easy wood projects - Pocket Project Christmas Tree

easy wood projects

Continuing with "Pocket Projects", heres a really simple but fun one.  These little trees make great spur of the moment gifts.  What I mean is that when you whittle in public and someone stops and talks a bit about what youre carving; have one for them.  At Christmas time they are especially nice to give to waitresses along with a tip.  Ive even had kids  carve them for the teachers at Christmas time.  Heres what Im referring to:

Just  add some paint and glue to this illustration and you have everything you need.  If Im out and about one pocket full of cutouts and one full of the completed pins work out fine.

Just start out with your knife and shape the trees, a few stop cuts and paring cuts per tree.  Paint the tree green with brown trunk.  Apply white paint for the snow on the branches (or not) and use 3-D red paint for the ornaments.  Use the applicator bottle to  apply small dots of the paint.  Finally when paint is dry glue the pin back on.  To make small tree ornaments glue the tree to a cross section to a tree limb instead of a pin back.

How easier can this one be?
easy wood projects