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A Rustic Christmas

November 4, 2019 by Nadia van Zyl Leave a Comment

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If you need ideas for a rustic Christmas, I have you covered! From a tree branch Christmas tree, to stick candleholders and real leaves as a table centre piece.

Rustic Christmas pin

We had our Christmas last year on the Bushveld Farm. We did not take our tree so I had to improvise because one can not have Christmas without a tree, right?! The awesome branch Christmas tree inspired a whole lot of other decor to make our Christmas a charming rustic Christmas!

First off, the branch tree. I made 3 triangles from branches and tied them together- first with rope and then with strips of red fabric from an old t-shirt.

Rustic Christmas tree

Then the lights were added and some ornaments. The ornaments were stars made from twigs and wrapped in silver string, together with ready-made stars and baubles.

Next, candleholders were made from twigs and glass jars/bottles. The kids helped to collect the twigs, then it was broken to more or less the same length. I used a glue gun to glue it all around the glass jar. It was filled with sand and the candle was placed in the middle of the sand to keep upright.

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The table- I used butcher paper as a table “cloth”. Placemats were drawn with names written. The candle holders and local plants were added as decorations too.

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Final touches included some bling ornaments, Christmas crackers and chocolates for each person.

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It was fun to make all the decor and it was such a different kind of Christmas- genuinely charmingly rustic! Pictures don’t do it justice!

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The presents were placed below the tree. All the presents were wrapped in brown paper with simple string and THESE tags which we used to turn the gift-giving into a game.

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A memorable, rustic Christmas indeed! One we will always treasure as it was our last Christmas in South Africa before we emigrated to Australia.

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