DIY Vintage Bottle Brush Christmas Tree Topper
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I made the cutest DIY vintage bottle brush Christmas tree topper and I can’t wait to show you how I did it!
I honestly wasn’t sure what to even call it! It’s a DIY star Christmas tree topper. But it’s also a bottle brush tree topper. Not like a tree topper for a bottle brush tree… more like a tree topper made out of bottle brush trees.
Enough with the tongue twisters… If y’all have better name suggestion for this post, please send em my way! But how cute did this turn out?!
OBSESSED! I’m obsessed with how this bottle brush tree topper turned out! And I try not to use that word a lot, but in this case it’s warranted.
How to Make a Christmas Tree Topper with Bottle Brush Trees
You only need a few supplies, and a couple minutes to tackle this DIY project.
Mine took me about 20 minutes, and a large part of that is because I was also filming it and taking photos while I worked.
Supplies You Need for this DIY
- a hot glue gun & some glue
- floral wire
- 1 ball ornament (any color / style you like!)
- 5 tall bottle brush trees
You can use any size of bottle brush trees you like. For reference, my bottle brush trees are 9 inches tall from the bottom of the wood base to the top of the tree.
The bigger your bottle brush trees are, the bigger your star will be.
I found these cream bottle brush trees at Amazon. And I also found these white bottle brush trees at Michaels.
Step by Step Instructions for a DIY Bottle Brush Tree Topper
Step 1: Bend your Bottle brush flat trees at the base
Most bottle brush trees come already attached to a circular wooden base.
You want to bend the tree flat to the base so it sticks out like mine does in the photo below.
Do this for all 5 bottle brush trees.
Step 2: attach the wood bases to each other with hot glue
The bases of the trees are pretty large. So you’ll need to arrange them in a way that lets them overlap. Otherwise, the hole in the center of the star will be huge!
Start by arranging three of the bottle brush trees in a triangle shape. Sortof… you can kindof see the triangle shape in the photo below.
These three bottle brushes will make up the top point of the star, and the two legs at the bottom.
Use hot glue to to attach the side of one wood circle to the next, until all three of your bottle brush trees are connected. This makes your first layer of wood circles.
Next you’ll want to add the remaining two bottle brush trees. The arms! These two will make up the second layer of circular wood bases.
Scooch the bottle brush trees out of your way if you need to. They can easily be bent back and shaped at the end.
Use your hot glue gun again to attach the remaining bottle brush trees on top of the three you already glued together.
They should fit together tightly, leaving just enough room in the center for your ornament!
Step 3: attach an ornament to the center using hot glue
Attach an ornament to the center of your star using hot glue. I opted for a vintage white ball ornament I found at the Liberty Antique Festival.
Step 4: create a hanger with floral wire
Last step! You want to create a hanger with floral wire. This is how you’ll secure your bottle brush star to the top of your Christmas tree!
Start with a very long piece of wire, and begin wrapping and weaving the wire in and around the bottle brush tree bases.
Leave yourself enough wire at the end so that you can use that wire to wrap around the top stem of the tree.
You can create a wire loop that slides over the tree. Or leave the wire in “string” form, and “twist-tie” it onto the tree.
I opted for the “twist-tie” method! And I should have taken a photo of this step, but I was so excited to put our star on the tree I forgot.
What do you think of our new DIY bottle brush tree topper?
I absolutely love it! It turned out better than I even imagined, and I can’t wait to use it year after year!
It’s pretty, and so unique. It’s not like any other tree toppers I’ve seen in stores!
Not quite ready to make a tree topper for this year’s Christmas tree? No worries!
Save this post to Pinterest so you can find it easily when you’re ready to DIY!
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And when you do make one of these pretty bottle brush tree toppers for your tree, please share it with me! I’d love to see your tree topper too!
Tag me on Instagram @whiteandwoodgrain and I’ll share it when you do.
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