You won’t believe what you can make with some epoxy wood shims and glitter!
Supplies List:
- Wood Shims
- Snippers
- Hot glue gun
- Epoxy Resin (I love this one)
- Cling wrap
- Glitter
- Fairy lights
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I went through my packet of shims and picked out the best shaped ones to make my long pieces. After that I cut pieces that were 6 inches and four inches in length.
The next step was to put these together using hot glue. I simply stacked them on top of each other.
And place them on their side and made sure that there were no gaps in between them on the side.
After repeating this twice, I was ready to set up a Christmas tree.
I simply angled them together and added two more wood shims on the bottom so that they would have a nice even base to sit on. I cut the base and glued it into place.
Once it was dry, I made sure that all the edges were sealed properly. Then I set up a little work area to start pouring my epoxy resin. Working with it was easy. You just mix equal parts of the epoxy and the hardener.
After stirring it together, I wanted to add a little more pizzazz, and so I threw in some glitter.
I created just a small batch of this and poured this into the bottom of my Christmas tree. I let this dry for a day so that it could be nice and firm. This would form the base.
The next day, I removed the plastic wrap and also use my razor to cut away any of the epoxy resin that had spilled out from underneath the tree.
Now I had a good working base. I decided to add some lights.
These are the fairy lights that I love to use.
I added these fairy lights and instead of adding just one strand of lights, I added two. This was because I was worried that once everything hardened, if one of my sets of lights didn’t work then my project would just be in the dark. So, I inserted two different strings of lights just to be sure that I would have one that’s working.
Here it is with the second strand added.
Once the lights were in place, I set up my little workstation again and again. I added some more of the epoxy resin with some more of the sparkles.
Once that dried, I removed the backing again and I was able to switch on my lights. They both worked perfectly!
I love these adorable little wood shim Christmas trees. They look great and you could do them with any color of the glitter you’d like. I hope this inspired you to create some wood shim Christmas trees of your own!
