Tree branches are a great material for creativity. With the help of them, you can decorate the room, make a frame for a photo, a hanger and even a cornice. Many amazing and interesting things can be made from tree branches. And such material sometimes just rolls underfoot. You can bring some branches after your walk or take them from fallen trees. See what exactly can be made from which copy and start interesting creativity.
We make a tree from branches with our own hands
Such a thing will turn into decorative items and a support for a lampshade. To craft an original lamp, you will need:
- branches with a part of the trunk;
- primer for wood;
- acrylic paint;
- brush;
- saw;
- secateurs;
- wall sconce with electric cord and plug;
- decorative items such as beads (in which case a glue gun is needed).
Instructions for creating:
- For such work, it is best to use a driftwood from which you can remove the inner part. This is where you subsequently insert the electrical cord.
- If you have a thick skeletal branch that has a solid center, then the cord can be passed from the back, securing it there.
- Saw off the trunk at the desired height, and shorten the branches with a pruner. If there is bark, then remove it. Let the workpiece dry well, and then go over it with a primer on wood, paint.
- If you want to decorate a tree branch, then after priming, glue the beads here using a moment or a hot gun. After that, paint the entire workpiece.
- Hang a lampshade on one of the branches, and you can turn on the lamp, be proud of what a wonderful job you have done.
Another tree made of branches will allow you to create an impromptu original hanger. It looks especially interesting against the background of plain light walls. Take a skeletal branch, peel off the bark and sand it. Paint over with any solution that is acceptable to you. It can be varnish, stain, acrylic paint. Fix the hanger to the floor and near the wall and you can hang various items of outerwear on it.
Create a tree on a solid wall. First you need to outline the contour of the future crown, then fill it with scraps of branches or boards.
And here is another option for a floor hanger. Watch a small master class that will allow you to do this. Take:
- a large straight branch with branches or a small tree;
- saw;
- sandpaper;
- paint;
- brush;
- wooden stand;
- fasteners.
If you are in nature, you can see such an old dry tree or branch. These materials are great. Bring or bring them to your home and start creating. Usually, there is no bark on such old branches and trees. But if it is, remove it. Saw off the branches so that the hanger looks neat. In this case, the lower ones were cut off almost completely. Now you need to paint your creation. After the paint has dried, you can hang hats, jackets, umbrellas here.
See which branch of the tree you can turn the mini-bush into. Put it branching down, attach the lamp at the top, and you will have an original lampshade.
Another one you can create from part of a thick branch.
A small branch tree above the bed will look great too.
To do this, you need to first prepare it and firmly attach it to the wall. And here is another tree from a branch. If you have a spacious flower pot, put a pretty branch here. She needs to hold on well. To do this, prepare a solution of alabaster or cement, pour any of these mixtures into a pot and wait until it dries.
It is important that when the solution dries, the branch is fixed and in the right position. Then decorate the cement surface as you like. It can be artificial moss, colored paper, tinsel. Hang hats or other light objects on top of the received product. Looks beautiful and original.
How to make a flower girl and lamps from branches with your own hands?
See how much you can craft.
If you want to have such a flowering corner at home, similar to a natural one, then prepare:
- wooden plank;
- gift glasses;
- branches;
- twine or strong thread;
- small flowers;
- water.
The beauty of this design is that you do not need to use fasteners in the form of screws or nails to connect the elements. There is no need to remove the bark from the branches if there is moss or lichen on it, this composition looks even better. After all, it is wonderful, sitting at home, to feel yourself in the forest. This is where you can pick up a branch or in the nearest yard.
Place the glasses on a piece of wood that can serve as a cutting board. Take measurements that will show how long the fragments of the branches should be and saw them off according to these dimensions. Please note that there should be two sticks on the right and left, which are placed horizontally. Are they connected with small branches? 4 on each side, which are placed vertically. Secure all elements with a strong thread or rope.
Pour water into a glass, put flowers.
Use the following tree limb crafts to transform a room by adding lighting fixtures.
If you want to make candlesticks, then dial the same size for each branch and tie them together just below the middle, as it was done in the photo.
Put safe candles inside, light their wicks.
To make a chandelier with your own hands, take:
- branches;
- cotton and linen threads;
- hanging candlesticks;
- candles;
- scissors;
- thin wire.
Tie the branches together with a thin wire, placing them in a circle. Measure how long the ribbons should be, cut them according to the markings and tie them to a wreath of branches. Hang the lamp, fix the candles at the bottom.
Such crafts from tree branches will help create lighting fixtures. See how you can decorate an old table lamp to add charm to it.
To do this, you need to saw branches of the same size, tie them together with a fishing line and use it to attach them to the floor lamp stand. You can glue the bottom of the branch to the stand.
And if you paint a tree branch with varnish, then it will shine mysteriously when you light the candles attached to it. To fix them, glue metal candlesticks to the wood.
You can make a floor lamp with your own hands, and instead of a stand, use a tree branch, for example, a birch. This looks very picturesque against any background.
To make the following decor item, you will need:
- branches;
- glass container;
- candle;
- ribbon;
- hot glue gun;
- artificial berries.
Place a large candle in a clear container. It needs to be decorated with branches, which are fixed with a tape or decorative cord. Now it remains to glue artificial berries or other small decorative items on the branches and you can turn on the candlestick.
