Decorative Christmas tree made of paper and cardboard by own hands

Decorative Christmas tree made of paper and cardboard by own hands

Decorate a table or shelves with a small decorativeChristmas tree is a great idea, but such decorations can be quite expensive if you buy them in stores. Why spend money if you can make an original, interesting and funny tree with your own hands, using scrap materials? We have already looked at options for Christmas trees made of felt, thread, fabric and books. Now I suggest making four options for a Christmas tree from paper and cardboard. Contents:

  • Christmas tree from sheet music or books
  • Christmas Tree of Color Paper
  • Christmas tree of cardboard cones
  • Christmas tree of paper
  • Herringbone from the book
  • Christmas tree from sheet music or books

    decorative tree of paper with your own handsIn Soviet times, and even now in some places,saleswomen in stores pinned receipts to a pin. This original Christmas tree made from music pages is made using the same principle. Take a thin metal (plastic, wooden) axis and fix it to some kind of support. For example, you can hammer a large nail into a wooden block or glue it to a plastic lid.tree of paperWe will make the branches of the Christmas tree from the pages of a book,newspaper, magazine, colored paper or music notebook, as in this example. If you have serrated scissors or a special figured paper cutter, it is better to use them - the edges will look unusual. In the end, you can cut wavy or zigzag edges with ordinary scissors, it will just take more time and patience.Start cutting out the largest, bottom layers.Christmas tree. Choose the size yourself, based on the desired volume of the craft and the height of the base - the pin. For each size of paper square, cut out 10-20 copies.We will also need a large number of cardboard spacers between the paper parts. Cut them out of thick cardboard. Use a hole punch to make a hole in the middle of the cardboard spacer.Now all you have to do is start pinning paper squares onto the axis, starting with the larger ones. Place cardboard spacers between several page pieces.Let the pages rotate in random order to create this cone-shaped effect.Decorate the top with a large bead or any other decorative element.Beauty! Simple and quick DIY New Year's craft for you and your children!

    Christmas Tree of Color Paper

    A bright, colorful, cheerful Christmas tree will supportfestive mood and will add carefree joy to the house! The basis for the craft is a cardboard cone. You will also need several sheets of multi-colored paper, preferably with some patterns.Cut out small petal-shaped pieces from colored paper. The number depends on the size of the base. If there aren't enough pieces to cover the entire tree to the top, it's better to cut more later.To give each petal a slightly curved look, wrap it around a pencil. You can curl the petal before gluing, but you don't have to curl it all at once.Apply a little glue to the pointed partpetals, and starting from the bottom row, glue it to the surface of the cardboard. Let the parts overlap each other, slightly overlap. If the rows turn out slightly crooked, with a tilt - no problem! This will add even more charm to the tree.decorative Christmas tree made of paper and cardboardReady!

    Christmas tree of cardboard cones

    Christmas tree of cardboard conesFor this version of a tabletop Christmas tree, you will need cardboard for crafts or simply boxes from cereal, chocolates and other products or things.The tree consists of layers placed on top of each othercardboard cones cut out of boxes and glued together. Cut the bases of the cones in the form of petals. Put the first 4-5 cones from larger to smaller on top of each other. Just glue individual cardboard petals to the top cone. Theoretically, you don’t have to make several cones, but make one large one, onto which you can glue the parts, as suggested in the previous craft idea.To decorate the entire tree, cover it with glitter.

    Christmas tree of paper

    New Year tree made of paper by own handsThe base, as usual, is a cardboard cone.or foam (polystyrene foam). You will also need green paper, glue, a pencil and decorations (for example, a star on top). If the cone is made of foam, then paint it green or simply wrap it in green paper. Cut many different-sized strips of paper, long and short. Twist the end of the strip onto the pencil, and then glue it to the cone, starting with the bottom row.Glue larger strips of paper with large curls on the bottom, and smaller ones on top. The result will look like this:If you are making a large tree, one meter or more tall, use a larger diameter object, such as an aerosol can, to curl the bottom strips of paper.

    Herringbone from the book

    I am in favor of absolutely any books thatyou don't need, donate to public libraries. Everyone's tastes are very different, and even literature on Marxism-Leninism or a 1970s electrical engineering reference book will find their devoted readers. But if you have books in very poor, crumbling condition, they are impossible to repair and they are of no value to you and your loved ones, then turning them into decorative New Year's ornaments would be a great idea. Like these:Decorative Christmas trees from the book with their own handsTo do this, take a paper book and free it.from the cover, which can be used for other crafts. We count off at least thirty pages and cut them off with a sharp stationery knife. It is better not to trust this stage to children, so that no one gets cut.New Year's hand-crafting from the bookWe fold each page as shown in the photo below:we make our own Christmas tree from the bookWhen all the pages are folded and triangles,connect the two outer ones, thus making a cone. For additional decoration, you can cover the edges of the pages with glue and dip them in glitter, and crown the top with a paper snowflake, star or ball.Decorative fancy herringbone from the pages of the book

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