How to Make the Vintage Better Homes and Gardens Christmas Tree Wall Hanging

A vintage Better Homes and Gardens craft from 1969 is gaining popularity on TikTok, with a user showcasing a handmade tree she thrifted in 2022, prompting nostalgia and a surge in interest for the retro DIY project using burlap, dowels, pompons, and yarn.

A Better Homes and Gardens Christmas craft is going viral on TikTok, but there’s something special about this viral DIY—the original how-to was written in 1969.

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“I bought a Better Homes and Gardens magazine from 1969 recently, filled with craft ideas,” Jamie Hamilton, a creator on TikTok, posted in a video of her reading the vintage magazine. The camera pans to a wall art Christmas Tree craft in the vintage magazine before panning over to that tree hung on her wall. “I thrifted this handmade vintage tree in 2022.”

“Ghost of Christmas Past?” she wrote in the caption. “The tree in the magazine was an example of what people could make. In 2022, this exact tree wouldn’t show up in an image search.