Looking for a creative vintage Christmas tree project? Here’s how I used these door knobs to create this five-minute project.
Little-known fact?
Did you know even doorknobs celebrate Christmas?
I think I heard them singing Jolly Old St. Nicholas the other day.
Doorknobs are funny like that.
Sometimes you find something like a doorknob at a vintage store or a yard sale or a thrift shop and you have no idea what to do with it.
If you have a doorknob lying around…
…I have the BEST idea.
I found the idea when I was shopping downtown McKinney.
We have to many amazing vintage stores on our square and I saw something that inspired me, and I knew I had the easiest, simplest Christmas project for this year.
I took these doorknobs and turned them into this.
Oh wait.
That’s not what I made.
That’s the idea.
I found this set of adorable Christmas trees on blocks. Someone at the antique store had the brilliant idea of marrying blocks and bottle brush trees.
Yep.
They just took a bottle brush tree and glued it to the top of a block.
So simple and yet?
SO BRILLIANT.
// crystal door knobs //
I was so inspired to make my own.
But I couldn’t find any blocks.
Instead?
I found these. If you are a thrift shopper, you probably have seen these before. You can find them at yard sales, too.
If you don’t have time to thrift or yard sale, I found a set that would work over on Etsy.
// cream bottle brush trees //
There are three of them in different sizes.
Tiny, mini bottle brush trees with wood slice bases.
And now?
The doorknobs and the trees?
They got together and made this.
// Christmas tree poster // bottle brush trees green // white bottle brush trees //
// bottle brush tree green //
// Christmas tree poster // bottle brush tree green // white bottle brush trees //
AREN’T THEY THE CUTEST?
It’s a tiny-door-handle-bottle-brush-DIY-vintage-Christmas tree project.
And the best part?
IT TOOK FIVE MINUTES TO MAKE.
Simple DIY Vintage Christmas Tree Project
supplies:
hot glue
1. Start with the knob
You can find knobs like this at yard sales, thrift stores, antique shops, tag sales and even your grandmother’s attic.
The only challenge with attaching the tree to the knob is the metal rod in the center.
Not all knobs have this, but the ones I used had them.
You can see them sticking out at the back in this picture.
Use a hacksaw to saw them off and remove them.
This is what the doorknob looked like after the center rod was removed.
It looks like it was made for a project.
Perfect surface for a tree.
2. Hot glue the tree
Add a ring of hot glue at the top of the doorknob.
Then press the wood slice on the bottom of the tree in place.
That’s IT.
(total aside: I added this pic so you could see that I also used a vintage bottle stopper as a base for the tree, too)
// Christmas tree poster // white bottle brush trees //
// Christmas tree poster // white bottle brush trees //
I repeated my steps for the other trees and added them to my collection that I already had from vintage stores.
Aren’t they the cutest?
And in amazing news? Why not get creative if you don’t have a doorknob at the ready? You could create this craft with something YOU MAY HAVE AROUND THE HOUSE RIGHT NOW.
Yep.
Do you have a mini bottle brush tree?
You could add it to:
- a teacup
- a wooden block
- a letter
- an ornament
- a flipped upside-down basket
- the end of a spoon
- a sleigh
- an upside-down flowerpot
And SO MUCH MORE.
Here’s to simple, easy crafts that make the holiday a little brighter and make sure to have a weekend as AMAZING as you are. 🙂
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You are amazing. Only you can come up with a great pretty idea. Love it
Great idea! I love your collection of bottle brush trees. I need to get me some doorknobs!
I love this idea! I don’t have any doorknobs so will have to keep my eyes open for them. I think the last one I saw was in a downtown McKinney store. About how long does it take to saw off the center rods?
Love love Your idea! What a great way to showcase your knows and trees. Your decorating is gorgeous.
At first I saw their single identity but once I saw them all line dancing together, then I said “yup, definitely married”!
KariAnne, I LOVE THIS IDEA! You are awesome!!!!!
I remember this cute idea from last year! Still as sweet as ever... Big Hugs
Such a cute idea, although I think I would leave the wood slice out. Merry making🎄🎄🎄
Such a great idea. Very clever.
Cute, cute, CUTE!!
These are so cute and will be so fun to see what I have and assemble them. Thanks and have a blessed day.
Such a CUTE idea!!!!!
What to do with a doorknob - who would have thought 😊. Having no doorknobs, I must think of alternatives, and one of the first that comes to mind is using an assortment of candlesticks, which then leads naturally to using a collection of antique wooden spools. I love your suggestion of teacups though - are you familiar with the old Staffordshire Little Mae tea sets, originally sold by Sears Roebuck exclusively in Chicago as a child's toy? They are now a highly prized collectible antique, but I was fortunate enough to have a grandmother who purchased several sets to have tea parties with her grandchildren, and they are now in my care with some already given to my granddaughter. Although they were done in several different colors, most of the sets are either blue and white or red and white (I have both, but naturally lots of blue and white that I keep on display 😊). The cups are basically espresso sized,, and I am already picturing them filled with trees although I won't actually glue them - just a little dab of that museum sticky stuff if needed for a wobbly 🌲 Thank you for the great idea!
You can get door knobs at Habitat for Humanity. That's where I went to get mine but my knobs are tie backs for curtains.
So cute!
OMG KariAnne!! You are so clever!! I literally just finished painting a bunch of old doorknobs (bronze then rubbed with copper). I’m going to try to send you a picture. Then I realized I can’t replace mine with these. Now I know what to do with the knobs ;). I also like Sheilah’s idea as tie-backs for drapes.
Those old door knobs would make lovely candlestick holders, too, if you know a way to get the candles to fit on. Challenge?! I love them with the bottle brush trees! You're always such a creative person! Thanks for sharing!