How to make an ornamental paper tree, several master classes to create trees in the technique of killing, topiary made of paper and origami

February 1, 2018 handmadebase

This article will offer several mastersclasses on creating trees from paper. In the modern world, handmade items are becoming increasingly popular. Distinctive and original hand made home decorations allow you to make the interior of your home memorable, cozy and bright. This could be a crocheted tablecloth, polymer clay napkin rings, a beautiful photo frame, or a papier-mâché plate. One of the home decor options would be topiary. It is one of the most ancient types of landscape design. The first beautifully trimmed trees were created by the ancient Egyptians. This art was then adopted by the Romans. Topiaries were the name given to special slaves who looked after a separate area – topia in the gardens of the rich and noble inhabitants of Rome. The power of the Roman Empire expanded, and the art of topiary came to Europe. During the Middle Ages and the collapse of Rome, it would seem that landscape design should have declined. However, topiary received an unexpected impetus for development in the church. Christian monks valued the privacy and silence in the garden, so necessary for prayer. Therefore, the art of topiary was preserved and improved behind the thick walls of monasteries for almost a thousand years. With the advent of the Renaissance period, many ancient canons gained popularity, and topiary reappeared in the gardens of noble and well-born people. Another impetus for the revival of landscape design was a change in architecture. The castle moats, high walls and gloomy battlements are being replaced by the gardens of Versailles, Hampton Court and Peterhof. From then on, topiary remained popular until the present day. Modern versions also have a figured, geometrically correct shape. However, increasingly, design ideas create miniature topiaries from improvised materials, for example, from paper. For crafts, needlewomen very often use corrugated paper. It holds its shape perfectly and has a rich color palette. You can easily choose shades that suit exactly your idea and color schemes in the interior.

European tree of happiness. Topiary made of corrugated paper

Option 1You will need:

Corrugated paper (the color of your choice);
Capacity for topiary (suitable flower pot);
Cylinder with mounting foam;
A piece of foam plastic;
Balloon;
Stick for the trunk;
Ribbon for the trunk;
Artificial moss;
Glue gun with hot glue;
Scissors and ruler.

As a basis for topiary you can takefoam plastic or penoplex balls. But if you don’t have one at hand, use polyurethane foam. You need to inflate the balloon a little, moisten it inside with water and attach it to the tube from the balloon. Now fill it with foam to the desired size. Remember, in order for the foam to harden, it needs moisture from the air, in our case moisture from the ball. When it hardens, it usually increases in volume, so take these indicators into account when creating the workpiece. Now we have to wait. Until the foam hardens. This can take from 5 to 10 hours depending on the size of the future ball.When the workpiece has frozen, remove the ball by cuttinghis. Cut off the top layer of foam with a knife. This will help expose the porous structure of the material, into which it is convenient to stick pins and model the shape of the future topiary. Suddenly you want an oval or square option. While your ball is drying, you can start creating paper flowers. In this master class we will have roses made of corrugated paper. We cut the paper into strips 3 cm wide across the crumpled lines. We fold one of the wide edges 2/3 towards ourselves. Now, with the bend outward, we begin to roll the strip into a roll. Inside it needs to be rolled up more tightly, and the last layers should be loosened a little. The result is such a cute rose. You just need to secure the end of the paper strip with glue, after bending it. We straighten the rose with our fingers so that it looks as natural as possible.The number of colors will depend onhow big did you make the ball base. The dried base with the desired shape must be attached to a stick, which will act as a trunk. This could be a real tree branch of sufficient thickness, a plastic stick, or several pieces of wire fastened together. You just need to cut a small hole in the ball (slightly smaller than the diameter of the stick), fill it with hot glue and insert the stem there. When the craft has hardened, we begin to attach the roses. This can be done using pins or hot glue and a glue gun. Place the flowers tightly so that no gaps are visible. While the glued flowers are freezing, startcontainer where it will “grow” our topiary. You need to glue a square piece of foam to the bottom of the pot. It can be replaced with a floral sponge, alabaster or the same polyurethane foam.Insert the topiary into the pot.If you are using foam pieces. Then it is necessary to repeat the manipulations similar to attaching the topiary crown to the trunk. If you decide to use alabaster or gypsum, then dilute it with water, install the topiary and fill it with the mixture. Before it hardens completely, it will need supports on different sides so that the topiary does not tilt. This tutorial uses penoplex. Once the topiary is secured in the pot, we begin decorating. You can disguise alabaster, foam or other container filler using artificial moss, cutting corrugated paper or any other elements you like. Right down to beads, ribbons and beads.All that remains is to tie a bow and the corrugated paper tree is ready. Option 2You will need:

