Use natural and neutral decorations you may already have:
- Pinecones
- Burlap ribbon
- Plaid ribbon
- Artificial berry stems
- Woodland animal ornaments
- Wicker or jute decorative balls
- Wood-slice ornaments
- Dried branches, grasses or corn husks
- Autumn theme, orange or brown tablecloth or tree skirt
- Small wooden baskets you can place at the floor by the tree.
Budget-Saving Ideas
Instead of purchasing many individual woodland ornaments:
- Use unfinished wooden animal cutouts and paint only a few details.
- Print woodland animals on cardstock and attach twine.
- Make wood-slice ornaments from a craft-store multipack.
- Use inexpensive floral stems cut into several smaller picks.
- Collect pinecones and bare branches rather than purchasing them.
- Use one coordinated woodland ornament set instead of buying each animal separately.
Shopping List
The shopping list quantities assume a slim tree approximately 7 to 7½ feet tall.
To avoid purchasing every ornament separately, start with:
- Two rolls of burlap ribbon and one plaid roll
- Eight rust-red sunflower stems
- Two berry bushes divided into smaller picks
- Four wheat or cornhusk sprays
- One six-piece owl set
- One mixed woodland-animal set
- Two packages of unfinished wood slices
- Two sets of grapevine balls
- One Welcome Fall sign
