In the fall, you increasingly begin to think about the coming of the New Year with its festive mood, meetings with friends and family and, of course, gifts. Besides, New Year We have all been associated with the Christmas tree since childhood! That's what we'll talk about)
Fortunately, people are increasingly thinking that it is not worth cutting down a live Christmas tree for the sake of a few holidays. Krestik and I fully support this decision and believe that a DIY Christmas tree is much more interesting and humane! In addition, these are excellent options for those who have nowhere to put a large Christmas tree (for example, there is no free space, or free space active little child).
We present to your attention large selection master classes on creating a decorative Christmas tree with your own hands, which will serve as a wonderful decoration for your home and an original gift to a wonderful holiday!
Christmas tree made of pine cones
Very original Christmas tree you can make it with your own hands from pine cones. But we will not use the whole cones, but will use only their scales so that the tree is not too bulky.
So, first, let's separate its scales from the cone. This can be done with a sharp knife, wire cutters or pruning shears.
Be careful, take care of your hands!
The next step is to make a cone from thick paper or cardboard, which will be the base of our Christmas tree. We roll the paper into a cone, glue it on the side and cut off the excess at the base.
Then we simply take the scales in our hands and glue them in a circle, starting from the base of the cone.
You can glue each new row in a checkerboard pattern, or, like here, on top of each other.
You can glue a clove to the top of the tree (this is a spice))
After the glue has dried, you can start painting our beauty. To do this, you can use spray paint or regular paint. acrylic paint.
If you choose acrylic paint with a metallic effect, your Christmas tree will look much more impressive.
Then we cover the ends of the “twigs” with PVA glue and sprinkle glitter on them.
This is the beauty that results from these simple actions:
Using exactly the same principle, you can decorate the cone with chains and beads, decorative cords, ribbons, braid, etc.
Another very popular way to make artificial Christmas trees with your own hands is to weave them from beads. This is perhaps the most painstaking method, but for lovers of beadwork nothing is impossible!
The detailed process of weaving Christmas trees from beads cannot be contained in one article, so we are sharing with you links to master classes previously published on Krestik.
Christmas tree made of paper and cardboard
If you have nothing to do at work) or just want to add a little holiday to the office, make a Christmas tree out of paper. What's easier?)
And this tree is very similar to a designer one, don’t you think? It’s all because of colored designer cardboard, which is so beautiful and bright that you don’t even need to decorate the Christmas tree with anything else), which simplifies the process of making a Christmas tree with your own hands.
Secondly, to make a designer Christmas tree you can use threads that are wound on paper cone using the technology of making openwork balls.
Thirdly, flower net and bouquet net.
The technology for making these three Christmas trees is very similar, so the process of creating them is shown in one master class.
Feather Christmas tree
Yes, they do too! Feathers can be bought at hardware stores, or maybe you have supplies of bird feathers? They can be painted for brightness. food coloring. It looks original, beautiful and so airy!
Approaching family celebration New Year is a time to receive and give gifts, joy, care, good mood. This event brings families together, brings peace and comfort to homes. The attributes of the New Year are multifaceted. Perhaps one of the main symbols of the holiday is the furry beauty and keeper of gifts - the Christmas tree. A spruce craft made by a child’s hands is especially valuable. I suggest you spend productive time with your child and “create” together an original paper Christmas tree for the coming New Year.
Festive Christmas tree made of scrap paper
Such a Christmas tree can be made together with preschool children, and younger schoolchildren can be trusted to create it independently. It’s even better if children take on making this decoration. different ages. Joint creativity develops thinking and Creative skills and also strengthens relationships.
For work we will need:
- scrap paper in green shades - with large and small ornaments in six colors;
- paper scissors,
- glue,
- double sided tape,
- stapler,
- two sushi chopsticks,
- decoration for the top of the Christmas tree.
First you need to prepare paper. Sort out the colors, alternate large patterns with small ones, bright colors with dull ones. For the “layers” we take a neutral color (for us it’s blue paper).
