It’s the most wonderful time of the year again! Hard to believe it but it’’s December 1st and Santa will be here in a few short weeks. This year I decided to change things up a little with my Christmas decor. One thing I’ve been wanting to do for a year or more now is purchase a flocked tree or make my own. Seems it’s all the rage again this year.
I’ve looked around at trees but they’re pretty expensive and I already have a perfectly good little artificial tree that’s the perfect size for my entryway which is where I’d been wanting to put a tree now for a few years. I decided I didn’’t want to make the investment so on to Plan B! I decided I’d flock the tree myself with flocking powder or spray. Well, I ran into roadblocks right away even on Amazon. Seems there’s not much available that ships to Canada and the prices are crazy for what you get. So another idea down the tubes.
Plan C! I went looking around in my basement to see what we might have hanging around that I could use to transform my little tree. First glance around, nada. But then I spotted an old can of white enamel spray paint. Aha! Just the thing I needed to faux flock my tree! I took the tree outside and sprayed it from the top down, on the tops of the boughs towards the ends of the branches, just like where you’d see real snow fall. I’m absolutely in love with the end result! I ended up going with a woodland theme which looks perfect in my Farmhouse style home. Best thing of all, I didn’t have to spend a cent!
I’ve since added more red and white balls and it looks even more amazing! Whole tree decorated for under $100 using mostly Dollarama decorations. They’ve really upped their decor game inn the past couple years! I’ve seen very similar Christmas balls at Canadian Tire this year for three times the price.