Holiday Easel: For Place Cards and more!
On the eighth day of Christmas I made a handmade holiday easel….I know, this sounds kind of funny, but sometimes your crafting brain takes you funny places! Since I am hosting Christmas dinner, these fun DIY holiday easels will be a fun addition to my holiday tablescape!
These easels are so quick and easy, and in my case I had everything on hand – the perfect kind of craft project! They look adorable as little place card holders and go great with my Christmas bird china. I also made a larger one which makes a great holder for a fun Christmas saying or a beautiful holiday card!
Holiday Easel Place Card Holders
Supplies Needed:
- Twigs! I found mine in our back yard!
- Twine or thin ribbon
- Gold paint
- Cording
- Thin wire
- Needle nose pliers
- Hot glue gun
Step 1: Assemble your easel. Cut four branches around 4″ each. I used thin green cording, from my gift wrapping stash, to tie the branches together. I used a bit of hot glue to initially hold them together while I tied them.
Step 2: Paint the easel gold.
Step 3: Create the red bow using cording and wire. First I pulled out the inside of the cording, just leaving the red tube. I pushed thin wire through the empty cording. I tied a bow and used the needle nose pliers to curl the ends of the bow into curls. Lastly, I hot glued the bow to the easel and I was all finished!
Holiday Easel with Wreath
Supplies Needed:
- Twigs! I found mine in our back yard!
- Twine or thin ribbon
- Gold pain
- Cording
- Thin wire
- Needle nose pliers
- Hot glue gun
- Garland Twist Ties Faux Evergreen
- Red beads
Step 1: Assemble your easel. Cut three branches around 9″ each, and one branch (the easel ledge) around 7″. I used thin green cording, from my gift wrapping stash, to tie the branches together. I used a bit of hot glue to initially hold them together while I tied them.
Step 2: (Optional). Paint easel gold. I decided to keep mine natural and didn’t paint it.
Step 3: Create the wreath. Twist two garland ties together to form a circle wreath. I added berries by threading three red beads on a wire and twisting it around the wreath in several places. Hot glue the wreath to the easel. I tried to hot glue in as few places as possible so I could fit a card in-between the wreath and easel.
Step 3: Create the red bow using cording and wire. First I pulled out the inside of the cording, just leaving the red tube. I pushed thin wire through the empty cording. I tied a bow and used the needle nose pliers to curl the ends of the bow into curls. Lastly, I hot glued the bow to the wreath and I was all finished! (Pictures of these steps above!)
I love these easels – they add a huge festive touch to our house and were quick to create! In my case I was able to make both of these in one nap which made me feel super productive! Later on, I made more of the mini gold easels so I’d have enough place card holders for my table. I’ll be back tomorrow with day 9 of “12 Days of a Handmade Christmas”!
