DIY: baby wish tree

Last week was my sister-in-law's baby shower. I was asked to make a baby wish tree and so here I am sharing my process with you. It was my first time making one, so don't judge :D. I used a clay planter, foam core, branches (some collected from the park and some from Hobby Lobby), pebbles, card stock paper, markers, ribbons, pencil, scissors, and a hole puncher.

I began by wrapping the ribbon around the pot. You can go overboard with painting and decorating the pot in various ways. But I wanted to keep it simple yet elegant.

The ribbon was the same width as the top band of the pot which was important in terms of proportion.

When I bought the pot I also bought a foam core that fit perfectly inside the pot to hold the branches.

I placed the branches all over the foam keeping enough distance between each other so that the wish cards can be easily hung.

Then I poured the pebbles inside the pot - this not only covered the foam base but also gave additional support to the branches.

Voila! The tree is done. Now it is time to make the wish cards.

I took a large card stock paper and drew out the shape that I wanted. You can create any shape - birds/leaves/onesies/etc.

Then I cut the shape out. Once the shape was cutout, I used it as a guide to draw several others so that all of them are the same size. Then I cut out all of them together at one time.