DIY Succulent Christmas Tree

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It’s always fun to get together with friends for an evening of crafting, food and chatter. This year, I got the girls together to make DIY Succulent Christmas trees.

I started by creating the cones for the party. I could have gone with the cone foams as an option, but preferred using the moss. I felt it was more conducive to growth for the succulents.

Materials

• chicken wire
• spagnum moss
• succulents
• foam circles
• chopstick
• Additional accessories include floral wire, mini ornaments & accessories

Form Your Cone

1. Use wire cutters to cut your chicken wire. I cut a piece of paper into the form of a cone to make 8-inch cones. Wear gloves to avoid cuts from the chicken wire.
2. Rehydrate your moss in a container and squeeze out any excess
3. Fill the cone with the moss. Use the chopstick to push it into the tip
4. Once filled, place onto a foam circle to hold everything in.

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Design Your Succulent Christmas Tree

This is the fun part! Now you get to make your succulent Christmas tree. We took trimmings from our backyards & picked a variety.

• Use your chopstick to form a hole in the cone.
• Slip the stem of the succulent into the hole
• I used then used the chopstick to push down moss from the top & filled in the space. This helps secure the succulent into place.

Clearly, the boys had a little fun in the process too. They had quite the laugh watching us work through the piles of succulents and putting it all together.

Overall, a great event! Being novices at it, it was overwhelming at first. Once things started to come into shape, it was so rewarding. Everyone was able to go home with a new Christmas tree.