If you’d like to save this Easter tree decoration idea for later, simply hover over the top left of the image below and PIN It now. I also used the twigs to convert Dollar Tree eggs and baskets into an elegant Easter centerpiece with a wood cross attached to them. Wisteria Twig Tea Room and Cafe cover Quaint Tearoom and Caf located in the Historic Pottery Place in Red Wing, MN. I used the other twigs we collected to make a simple Christian based Easter cross decoration as part of my Easter home decor. We put two on our welcome tables and on our outreach table at church but you could also pair them with these easy Easter decor signs. The Easter tree gives a nice earthly rustic feel to the normally bright Easter decor. I painted the Faith wooden sign with chalk paint and added dark wax on it to age it.ĭecorate your Easter twig tree by hanging the painted foam tree ornaments on the twigs of the branches and you’re done! Then I just added lace burlap ribbon around the vase and hot glued on a wooden faith word sign I found at Walmart to give it an even more rustic Easter feel. Then I surrounded the base of the branches with more mini foam eggs and plastic grass purchased at the Dollar store.
If I couldn’t find a huge branch, I tied a few together with a zip tie and put them in a Dollar Tree glass vase. If you don’t like the color of the branches, you could always spray paint them to make a white Easter tree or a brightly colored twig tree if that’s the look you are going for. I tried to get branches that spread out so the Easter ornaments would hang from all sides off the twigs. I put all the Easter egg ornaments in a box and shook them around while I spray painted a couple of different paints that I used in my plastic Easter egg makeover.įor the twig tree, I just found a couple of branches on the ground under a tree while we were out looking for twigs to make crosses with.
I bought a couple of packages of glitter foam Easter egg ornaments (found here) and spray painted them so they weren’t so bright looking.
There’s really not a long tutorial on how to make an Easter twig ree. It was super inexpensive since I got my Easter tree ornaments at the Dollar Tree (one of my favorite places)! Twig Easter Tree Tutorial This Easter twig tree only cost a few dollars and was so easy to make. For the Easter service at our church and Ladies Night Out, I made DIY Easter centerpieces for 12 tables and extra decor for side tables and the lobby. Hi Friends! I am in love with this super easy and frugal Easter twig tree I made to add to our Easter decor. The outstanding ornamental feature of this plant is its bright yellow winter stems.Make a super easy and frugal Easter twig tree with just a few items from the dollar store! You don’t need to spend a lot to have beautiful rustic Easter decor. It is a compact shrub which grows to a maximum size of 5-6 feet tall by 5-6 feet wide with a spreading, stoloniferous habit. 'Flaviramea' is a yellowtwig dogwood cultivar. Specific epithet from Latin means silky in reference to the hairs present on young twigs and upper leaf surfaces.
Cornus is also the Latin name for cornelian cherry. Genus name comes from the Latin word cornu meaning horn in probable reference to the strength and density of the wood. Synonymous with and formerly known as Cornus stolonifera. Red stems somewhat resemble the reddish stems of some osier willows, hence the common name of red osier dogwood. Fruit is quite attractive to birds and is generally considered to have as much if not more ornamental interest than the flowers. Flowers give way to clusters of whitish (sometimes with a bluish tinge) drupes in summer. Tiny, fragrant, white flowers appear in flat-topped clusters (cymes to 2.5” diameter) in late spring, with sparse, intermittent, additional flowering sometimes continuing into summer.
Reddish stems turn bright red in winter and are particularly showy against a snowy backdrop. Ovate to lanceolate, medium to dark green leaves (2-5” long) acquire interesting shades of red to orange eventually fading to purple in autumn. With the exception of the lower midwest and deep South, this species is native to much of North America where it is typically found growing in wet swampy areas, wetland margins or along lakes and rivers. Cornus sericea, commonly known as red twig dogwood or red osier dogwood, is an upright-spreading, suckering shrub that typically grows in the absence of pruning to 6-9’ tall with a slightly larger spread.