For the first layer, we take a full sheet of paper, for the second, we cut off a couple of centimeters from the side of the sheet, for the third, another couple of centimeters, and so on.
We fold our blanks like an accordion, find the middle and fold them too. From blue paper we cut out four strips about 3.5 cm wide.
Now we fix the edges of the accordions, opening our “fans” in a full circle. We staple or glue, but be sure to leave holes in the middle for putting on sticks.
We twist the strips into tubes, but do not glue them together.
Now we begin the assembly. Lubricate the middle of the largest (bottom) layer and glue the bases of the sticks. At the very “root” we wrap the “trunk” once with tape, and on top with one of the blue tubes. Glue the edge.
We repeat the same with the remaining layers - we place a corrugated circle, secure it with tape and a tube. After the last, topmost layer, a tube is not needed, you will just need to decorate it with a snowflake made of foil, a decorative paper clip (like ours) or make a star from sculptural plasticine and paint it with shiny paint. The Christmas tree will look even more festive if you spray it with a special shiny varnish for hair.
This Christmas tree can be used to decorate a window sill at home, a shelf in a library, or can be taken to a kindergarten for a holiday exhibition.
Elegant Christmas tree made of paper by the hands of a child
You will need:
- whatman;
- white sheets of paper A-4;
- bilateral colored paper(2-3 colors);
- mother of pearl beads;
- green rain;
- PVA glue;
- stapler;
- pin;
- scissors.
Completing of the work:
1. You need to decide on the height of your future product and cut out a rectangle from whatman paper of the appropriate size. I was size A-4.
2. Fold the resulting sheet in half and draw half a drop, so that in the end you can make a cone (without a bottom) from the cut-out blank, twisting the paper like a homemade cup for seeds and gluing the edges with glue.
3. The cone must be “transformed” into a pyramid by pressing it to the surface, then perpendicularly again, so that the figure has 4 sides.
4. Cut off the “antennae” of the rain - the more, the fluffier and brighter your Christmas tree will be.
5. From white A-4 sheets we make an “accordion” (you need one piece for each wall). Place the paper horizontally with the longer side.
6. Glue the accordions to the sides of the pyramid, applying glue only to the outer sections of the paper.
7. The result is a figure that doesn’t look like a Christmas tree at all - it’s too voluminous and not collected. To achieve the result, you need to beautifully distribute the accordions and fix the paper with glue at the top of the cone, pressing it down with a clothespin for a couple of minutes.
8. Now it’s the rain’s turn - coat the Christmas tree blank with glue with a brush and sprinkle plenty of “needles” on top. If necessary, repeat again on top of the already attached antennae for thickness.
9. You can decorate the finished Christmas tree in different ways. In the presented version, double-sided colored paper was cut in pink and yellow color into squares, then you had to squeeze it, attach a pearl inside and glue such a decoration to the Christmas tree. We did the same with candy wrappers, only without the beads. It turned out unusual.
My 4-year-old son was my assistant - the child really liked it, he got carried away and even made a sleigh for Santa Claus in the end according to his own design.
In every home, people decorate spruce and pine trees for the New Year. You won’t surprise anyone with a living tree or a plastic one, but you can complement the interior with an original analogue, made from scrap materials with your own hands, and especially valuable - by the hands of a child.
Preparing for the New Year is the most fabulous time for children and adults. Create the atmosphere of a fairy tale, decorate the house, write a letter to Santa Claus, and of course, spend time together with the children. Prepare crafts as gifts for grandparents, relatives, and decorate your parents’ office desk.
Christmas tree made of green corrugated paper
Such a Christmas tree will become good decoration, will create a festive mood. Materials required for work:
- cardboard,
- green corrugated paper,
- glue stick or PVA,
- scissors,
- pencil,
- compass,
- hot glue,
- beads,
- glitter,
- Polish for hair,
- large paint brush.
The base will be cardboard; its color does not matter. Using a compass, draw a circle; the height of the Christmas tree will depend on its size.
Unfold the corrugated paper, cut out a piece corresponding to the size of the cardboard circle, apply glue to the base and glue the green layer.
