🎄Cream Glue Christmas Tree Sign Craft

Frosted Forest: Create Your Own Christmas Tree Sign Craft 🎄

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Add handcrafted winter magic to your home with this easy and fun DIY Christmas Tree Sign Craft!

This project uses whipped cream glue (decoden cream) on a wooden base to create a textured, shimmering holiday decoration that looks fantastic on a mantel or shelf.

The simple craft is fun for both children and adults.

You can customize the colors, the star, and the ornaments to create a unique sign that perfectly matches your personal holiday décor style.

Get ready to spread some festive cheer by unleashing your creativity with wood and the unique texture of cream glue!

A Note on the Canvas and Texture 🪵

The foundation of this craft is the wooden base, which gives it a rustic, substantial feel.

The cream glue technique adds a dimensional, frosting-like texture that is very popular.

Choosing Your Wooden Canvas

You can use almost any flat piece of wood for your sign:

Reclaimed Wood: If you have an old pallet piece or leftover fencing, this gives the sign a beautiful, rustic look.
Pre-Cut Boards: Small, square, or rectangular wooden boards are available at most craft stores and are the simplest option.
Repurposed Planks: The original craft used a repurposed leftover flooring plank! The thickness adds a nice dimension.

The Textured Look

The whipped cream glue is what makes this craft stand out.

Be generous when piping the green cream glue to ensure a deep, thick, frosting-like layer.

This texture is what holds the embellishments securely once the glue has fully cured.

Embellishment Swaps and Drying Tips 🎨

Customize your “ornaments” and follow these guidelines to ensure your beautiful sign cures properly.

Customizing the Ornaments

Miniature Accents: Instead of rhinestones, use sequins, tiny beads, or miniature buttons to decorate the tree. Tiny faux pearls make beautiful, sophisticated “ornaments.”
Tree Topper Swap: The small wooden star can be painted with metallic paint (gold or silver), if you’d like some extra sparkle. You can also use a large, single rhinestone for a simpler topper. ⭐
Wintery Scene: After placing the snowflakes, you can add a few dots of white cream glue along the bottom of the sign to simulate snowdrifts. ❄️

Drying and Display Tips

Because cream glue is so thick, the drying process requires patience:

Cure Time: Set your sign aside in a well-ventilated area for 24 to 48 hours without touching it. The glue needs this time to harden fully.
Display: This craft is designed to stand up on its own against a wall or easel, making it perfect for mantel or shelf display.

🎄 Tree Sign Craft Checklist

Gather Your Winter Wonderland Supplies ✨

Frosted Fun: Whipped cream glue in green, brown, and yellow with decorating tips.
Wooden Canvas: A piece of reclaimed wood or a pre-cut wooden board. (Mine is a repurposed leftover flooring plank.)
Starry Sky: A small, unfinished wooden star.
Shimmering Embellishments: Rhinestones, sequins, tiny ornaments, miniature lights and other festive decorations.
Wintery Wonders: Small wooden snowflakes and tacky craft glue.
Artist’s Tools: Tweezers for precise placement of embellishments and a pencil for sketching the tree shape.

Create Your Winter Wonderland ❄️

Sketch Your Scene: Sketch the shape of your Christmas tree onto the wooden board using a pencil.
Starry Night: Apply yellow whipped cream glue to the wooden star and add your favorite embellishments. Set aside.
Paint the Picture: Use the green whipped cream glue to fill in the tree shape.
Frosted Forest: Place the star on top and add your chosen embellishments to the tree, pressing them gently into the wet glue.
Finish the Tree: Pipe a brown cream glue tree trunk.
Wintery Touch: Use a dab of glue to attach the wooden snowflakes to the sign.
Let It Snow: Set your Christmas tree sign aside to dry completely.
Admire Your Masterpiece: Once dry, your unique Christmas tree sign is ready to display!

Ready to Create Your Unique Holiday Sign? ⬇️

This craft results in a beautiful, dimensional piece of décor that you will be proud to display.

Remember that patience is key while waiting for the cream glue to fully cure!

What type of embellishments will you use for the ornaments, and where will you display your finished sign?

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Amazon also has a good selection of supplies and shipping can be very fast.

You can get the supplies for this DIY project at either of those online stores.