Round base;
Thick wire for the trunk;
Hot glue and glue gun;
Satin ribbon for decor;
Wooden skewers for shish kebab (thick) or chopsticks for Chinese food;
Corrugated paper of white and bright yellow color;
Capacity (in this case a large ceramic cup);
Elements for decoration (artificial grass).

As a stem for this topiary, weuse a piece of thick wire. It can be beautifully bent to give the craft more originality. We must twist one end into a loop and turn it perpendicular to the rest of the trunk so that we get a stable platform for further attachment to the bottom of the cup. Cut a hole in the round base and fillhot glue and insert a thick, curved wire there. While it hardens, we begin to create decorative elements from corrugated paper. It must be cut into squares with a side of 1.5 cm. The next stage of creating blanks can take a lot of time. It is necessary to wrap each square around the tip of the stick, as shown in the photo. The blanks are very small, so you will need a lot of them. Now glue the bundles over the entire surfacebasics. Try not to make gaps and stick completely. Using two colors, you can create a contrasting pattern or design. Now all that remains is to glue the topiary into the cup and decorate the base to disguise the place of attachment.The result is such a bright and positive paper tree of happiness. Tree made of colorful paperA charming tree made from paper of severalshades of green in the shape of a heart will be an excellent gift for Valentine's Day. Or perhaps you just want to please your loved ones with a beautiful and original souvenir. Its creation is slightly different from previous master classes. Materials and tools:

Two-sided colored paper of several shades of greenery;
Frame. It can be made of wire, metal, plywood or wood;
Scissors;
Hot glue and glue gun;
Green paint in aerosol packaging;
Wire;
Capacity for the future tree;
Elements of decor (artificial or real moss).

As a basis, you can use ready-mademetal structures, for example, from a heart-shaped New Year's garland. You just need to cut off the tinsel from it. This is exactly what is used in this master class.If there is no ready-made option, you can twist the shapefrom thick wire and secure it with a floral sponge. For a round crown, an old hoop works great. To attach them to the pot you don’t even need a flor sponge or polystyrene foam. It will be enough to simply attach them with wire. Use crumpled paper to fill the empty space in the pot. And attach moss on top.Now cut out leaves from sheets of green paper. We make them in different sizes, but keep the same shape. It is necessary to bend them in half lengthwise. To make them more voluminous.Now use a glue gun to attach the leaves to the base. Alternate leaves of light and dark shades. Glue them tightly to make the trees fluffy. The heart-shaped tree along with the base must be placed in a pot and decorated with moss, gluing it to the base. We will make the next paper tree inquilling technique. The history of this decorative and applied art is almost as ancient as topiary. Paper rolling got its name "quilling" — from “quill”, which translates from English as “bird feather”. They were originally used for rolling strips of paper. How and when the first craft using the quilling technique arose is unknown. There are several versions, some lead from East to West, others from West to East. According to the first (eastern) theory, paper rolling was born as a derivative of the creation of jewelry and decorative elements from gold and silver stripes. Such jewelry was highly valued, so by the 13th century this art had become very popular. The Western origin theory says that quilling appeared in Europe during the Renaissance. Surprisingly, the authors of these masterpieces were monks. They decorated icon frames with folded gilded strips of paper. By the early 18th century, paper rolling had become very popular among upper-class women. This is understandable, because in those days high-quality paper was an expensive pleasure. Now paper is available to anyone and everyone who is interested in creating unusual crafts using the quilling technique. They even produce special sets with paper strips. It is these strips that we will use for the next paper tree.

