I trimmed 4 long twigs to the same height (as tall as you want the arbor to be – go a little longer if you want to be able to sink them in the dirt). I trimmed 2 medium twigs to the same length (for as wide as you want your arbor to be).I trimmed 2 short twigs to the same length (for the depth of the arbor).
Then I glued the sides together. I’m always building as I go, so I trimmed 4 more short sticks to the length of the original 2 short sticks and glued them in place as well. I decided I would like a little more decoration on the arbor, so I added X’s in each of the boxes I had created.
Because I used a lot of hot glue to hold the arbor together, I wrapped the corners with twine to hide it. Make sure you tie the twine tightly, and tuck in the end pieces. Secure with a dob of glue at the back if you can.
I sort of thought I’d wrap every single glued joint with twine, but the wrapping took a lot longer than I thought it was, and looks quite bulky (which is fine in a few places, but I didn’t think it would look great ALL OVER). So to hide the rest of the glue, I used moss!