In November 2022 Mannequin Madness sponsored a Dress Form Christmas Tree contest on Facebook which ended in December 2022

In case you are not familiar with what a Dress Form Christmas tree is, here is a little background. They are also referred to as Diva Trees, Mannequin Trees, or Dress Form Holiday Trees. But they are not really trees at all.

Did you make a dress form Christmas tree and feel sad when it is time to take down after New Year’s Day? Well we have ideas on how you can keep it on display all year long to capture the spirit of other holidays..

Not only will you get the most out of your wire dress form investment, but you will create personalized décor that you and your family will enjoy. It might even become “signature” décor for your home.

As more and more creators are doing this, we are using the term Dress Form Holiday Trees more frequently. This is part 1 of a two part blog post with year long ideas. This first blog post is for dress forms on a WIRE frame. Part 2 will be CLOTH dress forms.

Here’s a walk-through of the year to show examples of the kinds of Dress Form holiday Trees you can create. The links under each photo take you to our Pinterest board with more examples of that theme.

February: Celebrate love and your valentines with a Valentine’s Day Holiday Tree

A fiberglass or styrofoam mannequin head can be a canvas that can transformed into a unique garden planter. Plants in the head take on a life of their own as “hair” and the styles are as endless as the types of plants.

This one looks like a little garden fairy with the rosemary and succulents for her hair. Here is a YouTube video that shows you how to make transform a styrofoam mannequin head into a “concrete” like planter like this one : https://youtu.be/HcbIwf3S5w4

The Instructables website is an amazing community of curious doers from around the world and is home to hundreds of thousands of DIY projects. We frequently repost projects that involve mannequins. Disclaimer : the author of the post below lists resources on Amazon where you can purchase the products and she gets a commission. We have removed her referral for mannequins and replaced it with ours.

I have seen so many mannequins that have been decorated for home decor, but I was never lucky enough to find one. Until now, I found this one in a charity shop and snapped it up. Because I am steampunk mad at the moment it seemed fitting to give this sexy mannequin a steampunk makeover. I wanted the mannequin to look like patchwork metal in the front. And for the back, I wanted it to look like she had been unzipped to expose her inner mechanics.