Now we need to make the future needles of the forest beauty. Cut the paper into strips 1 cm wide, fold them, and cut them. Apply glue to the edge of the paper to prevent the scroll from unrolling. For convenience, you should use a pencil, wrap a cut strip of paper 2-3 times around the rod, this will be enough.
The width of the needles (strips) should increase towards the bottom of the cone so that the craft looks harmonious. For the bottom row of needles, you need to make wider strips so that the needles are larger. Multiple shades can be used Green colour, alternate light with dark.
Grease the base of each scroll with glue and press well onto the cardboard. Allow time to dry. Then straighten the paper strips. All that remains is to decorate the Christmas tree and give it a festive look.
Warm up the hot-melt gun and insert the glue stick. Apply 1 small drop of glue to one side of the bead and glue. Distribute the decoration evenly throughout the tree.
Spray the tree with hairspray. Dip a paint brush into glitter and apply it to the craft. Then use hairspray again. This will set the shine.
Beautiful origami paper Christmas tree
This master class will show you how to make a Christmas tree out of paper using the origami technique. Simple scheme and an elegant Christmas tree will appeal to all lovers of clear lines and symmetry.
To work you will need very few materials and tools:
- colored paper;
- scissors;
- Ruler and pencil.
We measure the workpieces.
Cut out squares from colored paper. 2 squares of green and light green colored paper with a side equal to 19.5 cm. Cut out the remaining five squares from green paper with sides of 17.0 cm, 14.5 cm, 12.0 cm, 9.5 cm and 7.0 cm, respectively . If you want to make a big Christmas tree and have colored paper bigger size, then you can independently set the size of the squares by simply reducing the length of the side by 2.5 cm.
We fold the Christmas tree blanks.
Fold the green square diagonally.
Without turning the sheet over, bend the corners of the square towards the center.
Turn the square over and fold it in half twice.
Turning the sheet over again, fold it into a smaller base square. This square is the basis of many origami products.
Having unfolded the sheet, fold each side of the square to the middle of the square and fold only the fourth part of the line with right side as shown in the photo.
Roll up the base square. Place the corners marked with a cross inside the resulting trapezoid.
Making a tree trunk.
From a large light green square we fold the base square in the same way. To make the trunk narrower, we additionally bend the sides of the base square towards the diagonal in one direction.
Having unfolded the square completely, fold each side of the square to the middle from the middle of the square and bend the eighth part of the line on the right side as shown in the photo.
Again we fold the base square and bend the sides to the diagonal. We put the corners inward to make a trapezoid.
The result was a trunk and six parts of the tree crown.
We assemble a Christmas tree from parts.
We insert the tree trunk into the largest green part.
Similarly, like a pyramid, we collect the entire Christmas tree.
So the green paper Christmas tree is ready. It can be decorated and given as a New Year's gift, made two-color or multi-colored, and artificial snow glued to the shelf branches. By increasing the size and number of blanks for crown parts, you can make trees of different heights.
Christmas tree with a surprise made of paper and cardboard
Christmas mood scatters around the world, capturing large city squares and small children's crafts. A beautiful Christmas tree made of colored paper will help present a pleasant surprise friends, parents and neighbors. In honor of the festive mood, the evergreen beauty is ready to change her usual colors to any other fun and fantasy shades.
Necessary materials:
- Thick paper in two contrasting colors;
- A piece of cardboard for a template;
- Scissors;
- Hole puncher;
- Double-sided tape;
- Pencil and ruler;
- Attention and desire to create a surprise.
To grow a paper spruce, choose bright and beautiful shades. We will make a base from one color of paper, and the second will serve as an additional lace decoration.
A miniature craft should have neat and clear lines. Therefore, we begin work by making a template. Using a ruler and pencil, draw an isosceles triangle on the cardboard. The size of the blank depends on the parameters of the intended gift.
Based on this template, we construct the inner part of the Christmas tree, which consists of two triangles connected by a transition 2-3 cm wide. We cut out a solid symmetrical figure.
We cut off the additional Christmas tree cover by 0.5 cm at the top and bottom to reveal the color of the paper of the main sheet. Then carefully use scissors to cut out a pair of spruce paws on each side. Branches can be located at different heights. A slight deviation from strict symmetry will add visual mischief to the Christmas tree. And a few clicks of the hole punch will give our New Year’s tree stylized Christmas tree balls.
We secure the additional paper layer to the main one with double-sided tape. We cut two oblong strips for gluing the additional layer to the main one and one small piece for connecting the tops. If you don’t have suitable adhesive tape at hand, you can connect the parts with glue or a stapler.
Everything is ready, all that’s left is to add a present: a sweet surprise or a New Year’s wish, or maybe something else. Beautiful colorful Christmas trees in New Year's Eve can be placed throughout the house so that everyone can accidentally stumble upon an original small gift.
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New Year is the most fun and most children's party. Even adults are not afraid to look funny in red Santa hats and with a bunch of gifts. What can we say about the kids who, in this joyful chaos, are trying to take part in all the activities! The main attributes of the New Year are Santa Claus and a Christmas tree. Traditionally, a large Christmas tree is decorated with toys and tinsel, and round dances are performed around it. What if you make a non-traditional Christmas tree? A beautiful DIY paper Christmas tree will not claim a central place, but it can decorate a child’s room or become a souvenir gift. Believe me, such a Christmas tree will find its use. 
A Christmas tree is made from paper, cardboard, colored and corrugated paper, tinsel and any other available materials. It’s easy and fun to do: the kids take part in the work with great pleasure. Two-year-old children, for example, can roll plasticine balls, which later become a toy, or glue a small part to the place indicated by adults. And the memories of joint crafts enough for a few days.
There are at least a dozen ways to make a paper Christmas tree with your own hands, but in any case you will need:
- Paper (colored, corrugated, thick - whatever)
- Pencil with ruler
- Glue and stapler
- Scissors
- Sometimes a compass
Model No. 1. Three-dimensional paper Christmas tree
First, the base of the tree is made - a cone. If the tree is planned to be large, the cone is made from whatman paper (it can be replaced with four A4 sheets glued together). Mark the center in the center of the wide side, draw lines from it to the two lower corners, cut it off (don’t forget to leave an allowance for gluing), cut off the semicircular base, glue it, check that it’s level. On this basis - the cone - you can make several different options Christmas trees. You can get a large paper tree if you make a large cone, and a small one - on a small cone. A different ways making needles will generally be misleading: it may seem that these are different Christmas trees.
To make the blank cone look like a Christmas tree, we make needles from colored paper. Traditionally, the needles are green, but you can assume that there is snow or frost on the branches - the choice of color is yours. We outline the rectangles: for the lower needles, the width of the rectangle is 7 cm. We make a trapezoid from the rectangle: the upper side is cut off. The wide side is folded into a triangle and fastened with a stapler or glue, the top side is convenient to glue to the cone.
Volumetric needles can be replaced with circles glued behind top part. If you cut out circles different shades green color, the tree will look more original.
The needles are glued in rows, starting from the bottom. To make the tree look beautiful, reduce the size of the needles every three rows. That is, we first draw rectangles 6.5 cm, then 6 cm and 5 cm. We decorate the top of the tree with a small cone, the bottom of which is cut off with triangles. If desired, the Christmas tree is decorated with sparkles. You can use ready-made glitter, or finely chop tinsel. Apply glue to the needles and sprinkle glitter on them.
The second version of the Christmas tree-cone
We build a frame, cut thin short strips from colored paper, and wrap each strip around a pencil. The stripes take on a curled appearance. With a certain skill, you can twist strips of paper with scissors: carefully draw the blade of open scissors from one end of the strip to the other, while simultaneously pulling out the strip. Glue the twisted strips to the cone. You can decorate the Christmas tree with anything: sparkles, bows, balls, stars.