Even one branch of a tree will help create an interesting interior. The main thing is to securely fix it in a flower pot or wooden container. Hang the lamps on the branch, and wrap the trunk with a cord. It looks extraordinary, and such an interesting product turned out to be low-cost.
Home decor from branches - master class
If you want to have a branch with cones on your table, then make this small tree. Take:
- branch;
- cones;
- hot glue gun;
- glass or other container.
It is better to use a transparent vase in which the cones look beautiful. They will help fix the branch in the desired position. You will glue the rest to it with a glue gun.
If you want to make a decoration in the form of elk antlers, but you could not find one in the forest, then bring a branch of a suitable texture from this natural temple. It will need to be peeled and sanded. Paint the branch with a suitable paint or antiseptic, glue it and attach it with a leather strap in a wooden base, then you can hang it on the wall.
If you don't know what to make a flower stand out of, then you can also use a tree branch. It must be put in a suitable container, for example, in a wooden one, and fixed there by laying the fabric tightly on the sides or pouring small pebbles. Hang a flowerpot on a branch and admire what a wonderful flower stand you have.
The following jewelry looks great too. You will need to tie up artificial stones and shells with thread, attach the upper ends of the ropes to two branches, fastened crosswise. Hang your structure in the room or above the child's bed, but so that he cannot remove small parts with his hands.
In the midst of spring, you can bring home flowering branches, put them in a container of water and admire such colorful splendor. If you form trees in the country, then you may have branches. They can also be put into water, they will bloom. But for this, the branches must be cut at the beginning of spring.
If you have pruned the vine, you may have a lot of branches left. It is interesting to decorate the walls with this.
If you want to make an original decor for your home and at the same time a spacious hanger, then put together a box from 4 boards and fix the cut tree branches in it. Now you can hang small objects on knots, then they will always be at your fingertips, and in the house you can maintain perfect order.
Even two pruning of branches will come in handy on the farm. Don't know where to hang toilet paper in the country? Attach a piece of wood with a branch to the wall and place this hygiene item there. And the second such wooden hook will come in handy in the room or in the kitchen.
If you have a lot of jewelry, dry tree branches will help you place it. You can attach them to the wall or place the branch horizontally by securing it to a wooden stand.
If you want your original bookshelf, then paint over a large tree branch using a darker shade. This will look good against the background of a light wall. Fix this structure and you can place books here.
Decorate your table with this natural material. To do this, a tree branch must be well fixed on a stand using self-tapping screws and a hot glue gun. Hang artificial pebbles on a branch, fix fresh flowers or glue artificial ones.
DIY furniture from branches
An interesting bedside table will turn out from birch blocks.
To do this, you need to saw off the thick parts of the branches so that they become the same length. Glue them together, tie them with a rope for strength and you can use this small table as a convenient stand for a book or for a cup of fragrant tea.
Hemp will perform the same function. They need to be sanded, dried and painted, after which you can decorate the interior and at the same time acquire new original furniture.
If you want to feel like in a birch grove even in a dream, then use the thick branches of this tree. They need to be well fixed at the corners of the bed, and you will get such posts that will allow you to mentally transfer yourself to nature at any time.
The next piece of furniture is created from thick and thin branches. Arrange the larger ones so that you can then put the smaller ones between them. Glue them together to create a rectangle like this.
To keep the coffee table in the correct shape, stack the branches, for example, in a cardboard box, gluing them together.
If you have a stove or fireplace, you always need dry wood. You can place them right at home, at the same time decorate the wall. Branches of various thicknesses are suitable, which need to be folded evenly on the shelves.
And here is another idea that will help make the interior stylish. If you like light colors, you have such walls, then you can paint tree branches in the same color. Place books on them so that you have a beautiful shelf.
If you have a large branch, then you can make a key holder for the corridor out of it.
First, it needs to be sanded and dried, then hooks are attached, and various small items can be hung.
If you have a small aquarium empty, fill it with branches of different lengths and thicknesses, and you can decorate with flowers.
Circular cuts of branches will help transform an old stool. To do this, you first need to paint it, and then glue these circles. Use this new furniture as a bedside table.
You can also turn tree branches into a wonderful organizer for kitchen utensils and into an original shelf by attaching a wooden board on top.
How to make photo frames from branches?
It's not difficult at all. If you want such an air frame, then connect 4 branches with a rope, giving them the shape of a rectangle. Now attach thin branches to this base using a thin wire or rope. Glue paper or fabric flowers in the corner and you can use the decor item as intended.
Even an old branch will work for the next photo frame.
It needs to be cut at an angle of 45 degrees and assembled from 4 elements into a rectangular structure. Now you have a thing with a touch of antiquity that looks very original.
And if you still have birch bark, then you can also make a frame for a photo out of it with your own hands. It will easily turn into a frame for a picture. To do this, you need to glue strips of birch bark onto the existing frame.
Frame the mirror with interconnected branches. They can be glued with a hot gun. Also, the branches will help to decorate the shelf, which can be placed right next to the mirror.
This unique natural material will even allow you to create a curtain rod for curtains. Paint the branch, hang the curtains and attach the curtain rod in place.
Here are some tree branch crafts you can make. Continuing the topic started, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with other interesting works and watch a video. It shows a lot of ideas. Some you can take on board:
The second video will tell you what can be done from branches and snags:
