40 Creative DIY Christmas Trees For Your Inspiration

There are plenty of things that you add to a home to make it more festive for the holidays. Wreaths and the right decor can really help in bringing the Christmas spirit. Still, nothing sets the tone quite like a Christmas tree. It’s too late to buy a Christmas tree now, so why not make your own alternative Christmas tree?

Alternative Christmas trees can be upcycled from things around the house or you can get a bit more creative and still put those Christmas ornaments to good use.

Here we’ve collected for you 40 alternative Christmas trees to inspire you. From an 8-bit Christmas tree to simple wall Christmas trees, there really is no limit to what you can do with the right materials.

Honeycomb Christmas Tree

Here is a cute colorful Christmas tree made out of Honeycombs. You can use Honeycombs of different colors and paste them to the wall to make a tree shape of your required height.

Source: Studio DIY

Vintage Paper Book Christmas Tree

A beautiful creative Christmas tree made from pages of an old book stacked on a long stand. You can put some fairy light to give a dramatic effect.

Source: Flickr

Seashell Christmas Tree

Seashells are naturally beautiful objects and can be turned into amazing Christmas trees. These little seashell Xmas trees make wonderful home decor elements.

Source: Pop Culture & Fashion Magic

Hanging Christmas Tree Mobile

Source: Couchelo

Organized Shelf Christmas Tree

Source: ofas & Stuff

Egg Carton Christmas Tree

A brilliant idea to reuse egg cartons is to paint them green and stack them together to make a giant Christmas tree. This kind of Xmas tree will not just look amazing but would turn out to be environmental-friendly too.

Source: diyandcrafts.com

Chalkboard Christmas Tree

A truly non-traditional Christmas tree using chalkboard. This is a brilliant idea for those who are too lazy to buy a real tree and want a last-minute solution.

Source: Brit + Co

Branch Christmas Tree

Source: Welke.nl

Driftwood Christmas Tree

Impress your guests with your creativity creating this wonderful driftwood Christmas tree at home. Though you need just drift wood but there’s a lot of technique involved in making this.

Source: Imgr

String Art Christmas Tree

Source: NineMSN Homes

Geometric Paint Chip Christmas Tree

For those who don’t have much space in the apartment, you can make this Christmas tree wall hanging with paint chips. It also gives you a lot of space to hang decorations and place gift boxes under it.

Source: The Red Thread

Washi Tape Christmas Tree

If you don’t want to get a real Christmas tree and there isn’t much material at hand, you can create this minimal and easy Xmas tree by using just the stationery tape that’s used to decorate gift boxes.

Source: Brit + Co

Pinata Christmas Tree

Source: Anthology

Craft Sticks Christmas Tree

Source: Living With Punks

Balloon Christmas Tree

A bored but creative guy made this nice looking Christmas tree using simple balloons. You can emulate the same kind of Christmas tree in your house too but give it your own style.

Source: Imgr

8-bit Christmas Tree

Source: We Know Memes

Christmas Tree made of books

A bookworm would love to make such a Christmas tree with books stacked on top of each other. To make it more attractive, you can brighten it up using a string of colorful LED lights.

Source: Very Merry Vintage Style

Pallet Christmas Tree

Reuse an old pallet by turning it into a wonderful looking Christmas tree. All you need is an old pallet, some paint, your collection of Christmas tree decorations, and your imagination.

Source: Affirmaison

Ladder Christmas Tree

Source: Eco Chic Boutique

Portal Christmas Tree

Some geeks made this Christmas tree decoration that looks like a tree is entering through a portal and emerging from another. Such an installation would look super cool on your Christmas party.

Source: Imgr

Christmas Tree Wall Hanging

Source: Betsy Benn

“Found Objects” Christmas Tree

Source: unday Collector

Christmas Tree Wall Lights

Source: A Simple Modern Life

Makedo Mini Cardboard Christmas Tree

Here is a minimal and super easy Make cardboard Christmas tree. This way you can save a tree from cutting and due to its size, it can be easily placed on table top.

Source: Instructables

DIY Wooden Dowel Christmas Tree

Source: Inhabitat

Fabric Christmas Tree

Source: Bossymamma

Jubiltree Christmas Tree

Source: purehome

Bookshelf Christmas Tree

Here is another idea for those who do not have space for a full real Christmas tree. Your can convert your typical bookshelf into a Christmas tree by putting all books of same color together as a tree shape.

Source: Ellenor Design

Upcycled Ruler Christmas Tree

You can upcycle your old wooden rulers into a creative little Christmas tree. All you need is some old rulers, clamp, and some glue and can get a beautiful creating to be placed on your home or office desk.

Source: The Gingerbread House

Book Pages Christmas Tree

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Christmas Tree Without The Tree

Here are some creative and environmental-friendly ways to create a Christmas tree out of the simple things available at your home or workplace. It also takes out the hassle of decorating a real Christmas tree.

Source: Your Life Choices

Wood Pole Tree

A beautiful Christmas tree made from Pooles oof wood tied together and wrapped around with a string of fern leaves. You can put all kind of decorations in the leaves and place your gifts underneath it.

Source: Pneumatic Addict

Branch Out

Give your interior a classic Christmas vibe in style. You can use some large branches, one bigger than the other and hang your Christmas decoration on them.

Source: DIY Darlin

Mini Wooden Triangle Christmas Trees

Here is an elegant looking Christmas tree idea that is made with a triangular frame with Christmas ball decorations fitted into it. A beautiful accessory for any indoor or outdoor area.

Source: Mama and More

Part Shelve, Part Tree

Reuse old cardboard boxes into making a wonderful little Christmas tree. You can cut and assemble four different pieces of cardboard together and use Honeycombs as decorations.

Source: BuzzFeed

Wooden Pallet Christmas Tree

This is another idea that involves using an old pallet and converting it into an Xmas tree. You can put some shelves on it as well and have some nice shelving space along with a unique Christmas tree.

Source: Mama and More

Treeless Christmas Tree

This tree-less Christmas tree is created with just Christmas ornaments hanged from the ceiling. Though this kind of Christmas tree can only work in a house without any cats.

Source: Art and Home

DIY Pallet Christmas Tree

Turn an old pallet into a nice-looking Christmas tree on which you can hang some nice ornaments and even use as a bookshelf.

Source: Hughes

Christmas Tree on a Corner

If you don’t have any idea how to make a Christmas tree, then maybe your corner shelf can be made into one. Just wrap some fern string on the sides of the shelves and put a star or top to make a wonderful tree out of nothing.

Source: Mama and More

DIY de Noel

Here are some interesting Christmas tree ideas using the basic materials like wood, steel rods, twigs, cardboard, and some home items etc. You can give your own touch to these ideas and impress people around.

Source: Planet deco