The third version of the Christmas tree-cone
We glue drop needles onto the prepared frame. We make needles from strips of green (or any other) paper, glue their ends together - we get a drop. We glue larger drops at the bottom of the cone, and smaller ones at the top.
The fourth version of the cone tree
Wide strips of paper cut into fringes are glued to the base. Again, the stripes are wider at the bottom (accordingly, the needles are longer), at the top the stripes are narrower. The color of the needles can be any: green will make it natural, multi-colored - decorative. We cut the strips into small “needles”, not cutting to the end of about 1.5-2 cm. After the glue has dried, the needles can be bent upward - carefully draw the blade of the scissors from the base of the needles to the ends. Such a Christmas tree made of corrugated paper will look beautiful.
Model No. 2. Christmas tree made of paper and cardboard
You will need double-sided cardboard. Fold a sheet of cardboard in half and draw the outline of the Christmas tree. We draw exactly the same outline on another sheet. We cut out both contours, then make slits along the axis to the middle: on one Christmas tree at the top, on the other at the bottom. We insert the parts into each other. We decorate with tinsel, balls (glass or paper), sparkles - whatever you like. The photo shows slotted toys.
A similar Christmas tree can be made from colored paper. It will require 4 sheets. Fold each sheet in half and cut out a triangle. We glue the resulting parts together and cut them at an angle with the needles. You need to tighten them before the glue dries.
Model No. 3. Christmas tree made of colored paper
For this model you will need thick paper. It’s easy to do: cut out a triangle, fold it like an accordion, make a through hole into which we insert a stick-rod. To make the Christmas tree stable, a stick can be inserted, for example, into an eraser. This Christmas tree can become a small souvenir or decorate workplace. She will definitely create a New Year's mood.
Model No. 4. Christmas tree using papercraft technique
The diagram clearly shows how such a Christmas tree is made from paper. You need to cut out several circles of different diameters (the bottom of the tree is from circles of larger diameter, the top is from circles of smaller diameter). Circles are drawn and cut, needles are folded. The finished tiers are strung on a rod. We decorate the Christmas tree with sparkles, beads, foil bows - the imagination is limitless. 
Model No. 5. Folding Christmas tree
For such a Christmas tree, several circles of different diameters are cut out. The diameter and number of circles depends on the desired size of the Christmas tree. Fold each circle in half 4 times, unfold and straighten the circles. The trunk of the Christmas tree can be made from an old pencil, a cocktail straw, a wooden stick - all this is wrapped in colored paper, the tip is glued. We cut a small hole in the center of each circle (it should be smaller than the diameter of the trunk to hold it tighter). We string circles in tiers onto the trunk, starting from the bottom. A stand for a Christmas tree can be made from a wooden spool, cork, a lid from plastic bottle, plasticine, glued together from thick paper.
Model No. 6. Paper origami - Christmas tree
This popular technique can be used to make any figures, including Christmas trees. The video will demonstrate better than any words how a paper Christmas tree is made using the origami technique. We offer two options.
But the third option is more complicated.
Model No. 7. Christmas tree in a hurry.
For this Christmas tree you will need a color printer, paper, scissors with glue, hands and a few minutes of free time. We print a Christmas tree template from paper, cut it out, fold it, and glue it together.
The Christmas tree is one of the main attributes of such a large-scale holiday as the New Year. No one forgets about it when purchasing live or artificial Christmas trees for their home and decorating it with different outfits, souvenirs, and garlands. We will make a Christmas tree out of paper, which can be placed somewhere in the apartment (for example, on a table), or it will not even be a shame to give such a craft to relatives or friends. Next, we will look at several ways to create Christmas trees from paper.
How to make a Christmas tree out of paper (1 method)
Will need green paper, ruler, compass, glue, scissors and pencil (or a straw for juices, cocktails).
- Using a compass, draw several circles on paper. Each next circle is 1-2 cm smaller than the previous one. Choose the number and size of circles yourself, depending on the size of the Christmas tree you ultimately want to see in front of you.
- Fold each circle in half once, a second time and a third time (that is, you need to fold each circle in half three times). To ensure that the fold lines are clear, we draw along the edges with scissors.
