I worked my way around the tree and moved up and around as I went. I don’t know how well a sifter would work, it was a workout enough with this one! Then, dust the flocking powder using a collander. My tree was pre-lit, so I tried to avoid the wire connectors. You first need to wet the tree branches with a water spritzer. I first did the whole bottom section, then decided to go row by row. It would have also been a good idea to do a row at a time. I didn’t fluff them out as good as they could have been, and had to go back a few times and reopen sections. I didn’t go in the correct order, but it still worked out.īefore you start spritzing, you need to open all the branches and really separate them. The easy steps are as follows: wet tree, dust powder, wet tree, dust powder. I worked in the newly cleared out basement of course. You can put a tarp down, but I just used a cardboard box.
It will get dusty, and the ground directly below will get mucky.
#PURPLE TREE HOW TO#
I go over the basic technique in the video, but I’ll describe it here too :) How to Flock a Christmas Treeįirst thing, you want to choose a good area with plenty of space. Ready to see how easy it is to flock a tree!? Check out my video embedded below, or watch it on YouTube here. (Trust me when I say that it went no-stock for months, and as soon as one was available, I jumped!). I paid 70$ for 1 pound in June, but it’s about half the cost now. Funny thing though, flocking powder isn’t always available during the non-Christmas season. Now that I had the tree, I set out to buy flocking powder. Not sure if it changed in the box, or if I forgot, but it actually is a nice purple colour, ha. More garish purple than the dark purple it showed onlined. I remember thinking that it was a lot brighter than what I envisioned. If I remember correctly, it was somewhere in the 25-50% off range. Here is the direct link, but I don’t think it’s available anymore. So, way back in January last year I purchased a new regular purple Christmas tree. Only problem was/is that it’s never in stock. Here is the flocked purple Christmas tree that may be THE ONE. Cardboard/tarp to protect the ground (possibly a mop for cleanup).Handled Colander or Sifter (I suggest the collander, some of the flock specks were thicker).They tried looking into the supplier history/details, but no dice since it was so old. Wouldn’t you know it, when we went back, it was sold! Apparently, they had the same tree for YEARS and it had finally just sold. Now that I’ve seen them, that’s definitely the look I prefer :) Oh, and you can flock garlands or wreaths too, pretty much anything.īut yes, a few years ago I was strolling through our local little mall and saw a flocked purple tree! It wasn’t super large, I snapped a picture, and thought about it for days. We’ve always had an artificial tree, and I hadn’t really heard about flocked trees until a few years ago. Any colour, any kind (real trees too apparently!). See more information about affiliates here. – Note: This post contains affiliate links. So, I decided to buy a regular tree and flock it myself! I’m sharing all the details, and I even have a video with the steps for flocking our purple Christmas tree. Only problem, finding a flocked purple Christmas tree added a challenge. Long story short: I fell in love with a flocked purple tree a few years ago, and I’ve been searching for one since. We have a purple Christmas tree this year! And no, I don’t just mean purple decor ( like my past jewel-towed theme).
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