12 Family Tree Ideas You Can DIY

Love Letters Family Tree

Chart out your family tree from letters and leaves cut from photocopied pages from the past, whether your grandparents' love letters, newspaper clippings, street maps, or marriage or graduation certificates.

See more at Thistlewood Farms.

Chalkboard Family Tree

Photos + names written with chalk pens = the cutest (and easiest) family tree ever.

Get the tutorial at Your Homebased Mom.

Family Tree Decal

This decal does the "wood" work for you—all you need to do is add framed photos.

See more at wallums.com.

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Wood-Burned Family Tree

This Etsy kit comes with everything you need to DIY your own wood-burned family tree.

Family Tree Shadow Box

Branch out and create a 3-D family tree with a shadow box.

Get the tutorial at Crafty Sisters.

Thumbprint Family Tree

This may be meant as a wedding guest book idea, but we think it would work just as well for a family tree. Fill in your ancestors with your own fingerprints (have your husband do his side), and then let the kiddos stamp their own.

Get the tutorial at One Fab Day.

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Family Tree Wall Art

Bottle Caps Family Tree

Bottle caps make the most darling frames for your family photos in this DIY idea.

Get the tutorial at Crafty Sisters.

Quilted Family Tree

If you're handy with a needle and thread, this is the coziest way to celebrate your genealogy—with named leaves or not.

Find out more at Red Pepper Quilts.

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Painted Gallery Wall

Simply paint the stump and branches on a wall and add frames for family photos.

Get the tutorial at Poppytalk.

Family Tree Embroidery Kit

This one's a throwback, but who knew you could still get these cross-stitching kits? We love the vintage look.

Get the kit on etsy.com.

Family Tree Wreath

Here's a wreath you'll want to hang year-round!

Get the tutorial at Rook No. 17.

Taysha Murtaugh was the Lifestyle Editor at CountryLiving.com.

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