- We straighten the circles. We cut a hole in the center of each that matches the diameter of a pencil or tube (depending on what we will use). It is also worth saying that the circles are the tiers of our future Christmas tree.
- Cover a pencil or tube with green or brown paper.
- Now we begin to assemble the Christmas tree. We string all tiers onto a pencil.
- We decorate the top of the Christmas tree with a beautiful bead or star. You can decorate the Christmas tree with sparkles if desired.
How to make a Christmas tree out of paper (method 2)
You will need green paper, scissors, pencil, glue, compass, ruler, needle, wire.
On green paper, draw a circle with a compass, the size of the lower tier of the future Christmas tree. Next, draw another circle inside the first circle, retreating from the first one a little more than half the radius.
- Using a ruler, divide the circle into 12 sectors.
- Along the business lines, cut to the inner (second) circle.
- We roll each sector into a cone, which we secure with glue.
- We create the remaining blanks in a similar way, gradually reducing their size.
- Using a needle, make a hole in the center of each piece.
- We roll the bottom of the wire into a spiral.
- We assemble all the tiers of our Christmas tree using wire. We attach a cone made of paper on top.
How to make a Christmas tree out of paper with your own hands using the quilling technique (3rd method)
You will need: green paper strips 5 mm wide and four strips 1 cm each, red and yellow strips 3-5 mm wide, toothpicks, glue (instant and PVA).
- We use four green strips with a length of 30, 20, 15 and 10 cm. Use a toothpick to twist them. Remove the part from the toothpick and let it unravel a little. The end of the strip is secured with PVA glue. We give all the spirals a drop shape by clamping and slightly pulling one of the ends of the spiral upward.
- We tightly wrap wide green stripes around a toothpick and glue the tip to them, not allowing it to unravel. Our tree trunk will consist of this.
- For the top of the tree we make a drop from a green strip 30 cm long.
- We now begin to assemble the Christmas tree, securing its elements with instant glue. Glue the barrel parts together and give the glue time to dry.
- We insert a toothpick inside the trunk and glue our droplets-twigs. We start gluing with the smallest ones, which we glue to the top of the tree.
- We make toys from yellow and pink stripes by twisting the paper without using a toothpick. You can secure the ends until the paper unwinds, or you can make the toys a little looser and give them the shape of small droplets. Glue the balls to the branches you like.
- Glue the drop at the very top (don’t forget about it), and place the decoration on it.
- You can make a stand if you wish. To do this, you will need to make nine curls from white paper strips. Glue the curls tightly together. Now we fix the Christmas tree on a snowy white stand with glue.
How to make a Christmas tree out of paper with your own hands (method 4)
You will need: green cardboard, glue, scissors, tape, colored paints, pencils, felt-tip pens. Stickers, glitter, etc. can be used as additional decorations.
- Bend a sheet of cardboard in half and cut it along the fold line.
- Fold the resulting parts in half again.
- Draw half of the Christmas tree on one of the cardboard halves located opposite the fold (see picture).
- Place the sheets together and cut with scissors along the drawn line. As a result, you will get two Christmas trees of similar size.
- Mark the middle of each tree discreetly using a ruler.
- Make a cut on one tree, starting from the top to the middle, and on the other, from the bottom (base) to the middle.
- Insert the trees into the cuts so that you end up with one voluminous tree.
- To give the Christmas tree more stability, use tape to glue the lower and upper halves together.
- To decorate the Christmas tree, use pencils, markers, glitter and other materials. You can use a hole punch to make small multi-colored circles, which you can then stick on the Christmas tree. You can tape a star to the top of your head.
How to make a Christmas tree out of paper (5th method)
You will need: colored cardboard, glue, scissors, a hole punch, a small stick with a diameter approximately equal to the diameter of the holes that are obtained from the hole punch, decorations to taste. 
