Minimalist Christmas Tree Stocking Holders
Sometimes you feel like a nut, some times you don't. And sometimes you feel like crazy, glittery, shiny over the top festive and sometimes you don't. These Rustic Christmas Trees perfect for those times when you don't want your house to look like it was taken over by glitter-happy elves.
These stocking holders require a tiny bit of drilling but other than that they basically put themselves together. You can find all of the wood and hardware you need for these at Lowes.
Supplies (for each):
- 1 4x4 Post Cap
- Green Tinted Wood Stain (I used the Fiddlehead color by Cabot)
- 1 5x5 Post Cap
- White Acrylic Paint
- 4-inch scrap piece of 2x4
- Royal Garnet Spray Paint
- Drawer Knob
- Hanger Bolt
- Drill with a large bit and a small bit
1. Stain the top portion of the fence post topper with green tinted stain. You could use paint but I wanted the wood grain to show through. Paint the bottom 'notch' white with acrylic paint.
2. Paint the 5x5 cap with white paint. When both dry screw them together using the screw on the post cap. You have to twist pretty hard.
3. Mark the center of your 2x4 piece, and drill a hole using the larger bit. This will be the hole for the end of the post cap screw. Pick the front side of your holder, and drill a hole for the knob.
4. Spray paint the block with the royal garnet. When this dries screw it on the bottom of the 5x5 post cap. Basically, you're making a wood kebab.
5. Screw the non-pointed end of the hanger bolt into the knob. Screw the pointed end into the hole you drilled into the wooden block.
You can find the hanger bolts with the screws, look for the orange section.
I've used these for years to hold up garlands, they're pretty heavy but not quite heavy enough to support filled stockings (and these days between the people and the pets I have 11 stockings to hang each year so I'd need a forest!)
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Love this! So doing it this weekend at our girls craft day
Very cool! Thanks So much for sharing this great idea at the Winter Wonderland party at my place!
Love it- genius idea~!! thanks for showing us the step by step.
Happy Holidays
Sonny
Too cute! You make it look so easy!
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Have a great rest of the week!
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Neat idea! Following you now from Katherins Blog hop. HOpe you'll stop by and FB
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This came out great! Nice job!
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These are really cute...Thank you for linky up to my "25 Days of Christmas" linky party!!!
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Very cute! And your photos are great! Thank you!
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Great and unique idea for the festive season. TFS the how to. Hopping from Katherine's Corner and now following. Cheers
What a clever idea. Thank you for joining the hop this week, please let me know if you'd like to co host some time. Did you remember to add your wonderful blog to the blog list page? Big Hugs and have a happy weekend!
P.S. I'm following but I'm not showing up on the sidebar 🙁
Thanks for linking this up to my Latest and Greatest Friday! It is so so clever! I love it!
These are awesome! What a great idea. I would have never thought that pressure-treated lumber could turn into something so festive and pretty.
This is so darling! I love the way they turned out. Such a brilliant idea.
We have a link party going on this weekend and we would love to have you stop by and share this!
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What a fabulous idea! Thanks for linking up to the Head to Head Showdown. Jen @ http://www.icantstopcrafting.blogspot.com
I am so glad that you stopped by! Thanks for linking up to Strut Your Stuff Saturday! We hope that you will come back tomorrow and share more of you amazing ideas!
Camille @
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GREAT idea!!! Hope you find your socks soon!
Love that this is solid. So many stocking holders can't hold up!
Love these! We have had to replace our stocking hanger twice now because our family is growing. It would be so nice to just make a new addition rather than shop for a whole new stocking hanger. I think we could even come up with some great way to personalize them for each child.