Wood from paper in the technique of tinkering

This craft will be an excellent option for a painting on a shelf or a postcard as a gift to your most beloved people. You will need:

Paper strips for quilling;
Glue;
A toothpick or special stack for twisting paper;
A sheet of white paper for the base.

On a base sheet with dark-colored paper we lay out the branches of the future tree. If desired, you can draw a sketch and glue the quilling strips onto the finished lines. We attach them with an edge.We lay out the outlines of hearts from raspberry and pink paper. The size is arbitrary. While the glued outlines are drying, useUsing toothpicks or a special tool, we twist round dense washers from strips of paper of raspberry and pink colors. The beauty of this craft is that there is no need to form additional shapes and blanks. The very last step remains. Fill the contours with washers of the corresponding color. We fill the contours of the branches with strips of dark-colored paper, repeating their curves. Glue it with an edge.Another option for creating paper craftsIt will, of course, be origami. The ancient art of creating crafts came to us from China, where the world's first paper was created. But the art of origami received its main development in Japan. The first paper crafts began to be folded in the form of boxes, which were called sanbo, the monks. They put some food in them to offer to the gods. For a long time, origami figures have accompanied the Japanese in many aspects of life. They participated in religious ceremonies of Shinto shrines; beautiful origami butterflies accompanied the bride and groom on their wedding day. Samurai gave each other elegant crafts before the fight. Due to the fact that paper was very expensive, the art of origami was for a long time the privilege of only rich and noble people. But over time, when paper began to be produced everywhere, the ability to fold various paper figures conquered more and more countries. After the Second World War, it spread not only to eastern countries, but also came to Europe and America. In the next master class, we propose making crafts using exactly this technique.

Herringbone in origami technique

You will need:

Two-sided colored paper (green for twigs and brown for stem);
Scissors;
Ruler;
Elements of decoration on request.

To begin, cut out the squares of blanks forstem and branches. You will need 7 pieces. The largest green square and the blank for the barrel have a side of 20 cm. The step for reducing the side will be 2.5 cm. The smallest blank will have a side width of 7.5 cm. Of course, you can choose a different step width, the number of blanks and how consequence, the final size of the Christmas tree. In this master class, folding the barrel is shown on a sheet of white paper so that the fold lines are more clearly visible. Take the largest green square. We mark with dotted lines those places where the sheet needs to be bent and straightened, outlining the folds. Where solid lines are drawn, fold the paper. This figure is called a “double square”. Below is a step-by-step diagram.The resulting workpiece is ¼ from the initial square, i.e. its side is 5 cm.We arrange the square so that all of itthe free corners looked down. In the photo, two corners are indicated by asterisks. We bend this layer of paper along the dotted line, taking the bottom corner with the star and connecting it to the right one. A small corner must be bent inside the figure.We still have a corner of the top layer of paper on the left. It needs to be aligned along the fold line with the adjacent (to the left) corner. The resulting small corner, similar to the right one, should also be hidden inside.Flip the shape over and do the above steps with the top layer of paper.This is what should happen in the end.Advice! Practice on an extra square of paper first. Fold all the green squares together and set them aside. Again we fold the double square, as in the first steps of the master class.Now you need to fold all the corners, as shown in the photo. Move in a circle.Just follow the step by step photos.This is what should happen.When all the parts are ready, simply build a pyramid from the blanks.You can decorate the Christmas tree to your taste.

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European tree of happiness. Topiary made of corrugated paper

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Herringbone in origami technique

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