This holiday season has been a particularly crafty one at my house. With Christmas only a week away, I had one more great idea for a quick and easy holiday craft dancing around like sugarplums in my head, I just had to make one more retro crafty video to share with everyone.
This project was inspired by reader Lori’s fabulous vintage aluminum Evergleam Peacock tree. I was inspecting every shelf at the craft store looking for materials for a different project when I happened across silver, glittery pipe cleaners and mini ornaments — and it hit me like a tightly packed snowball: Why not make a mini peacock tree to display on the mantel with my putz house neighborhood?
If you have a few materials, about five minutes and are willing to risk cuteness overload — why not give this quick holiday Retro Crafty project a try?
Materials needed:
- Pipe cleaners — 10-15 depending on the size of your tree (I used silver sparkle)
- Mini ornaments or beads (I found mine at Michael’s)
- Wooden shish kebab skewer
- Base — I used a hunk of wood with a hole drilled in it, but you could use a piece of foam, some clay or whatever you have handy.
- Scissors