Pallet Christmas Tree

Making a pallet Christmas tree is fun and easy. It’s a budget-friendly option to add to your existing outdoor decor. A project from Funky Junk Donna inspired me.

I still have a lot of this free, weathered wood stored in my shed.

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How to Make a Pallet Christmas Tree

Following Donna’s tutorial, I cut my fence boards at an angle using my compound miter saw. I started with nine boards but made a few changes as I worked with them. I used reclaimed fence boards; however, you could easily use pallet boards to make this project. If you don’t have pallet wood, you could pick up several single fence boards at your local hardware store.

Make the Pallet Christmas Tree Stand

Some of the weathered 2x4s and a 4×4 post from my stash were used to make the tree’s base and “trunk” of the tree. I used two smaller 2x4s attached to a longer 2×4 with wood screws.

I placed that on the bottom of the 4×4 and used very long 4” wood screws to secure the cross 2×4 to the 4×4 trunk.

You can see how I placed the screws.

More 4” wood screws were used to secure the remainder 2×4 to make the base of my rustic Christmas tree.

Dry Fit of The Boards Using Brad Nails

I removed two of the middle boards (randomly). I took some off and put some back on, so I lost track of which two I removed.

Tip: Did you know you can temporarily secure boards like this with brad nails and a nail gun?

Board Sizes for DIY Christmas Tree

After configuring my tree, I wrote down the measurements to tell you the boards’ widths. Hehehehe. Note to self: Use more moisturizer!

Secure Boards With Wood Screws

The dry fit was a good idea because I wasn’t thrilled with the placement. Too much of the post was visible. I removed them one by one, securing them with 1 1/4” wood screws.

Paint the Reclaimed Wood Christmas Tree

When this gallon of paint was nearly empty, I added some water to it to always have a ready-made whitewash solution handy. The handy dandy lid is no longer available. I love these lids! It’s so much easier to put on and take off. You know how you keep a can of paint for a long time, and the rim of the can gets all goopy, and the lid no longer wants to tap on? No problem with these lids. I painted the tree with my favorite cheap chip brush. Did you know I keep them forever because they are like fine wine—they improve with age?

I found some different paint can lids on Amazon if you’re interested.

Ta-da! I love it. While I had it in the driveway, several neighbors said they loved it, too.

Here it is with my Christmas Trees For Sale sign (inspired by Joanna Gaines)

I won’t be decorating this tree; it’s headed to my booth at Vendors’ Village.

Several years ago, I made some smaller reclaimed fence wood Christmas trees using smaller, thinner boards.

How would you decorate this tree and use it indoors or outdoors?

gail

Pallet wood Christmas Tree using Cedar Shims