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You are here: Home / Holidays & Seasonal / Christmas in July: Barking Up a Different Christmas Tree

Christmas in July: Barking Up a Different Christmas Tree

July 10, 2013 By Karen Cooper 16 Comments

Welcome to Christmas in July at Dogs Don’t Eat Pizza HQ! I am excited to be contributing to this series with such talented bloggers!

We approach Christmas a little differently here at HQ. We celebrate both Hanukah and Christmas, as I explain in this post. We have a menorah, but we also have a tree.

And our Christmas tree, well, it’s a “faux” tree because the boys in our house are allergic to the real ones. Artificial. From Target (all good things come from Target – am I right?).

Pretty, but still a traditional tree.

Cooper Family Christmas Tree

That’s the Dog Who Doesn’t Eat Pizza photobombing on the left.

I’ve been thinking about changing things up with our tree at our home. Something different, non-traditional, funky. So today I thought I’d give you some ideas for different, non-traditional Christmas trees.

Trees Made from Craft Supplies

I love this wrapping paper roll tree from A Little Tipsy:

wrapping paper roll Christmas tree

How about a felt Christmas tree, from Forestry Handmade and featured on Mommy Footprint.com?

felt Christmas tree

What about wine cork Christmas trees?

Alternative-Christmas-tree-ideas-tree-from-wine-corks-2

I think those would be adorable as table decorations. What a great reason to drink more wine!

And this wire tree with ornaments looks easy to make, but so festive:

Christmas tree-from-metal-wire-and-tree-decorations-585x947

From http://fancy-deco.com/diy/50-amazingly-creative-alternative-christmas-tree-ideas.

Books as Christmas Trees

Sure, books are made of trees, but can you make trees out of books?

bookshelf Christmas tree

From: http://www.swiss-miss.com/2007/11/who-needs-a-chr.html

book Christmas tree

From: http://marymurtz.com/2011/12/12/wherein-i-build-a-christmas-tree-out-of-books/

Other Ideas?

How about a ladder for a tree? Kelly at Eclectically Vintage made this one, and I love it!

Ladder Christmas Tree from Eclectically Vintage

Washi tape:

Washi tape Christmas tree

http://blog-vdj-maison.blogspot.com/

That would be perfect for someone renting their home – totally removable and changeable.

Or FOOD!

vegetable-and-cheese-christmas-tree

From: http://www.sheknows.com

Healthy and festive.

There you have it…when Christmas rolls around later this year, consider some other, non-traditional trees in your home. What I like about these ideas are: (1) most of them use things you probably already have in your home; and (2) you can incorporate them into your holiday decor AND still have a traditional tree. Score!

Tomorrow, Kristi from I Should Be Mopping the Floor takes over! I can’t wait to see her Christmas ideas!

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About Karen Cooper

Hi! I'm Karen. I call myself a “recovering lawyer” - I traded in my power suits for power tools and a life of DIY adventures. Join me for DIY, home decorating, repurposing and upcycling, and organizing projects and tips as I transform a 1929 Tudor bungalow into our home. I believe in merging old and new to make a house a home.

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Comments

  1. Claire @ A Little Claireification says

    July 10, 2013 at 5:56 pm

    Karen!! I am so behind today. This is so neat – wow I am so impressed with some of these ideas. Pinning!
    Thanks so much for being a part of this series and for the inspiration to think outside the…. tree. 😉
    xoxo

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      July 10, 2013 at 6:40 pm

      Thanks, Claire! And thank you for including me in the series – it’s been so fun to see everyone’s great projects!

      Reply
  2. kristi@ishouldbemoppingthefloor says

    July 10, 2013 at 7:32 pm

    Super duper cute ideas, Karen! The little wine cork trees have to be my favorite! FUN! When I was in college, we decorated a tall fan that we had as our Christmas tree…we threw some lights on it and put our presents to each other under it. It was actually pretty cute, but no one was allowed to turn the fan on! Thanks for sharing such a great round up! 🙂

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      July 11, 2013 at 12:21 am

      Thanks, Kristi! I love the idea of the Christmas tree fan! I totally have in my head what it looked like. Awesome!

      Reply
  3. Anne-Marie Cain says

    July 10, 2013 at 10:20 pm

    A cute idea I used last Christmas was to take my kids’ tinker toys and make a table-top tree for their game room. I saw it on Pinterest….and it turned out so cute!

    If I win the gift card, I’ll get ahead by making some gift purchases! I’ve never been able to get all my shopping done by Thanksgiving, but it’s a goal I set every year! 😉

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      July 11, 2013 at 12:20 am

      That’s a great idea! We’ll have to try that with our tinker toys this year! Thank you!

      Reply
  4. Sharon says

    July 11, 2013 at 2:07 am

    I’d love to shake things up a bit and do something different with our Christmas tree this year, too. Thank you for the inspiration!

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      July 11, 2013 at 8:21 am

      Thanks, Sharon!

      Reply
  5. Cindy Eikenberg says

    July 12, 2013 at 10:23 am

    Karen, I absolutely love all of these amazing and unique holiday tree inspirations! What a great addition to the Christmas in July series. Will be sharing on my FB page!

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      July 12, 2013 at 10:45 am

      Thanks, Cindy!

      Reply

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