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Home » Christmas Crafts » Bottle Cap Christmas Tree

Bottle Cap Christmas Tree

December 11, 2012 By Jamie Dorobek 16 Comments

Oddly enough, this project came about because of Sandy. Andy and I walked to the beach everyday to investigate the clean up process (see more here). After seeing all of the debris, I decided to start collecting stuff. Sadly, plastic bottle caps are are a dime a dozen on the beach after a storm. I picked them up in handfuls.

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Making a bottle cap tree is easy. All you need is:

  • bottle caps in all sizes
  • paint
  • rhinestones (I used Tulip self stick crystals, they come in rows!)
  • ribbon
  • marker (for the trunk)
  • hot glue gun
  • white card stock
Go on a little neighborhood hood clean up, and collect bottle caps. At first, I was going to make the the trunk out of caps, but I ended up opting for a marker trunk.

diy christmas decorations

Paint ’em. I painted them different shades of green. I just added white to one shade of green and painted a few each shade.

diy christmas decorations

This is not necessary (or really even that helpful), but I was trying to find a way to put the bottle caps in the same order I had them before I painted. I ended up making up a new shape, oh well.

diy christmas decorations

Draw a trunk on with marker. Make it longer than you think you want it. Then, use the glue gun to glue on your bottle caps to a piece of card stock.

diy christmas decorations

I made a little bow out of scrap ribbon, and glued it to the top. I piled on the bottle caps. I like the layered look.

diy christmas decorations

Now, it’s time to decorate. I just peeled off the self adhesive crystal strips and stuck ’em on the tree! Easy as pie.

diy christmas decorations

I taped my bottle cap tree on top of the glass of this frame. It had a green border, and was about the right size, perfect!
diy Christmas decorations

diy Christmas decorations

 

I just taped the piece of card stock to the outside of the glass of an existing frame. (Like I did with the computer key pumpkin.) It’s a real C.R.A.F.T., nice and free! Have you ever made anything with bottle caps? How’s the Christmas decorating going? Do you make decorations or buy them? I’d love to hear…

 

 

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Comments

  1. Inspira Hogar says

    April 3, 2017 at 2:48 am

    Wow! I love this idea for christmas. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  2. laspeedwing says

    December 29, 2013 at 1:51 pm

    Very clever and very lovely!

    Reply
  3. Cindy deRosier says

    December 7, 2013 at 11:37 am

    I’m the Editorial Assistant for Fun Family Crafts and I wanted to let you know that we have featured your project! You can see it here:

    http://funfamilycrafts.com/bottle-cap-christmas-tree/

    If you have other kid-friendly crafts, we’d love it if you would submit them. If you would like to display a featured button on your site, you can grab one from the right side bar of your post above. Thanks for a great project idea!

    Reply
  4. mj says

    November 29, 2013 at 5:30 pm

    Would like to try something like this on a smaller scale on the side of a wine bottle Do you thin it would work? Do u have any ideas for wine bottles?

    Reply
  5. Ana says

    December 21, 2012 at 9:04 am

    Jaime, I love it! I’m always collecting things I think might be useful in a project down the road too. Great idea!

    Reply
  6. Karen Whitney says

    December 18, 2012 at 10:34 am

    Adorable! Love the shades of green and the bling! If I start saving caps now mabey I cold do one for valentines day 😉

    Reply
  7. meaghan says

    December 15, 2012 at 12:18 pm

    This is adorable!! I even like the 2nd order to the tree better than the first, it was great dimension and shape!!

    Reply
  8. SheilaG @ Plum Doodles says

    December 14, 2012 at 8:36 am

    This is such a cute project, Jamie. Layering the caps really makes it extra fun & pretty.

    Reply
    • Jamie Dorobek says

      December 14, 2012 at 10:52 am

      Thanks, Sheila 🙂

      Reply
  9. the cape on the corner says

    December 13, 2012 at 2:45 pm

    so that looks great, i would never have thought of this, especially since the bottle caps weren’t green to begin with. it rocks that you did something so cute with this waste…is that bad to say waste? you said this was all over the beach. storm or not, people could take things home and recycle, yeesh. unless they all came flying out of the trashcans around there or something.

    Reply
  10. Jen says

    December 13, 2012 at 2:23 pm

    What a unique idea. I love that you used different shades of green and varying heights. Cool project.

    Reply
  11. micki @addhousewife says

    December 12, 2012 at 11:43 pm

    This is so cute! I’d love for you to share this with the pin inspiration party! http://www.addhousewife.com/2012/12/pin-inspiration-day.html

    Reply
    • Jamie Dorobek says

      December 12, 2012 at 11:50 pm

      Linked it up 🙂 Thanks for letting me know!

      Reply
  12. Nikki Kelly says

    December 11, 2012 at 11:03 pm

    I haven’t made a lot of Xmas decor this year, but last year I was an. Ornament making fool! I made a ton of glittered paper ornaments and my crowning jewel from last year was a mounted Rudolph head I made out of foam core board, complete with a light up nose! I am making a tree topper out of bent balsa wood, but that will probably be it for this year.

    Nikki Kelly @ the ambitious procrastinator

    Reply
  13. Bethany says

    December 11, 2012 at 2:14 pm

    Wow! Very cute!

    Reply
  14. Steph @ meet.make.laugh. says

    December 11, 2012 at 12:03 pm

    This is awesome! I love the 3-D look to it with all the different sized bottle caps.

    Reply

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