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Modern Geometric Holiday Trees

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Minimalistic geometric holiday decorations are very popular this season. The sleek simple look is one of my favorite trends. Today I am showing you how to create these easy, sharp lined, modern trees to decorate your home this season! It’s easy to shape FloraCraft® Make It: Fun® cones into straight triangle shapes using a sharp knife and FloraCraft Smooth Finish® paintable coating.

Supplies needed to make this project:

  • FloraCraft® Make It: Fun® Foam: Cones – 9″, (2) 12″, 6″
  • FloraCraft Smooth Finish®
  • Serrated Knife
  • Fine Grit Sand Paper
  • Acrylic Paint: Lime Green, Shamrock Green, Citrus Green, Metallic Gold
  • Gold Glitter

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Instructions:

Using a serrated knife, start by cutting straight down from the tip of the cone to make flat edges on 4 sides.

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Sand the edges smooth with fine grit sand paper.  Apply Smooth Finish with a spatula on all four sides and let it dry.

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Smooth the coating with fine grit sand paper. Paint each tree with a different shade of acrylic paint. Tape 1/3 of the tree with painters tape and paint the tip with gold acrylic paint and sprinkle with glitter while the paint is still wet.

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Remove the tape and let the glitter and paint dry.

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These cute simple trees will add a modern flair to you decor this season!

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