How to make a fake tree

Life size paper bag tree made from 15ft paper bag. Inspired by the popular paper bag fall tree craft.

Here's how to make great spooky tree for Halloween decor. You only need some floral wire, brown paper, glue, and paint.

The Huntington on Instagram: "Can you tell this tree is fake? 🥸 While we have many living trees in the Conservatory, building an artificial tree allows us to create a disease-resistant space to display epiphytic plants like ant plants. Learn more about how we put together one of these trees with Bryce!"

If you need to make a tree trunk to use as a prop or decoration, you can make your own at home using brown packing paper. Brown packing paper is an ideal material for constructing tree trunks for a stage design, or props for a haunted house.

The 10 foot tree build began with the trunk. I was able to get most of what I needed from my local OSH Hardware. I decided it would be 7 feet high, leaving room for another 3 feet or so of branches. I used 12 inch wide concrete form tubes. The ones in stock were only 4 feet high so I needed two (cutting one down to 3 feet high). I glued and screwed four 1x2 furring strips inside the first tube. These act as ribs reinforcing the trunk and also became where I added shelf brackets securing it…

Made by Jennifer Willis

Faux Tree for Stage: This is a simple method to create a realistic looking tree for any stage or theatrical production with easy to find products and it's very cheap to make, too. :)

The tree creation epic continues with branch making. I wanted the five branches of the tree to be sturdy, but also as light as possible. I used 1" PVC pipes as a "bone" for each branch. They needed to be bent into the right shape. First, I traced the previously made foam core branch pattern/mock up onto a wood board. Starting at the thinnest part of the branch outline, I placed one end of PVC pipe between two large nails. I softened the PVC with a heat gun and began to bend it, conforming to…

Mystical Tree: This is a great way to make cool trees for a theatre production or a more mythical type film. I wouldn't recommend it for close up shots in a film though unless you're a very skilled painter.NOTE: you will need a few days to work on this because the…

It seems like all of the living room inspiration photos I come across have one thing in common; some kind of beautiful indoor tree. But not just any indoor tree. These trees are tall, whimsical and are a focal point for the space. Definitely not like the typical bushy type artificial trees we are used […]