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    Chicken Wire Kitchen Christmas Tree

    By: Jane · Updated: 5 Feb, '15 · This post may contain affiliate links · 10 Comments

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    I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. We were blessed to have two days that we enjoyed with our family, but now my thoughts have turned to getting the house ready for Christmas! You too?

    Chicken wire kitchen christmas tree

    Well, I thought I'd share one tree that is finished and that is our chicken wire kitchen tree.

    Chicken wire tree

    Most of you know that there is a large chalkboard on one wall in our kitchen and I usually decorate it with a wreath. But since we have a lot of chicken wire around the cottage that we use in our garden, I got the idea that I'd make a tree with it.

    Chicken wire tree

    Now I'll have to admit that working with chicken wire is not easy! You will need some wire cutters and someone to help hold the wire so that you can cut it into the shape that you want it.

    Chicken wire tree

    To cut out the tree shape, I measured my chalkboard and used a permanent marker to mark where I wanted to cut the wire. And since it was going to be a tree, I spray painted the wire green. (Sorry, I don't have a photo of that step, but I do have a bright green spot of grass in the yard!)

    Chicken wire tree

    Chicken wire tree

    I decided to dry some oranges  and make some cinnamon ornaments to hang on the tree.
    I always associate oranges with Christmas because, as a child, I always had one in my stocking on Christmas morning. That's because years ago, oranges were expensive and rare, and getting one was considered to be a real treat. To dry the oranges, I sliced several about ¼ inch thick and placed them on a rack down inside a baking sheet in a 200 degree oven. They dried out after about 3 hours, and I turned them about halfway.

    Chicken wire tree

    The little cinnamon ornaments were made with just 3 ingredients, and they smell so wonderful hanging on the tree.

    Ingredients for cinnamon ornaments

    To make the cinnamon ornaments, you only need 3 ingredients. My good friend Sherry found the recipe HERE and sent it to me.

    Cookie cutters

    To cut out the shapes, I pulled out some small cookie cutters.

    Chicken wire kitchen tree
    Chicken wire kitchen tree

    And while I had my cookie cutters out, I decided to glue a little scrapbook paper on the back of some of the cutters to hang on the tree. And you know, you just can't have a Christmas tree without a little garland, can you? So I pulled out some white pom-pom trim that I already had. And since this is a chalkboard after all, I added a chalk edge to the tree. Can you tell I had fun decorating this tree?

    Chicken wire kitchen tree

    This metal bow that I found at Hobby Lobby make the perfect topper to the tree, don't ya think?

    Chicken wire kitchen tree

    The scent of oranges and cinnamon is the first thing that greets people when they enter our kitchen. There's nothing better to let people know that the holiday season is here.

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    Chicken wire tree

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    1. [email protected] Designs

      December 02, 2013 at 11:21 pm

      Jane, your tree is so very adorable!…I love that you can hang the ornaments on the chicken wire…and what a great idea to use that cute ball fringe for garland…you did it again…another super creative project for us to enjoy!!!

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    2. Cynthia

      December 02, 2013 at 3:30 pm

      Jane this is so cute. You are so creative. Great job as always!!

      Cynthia

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    3. SheilaG @ Plum Doodles

      December 01, 2013 at 9:49 am

      Your tree is better! 🙂 Seriously, I love it! I may have to brave the chicken wire again. I still haven't gotten/ made a topper for mine. Thank you for sharing it.

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    4. Dawn

      December 01, 2013 at 9:48 am

      Jane that is too cute and I love that you painted the wire green. You are so creative!

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    5. Debbie

      December 01, 2013 at 8:17 am

      That is so creative, I love it! So cute!

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    6. michelle

      November 30, 2013 at 10:13 pm

      Very cute. Hope you don't mind ,I am going to use your idea to make a garland for my kitchen window.

      Reply
    7. priscilla

      November 30, 2013 at 5:01 pm

      So cute ! Love your little cinnamon ornaments !

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    8. Susan in SC

      November 30, 2013 at 1:02 pm

      I love to make and smell cinnamon ornaments! Might just have to make some this year.

      Reply
    9. deb

      November 30, 2013 at 10:23 am

      What a great idea!

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