This Handmade Christmas Tree Transforms into a Stunning Holiday Centerpiece

Looking for a unique holiday craft? This handmade Christmas tree not only adds festive charm but also transforms into a surprising holiday centerpiece.

The only thing I love better than a handmade Christmas present?

A handmade present that does more than one thing.

When I opened this on Christmas morning I got so excited because I thought my brother had made me a handmade Christmas tree with wood branches.

And he did.

But when I thanked him he smiled at me with a grin as big as Texas and told me it was more than just a tree.

It had another purpose.

Another function.

The present that keeps on giving.

Can you guess?

What do you think this wooden Christmas tree turns into?

On a Saturday night when it’s time to party and the candles twinkle and the clock chimes? This wooden tree lets its hair down and transforms itself…

….into this.

A SET OF WOODEN TRIVETS.

I know, RIGHT?

Please say it with me.

My brother is SERIOUSLY AMAZING.

I mean, truly. Who thinks of something like this?

Did you guess it? Not me. Not in a million years. Even after he showed me how it worked I stared at him in amazement. I’ve seen wooden Christmas trees before. I’ve seen wooden trivets before. But I’ve never ever ever ever seen the two together.

Here’s how it works.

This is the center of the tree.

There’s a wooden stump on the bottom and a wooden dowel rod on the top.

There are actually three trivets.

Each of the trivets is made from 8 wooden blocks.

The blocks are approximately six inches long, cut from a square dowel rod and each block is cut with a point at the top.

He drilled a hole through the top of each of the points of the wooden blocks.

Next he threaded a piece of stretchy elastic through each of the holes and tied a knot after he threaded each of the pieces. He left a lot of give in the elastic so they are super flexible.

The pieces all come together in the center and form kind of a star trivet.

Then he repeated the entire process for each of the trivets for a total of three.

Here are the trivets when they are stacked together.

They have so much flexibility that you can almost form them into mini trees without the center pole.

Here’s the base of the tree with just one trivet.

The tree is just getting started.

When you add all the trivets back onto the base?

It looks just like a Christmas tree again.

But my favorite thing about this present (other than the amazing invention)? My brother and his wife actually made another present for all of us. She made us all sourdough starter and wrote a cookbook on how to make sourdough bread and instructions on how to feed the sourdough starter and together my brother and his wife created an entire kit with a wood tray and cutting board that he made and all the supplies and ingredients (and the starter) that you would need to make sourdough bread.

They brought out all the trays with the kits and gave one to everyone and we all exclaimed over them and how creative it was and how much we loved the trays and the cutting boards and the fun activity of making sourdough bread.

But here’s the thing.

My brother knows me.

He loves me.

He knows that asking me to make sourdough bread (even with a sourdough starter complete with supplies and instructions) is really a long shot.

So he made me an extra present. I was the only one to get a Christmas tree that turns into trivets.

I can’t wait to use it.

I can’t wait for all the parties.

I can’t wait for someone to ask me for a trivet when they bring their dish to the event.

Merry Christmas 2024.

Because the only thing better than a present that changes outfits…

…is a brother who sometimes understands you better than you understand yourself.

Whether you’re decorating your home or creating memorable holiday gifts, this DIY tree will light up your Christmas spirit. Save this idea and try it yourself!