I followed the pattern for the first one, and on the second one I did 4 chs instead of 3 for the first two rounds and joined with a stitch (e.g., ch 1, dc vs. ch 4 and join with sl st). I just need to find some brown yarn in my stash and I’ll add in the trunks.

Updated 12/29: You can see pictures after the swap was received here.