I’m totally on the fiddle fig tree band wagon at the moment, so when I walked in to my local garden center (which is HUGE, btw), and they told me they don’t have them, I felt totally deflated. Boo! But since I had it in my head that I had to have one, I decided to make my own DIY Faux Fiddle Fig Tree.

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This DIY Faux Fiddle Fig Tree was so quick and easy to put together, that I basically finished it while watching tv. Lol.

I started out with this ho-hum faux plant I found at a garage sale for $5.00. It was okay, but just not the look I was going for.

I started off by cutting all the leaves off with wire cutters.

Fiddle fig leaves are plain and glossy with little variation in colour, so I chose a glossy green to paint my leaves.

I painted two coats on the leaves and let them dry completely.

While I was waiting around for the first set of leaves to dry, I cut the other leaves into the shape of fiddle fig leaves with a rounded tip. Then, I painted those leaves in the same glossy green colour.

This is the stem I was left with after I cut off all the leaves with wire cutters. A fiddle fig tree usually has a long narrow stem, so I had to find something sturdy to support the weight of the leaves.

Ok, so this is not a great picture, but I had some white decorative sticks in a vase, so I “borrowed” one of them for my fiddle fig tree. I secured it in place using black duct tape.

For my next step, I layered in the leaves and attached them to the “stem” with duct tape. Lots of duct tape.

I continued this step until all the leaves were in place all the way up to the top of the stem.

To finish off my fiddle fig tree, I then painted the “stem” in a matte brown colour to make it look more like a real stem.

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I really like how my faux fiddle fig tree turned out, and the total cost was $7.00! I paid $5 for the plant, $1 for the paint, and $1 for the duct tape. Not bad for a quick and easy project.

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