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17 Brilliant Bottle Brush Tree Ideas

Step up your holiday style with these tiny trees

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The unspoken rule of the internet is that the tinier the thing, the cuter it is. From teacup pigs to delicate doll houses, taking things down a few sizes or more automatically makes it adorable, and this includes our favorite holiday decor ideas. We're talking about tiny tannenbaums: the ever-popular bottle brush tree. They may be small, but they are packed with style. Whether on top of your holiday mantel, under the tree, decorating your Christmas table or so much more, the bristly little trees that look like evergreens but are often sisal make whatever space they adorn extra lovely. They're proof positive that sometimes something small can be mighty—festive, that is.

Bottlebrush trees first became popular decades ago, but they've made a big comeback thanks to a growing nostalgia for vintage Christmas decor. If you'd like to get in on the craze, we've gathered up the coolest bottlebrush tree Christmas decorating ideas, including DIY Christmas centerpieces ideas, a cake topper, and even nifty place cards. And if you're a DIYer, we also have projects that will let you make bottlebrush trees that are a beautiful bone white, or almost any hue of blue and green you can imagine. We even have a craft that will create bottlebrush trees that sparkle like the sun on snow. Best of all, these bottlebrush decorating ideas will go with any style decor!

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Crepe Paper Christmas Tree Cake Topper

Who says that bottlebrush trees have to be made out of sisal? These crepe paper substitutes are not only less expensive, they also look lovely as Christmas cake toppers.

Get the tutorial at The House that Lars Built.

SHOP GREEN CREPE PAPER

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Handmade Bottle Brush Trees with Yarn, Twine, Garland, & Rope

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Christmas Jars

Craft this winter wonderland by letting your bottlebrush trees soak in bleach and hot water for about 30 minutes. Don't forget to add the snow and a touch of glitter!

Get the tutorial From The Tortoise and The Hare.

SHOP JARS

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Deck the Holiday Tree Mantelscape

Use bottlebrush trees in gold, silver and bronze to put a holiday shimmer on your mantel so glorious won't want to take them down in January...or February, for that matter.

Get the tutorial at Jennifer Rizzo.

SHOP METALLIC TREES

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Illuminated Bottlenbrush Trees

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Mini Christmas Tree Place Cards

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Holiday Tablescape Using Bottlebrush Trees

Not only are these bottlebrush trees a gorgeous centerpiece, thanks to those sweet little whitewashed pots and saucers they make adorable favors for guests to take home.

Get the tutorial at Deb and Danelle.

SHOP MINI CLAY POTS AND SAUCERS

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Tree Skirt

Look closely: A forest of flocked bottlebrush trees take the place of a tree skirt on this Christmas tree.

SHOP BOTTLEBRUSH TREE SET

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Centerpiece

Elegant and classy, this metallic centerpiece can be made with bells, beads, and bottlebrush trees.

Get the tutorial at Fynes Designs.

SHOP SLEIGH BELLS

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Glitter Bottlebrush Trees

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DIY Bottlebrush Trees

If you dig DIYing, follow this blogger's directions to create a blue and green enchanted forest of bottlebrush trees.

Get the tutorial at A Beautiful Mess.

SHOP FABRIC DYE

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Holiday Shakers

Here's one Yuletide idea that's definitely worth its salt: Turn under-a-dollar shakers into mini winter wonderlands by nesting toy evergreens and deer atop iodized "drifts."

SHOP TINY TREES

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