Take a rectangular cardboard, fold it several times as shown in the picture above, and then pierce it in the center with a hole punch. Then this cardboard is cut out at an angle so that the craft ends up looking like a Christmas tree (see picture). We drag our stick into the hole, and if it doesn’t hold firmly, we can secure it with glue. We decorate the Christmas tree. Decorations can be attached with glue. Such a Christmas tree can be placed somewhere (if you make a base for it), or hang it somewhere. 
How to make an origami Christmas tree (6th method)
The material for such a Christmas tree will be one large magazine or several small magazines. If the magazine has a hard cover, you can simply remove it.
For each page, do the following:
- Starting at the top right corner, fold the page at a 45-degree angle.
- Bend the sheet diagonally in half again.
- The corner that extends below the borders of the magazine needs to be turned up.
- We also do this procedure with the remaining pages and in the end we get a beautiful origami Christmas tree.
How to make a Christmas tree out of paper using the origami technique (7 method)
First you will need to do triangular modules, from which the Christmas tree will begin to take shape. They are easy to make. You just need to know how to make them and be careful when creating them.
Modular craft
1. We fold the module
2. Collecting twigs
3. We begin to collect the Christmas tree
How to make a Christmas tree from corrugated paper (8 method)
How to make a Christmas tree from paper strips with your own hands (method 9)
You will need:
- colored cardstock or green colored/wrapping paper
- tape (in this example, its width is 6 mm and length 25 cm)
- thin brush
- 1 bead bright color(in this example, golden)
- several beads of a different color (in this example there are 12 brown beads)
- scissors
- ruler
- pencil
1. Draw and cut strips of colored cardboard 4 cm wide and long: 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 cm.
2. Using the tip of scissors or a needle, make 3 holes in each strip: 1 on the right, 1 on the left and 1 in the middle.
3. Take a thin pipe cleaner and make a small loop at one end.
4. Start threading a thin pipe cleaner through all the holes in the paper strips. Start with the longest strip and add the next one in descending order. Add 2 beads between each strip.
5. When all the paper strips are used, add 1 bright bead to the top of the tree.
6. Make a loop at the end of the pipe cleaner so that the craft can be hung. Cut off the excess part of the pipe cleaner.
7. Thread the ribbon through the loop and tie the ends into a knot.
How to make a Christmas tree from colored paper (method 10)
You will need:
- thick cardboard or fiberboard
- skewer
- PVA glue, superglue or hot glue
- colored cardboard (can be with patterns and ornaments)
1. Cut a rectangle from cardboard, which should be slightly larger than the base of the future Christmas tree.
2. Stick a skewer into the cardboard and secure it with glue.
3. Cut out several circles from colored cardboard different sizes and colors, 3 circles in each group. Make a small hole in the center of each circle.
4. Add a drop of glue to each hole and begin threading circles onto the skewer, starting with the largest ones. The distance between circles can be up to 1 cm.
5. Cut out a star from cardboard and glue it to the top of the tree.
How to make a beautiful paper Christmas tree with roses for the New Year (11 methods)
You will need:
- old newspaper or unwanted book
- cone
- PVA glue
- scissors
- beads (optional)
1. Make a cone out of paper and make a lot of roses - several large ones for the base of the cone, medium ones for the central part, and small ones for the top part.
* If you purchased a foam cone, then you need to cover it with pieces of newspaper (see image).
To make roses (any color), follow these simple instructions:
- Cut out squares of 10x10 centimeters from thick paper.
- Draw spirals on the squares.
- Cut a circular strip along the marked spirals.
- Roll the paper spirals from the outer edge to the inner.
- Wrap the pink bud tightly and secure the tip with glue.
2. Start gluing the paper roses to the cone, starting at the bottom of the cone and working towards the top.
3. If you wish, you can glue 1 bead into the center of the roses - this way you can decorate all the roses or just some.
4. You can add another decoration to the top of your head - it could be a piece of tinsel, a bell or a star.
*If you want to learn how to make a star, go to.
How to make a Christmas tree out of paper (method 12)
You will need:
- colored paper, colored cardboard, an old music book or an unnecessary book
- PVA glue
- curly scissors and simple scissors
- thick cardboard
- skewer
- glue brush (optional)
- decorations (sequins, bows, beads, buttons, stars).
