forest growing up. Permits range from $5-$20 depending on which forest you obtain your permit in. It was a little different than what I was used to, but it was a great way to combine our family traditions. We got the permit and headed for the mountains.
Even though it is our third Christmas together, this was our first non-artificial Christmas tree that we picked out together. Therefore, I wanted to try something I have never done before. I was sitting on the couch, wrapped in blankets, watching the snow fall outside my window in October and a light bulb went off. I should figure out how to flock my Christmas Tree! And here we are!
What you will need:
1. Snow Flock
2. A Fine Cheese Grater or a Mesh Strainer. (I had an old cheese grater laying around and it worked great.)
3. Spray Bottle filled with water.
4. A bed sheet
**You want to start from the top of your tree and work your way down. Not only does this mimic snow fall, but if you spray water onto the snow flock after it has been applied, it will begin to disappear.
We flocked the tree before the lights. However, I had to pull the tree out to wrap the lights and then move it back. I lost a lot of flock in the process and had to re-flock my tree. I recommend flocking your tree after installing the tree lights.
Step One:
I would lay a bed sheet or two around the base of your tree for easy clean up.
Step Two:
Spray the water onto the branch and the branch bellow. I found that it worked better when I did it in smaller sections. Depending on the size of the branch, I would focus on one or two branches at a time. I noticed that when I would spray the branch bellow the one I was focusing on, the branch would collect and activate the access snow flock.
Step Three:
Sift the snow frost over the wet branches. The water will activate the adhesive in the snow flock to create the snowy look and ensure that it sticks. Video bellow.
Repeat till you get to the bottom!
I hope you enjoy your snow flocked Christmas tree. If you decide to try it, please let me know how it turned out for you in the comments bellow.
This was my final result. It was extremely difficult to capture in a picture so I took a video instead.
Merry Christmas!
Caitlin
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