Olive Tree

If you follow all of the popular designer’s you will notice olive tree’s in a lot of their designs. They are a great item to add to any room and they bring lots of interest and texture.

I decided to try my hand at making my very own olive tree and it turned out even better than expected.

Here’s how I made my own olive tree for under 60$.

I started by finding a small sized tree on our property and used a jigsaw to cut it down. I left the tree out to dry for a week or so, then pulled off all of the dry leaves and cut down some of the branches until I was satisfied with the shape of the tree.

I went online to shop for olive tree branches – I ended up buying stems from 3 different sources. I knew they wouldn’t be the same colour and texture but decided that it would make the tree look even more realistic. (I’ve linked all the sources below).

1. AMAZON | 2. WALMART | 3.AMAZON

List of supplies that you will need:

-Cutting pliers
-Floral tape or painter’s tape
-Dry foam (for floral arrangements)
-Drill
-Small drill bit
-Brown craft paint
-small paint brush
-newspaper
-Fake moss

I started by securing the foot of my tree in dry foam. I secured the dry foam in the basket using newspaper. Make sure to add lots of newspaper to keep the tree from falling.

I started building my tree by using the larger stems. I secured them to the branches using green painter’s tape.

I then deconstructed some of my olive branches to have smaller pieces to add to the tree trunk. I added stems in the trunk by using a small drill bit to make holes (if your drill bit is too big and your stems are not holding up, add glue from a glue gun to the stem part. Hold in place for a couple of minutes until the glue is dry)

To cover up my green painter’s tape I used brown craft paint.

All in this project cost me 60$, it wasn’t the cheapest DIY, but it was definitely cheaper than buying one. Plus it was a really fun project and I am really proud of how it turned out!