Tabletop Starfish Christmas Tree

I bought a candy corn wood block set near Halloween, thinking it would be cute to make. It didn’t get made though. I also found a small basket filled with small starfish at Goodwill not too long ago. It seemed to me that these items were meant to go together for a Tabletop Starfish Christmas Tree. 

Using the wood triangle blocks as a template I cut a sheet of laminated burlap to fit.

I selected appropriately sized starfish from the basket and placed them on the burlap until I was satisfied with the placement.

Once the placement was set, I added small dots of hot glue to the back of each starfish and secured it to the burlap.

The wood blocks are three separate pieces wrapped tightly in plastic. I could have painted the wood, but would have meant I would need to glue the three pieces together and wait for that to set and then wait for the paint to dry.

I decided to leave the blocks in the plastic. To cover the sides and back of the blocks, I used strips of white adhesive vinyl and snow flake ribbon. The ribbon is held in place with hot glue. I used spray adhesive to attach the burlap sheet to the blocks. Looking at it once it’s finished, you’d never know it still had the plastic underneath. 

I used a wood block for the base of the tree. I did paint this using a light beige paint. I added more of the starfish ribbon to the base. I like that it gives the tree more height and dimension. 

The tree is centered on the base and hot glued in place.

The finishing touch was to add a small shard of sea glass as a tree topper. It's hot glued in place.

This goes well with my other coastal Christmas decor and it was super easy to put together.

For more easy Christmas crafts, I'd love to have you stop by Across the Blvd.