1. Cut out a platform for the future Christmas tree from cardboard.
2. Insert the skewer into the cardboard platform and secure it with glue.
3. Start cutting out squares from paper. It will be more beautiful if you cut with curly scissors (they can be found in office supplies).
* You need to cut 9-10 squares - first 9 squares with a side of 20 cm, then 9 with a side of 18 cm and so on, reducing each group of squares by 2 cm.
*Choose the total number of squares yourself. You can also choose the size of the squares yourself - if your tree is tall, then you can reduce the size of the next group of squares by more than 2 cm, and if it is short, then less - 1-0.5 cm.
4. Cut out several small squares from cardboard that will be located between the squares of colored paper.
5. Start stringing 3-4 squares of colored paper, with a small cardboard square between them.
* If you use 3 squares between cardboard pieces, it is most convenient to cut out 9 squares of each size.
*You can attach the squares to a skewer using glue.
6. To decorate the Christmas tree, you can carefully apply a little glue to the ends of the squares with a brush, and then carefully sprinkle glitter on them.
7. On the top of your head you can glue a button with a bow or something else - a star or a bead, for example.
How to make an original Christmas tree from colored Japanese paper with your own hands (13th method)
You will need:
- colored cardboard
- thick paper with a pattern (can be replaced with colored cardboard)
- colored or wrapping paper (you can use a page from an old magazine)
- white sheet of A4 paper
- 2 skewers
- pencil and ruler
- PVA glue or glue stick
- scissors
- darning needle (if necessary).
1. Cut out 14 rectangles of 2 of the same size from colored cardboard. In this example, 2 rectangles have a size of 21 x 28 cm, two more have a size of 18 x 28 cm, then (also 2 each): 16 x 28 cm, 13.5 x 26 cm, 12 x 26 cm, 9 x 25 cm, and 6 x 22 cm.
2. Preparing the base for the Christmas tree:
Cut plain A4 paper into strips 2 cm wide. Twist the strip into a circle, add a little glue at the end and glue the next strip (see image). Repeat the same step until you have glued all the strips into one large circle with a diameter of 3.5 cm.
* The larger the circle, the more stable the tree will stand.
3. Take a large rectangle of colored cardboard and start folding it like an accordion, 1.5 cm wide. Cut the ends of the accordion into a rounded shape.
4. Fold the accordion in half and glue the sides together - you have a semicircle.
5. Repeat the same with the second rectangle, then glue two semicircles to form a circle - these will be the branches of the lower level of the tree.
* To secure the halves of one circle, you can thread a thin wire through them and twist its ends on the reverse side.
6. Create similar images for 6 more levels of your Christmas tree.
7. Take a colored or wrapping paper and cut off several small rectangles from it, about 2 cm wide, with which you will later cover the skewers.
The skewers will play the role of the tree trunk.
8. Thread the skewers through one large circle. Since you need to leave gaps of about 2 cm between the circles, these gaps need to be hidden, so we will wrap them in small rectangles of colored paper.
9. After each circle, wrap the skewers in colored paper, 2 cm wide, and glue the ends together. Continue to repeat this step until all the tree branches are on the skewers.
10. All that remains is to insert the skewers into the round base (see point 2) and secure them with glue.
* You can decorate the top of the Christmas tree to your taste - paper star, bead or button.
Watch also other videos on how to make a Christmas tree out of paper:
Now you know about many ways to create a Christmas tree from paper. Happy crafting!
A DIY paper Christmas tree is a very good and, most importantly, timeless idea when the question arises: what can you make and give for the New Year. Good gift combines sophistication of style, originality of idea and fervor of soul.
Of course, all these features are especially noticeable during major holidays. When the magical New Year's days arrive, we have much more free time, and it can be spent not only usefully, but also with pleasure.
For example, you can make New Year’s crafts with your children in kindergarten or school. Or you can make a Christmas tree - an original decoration for the office, make one like this unusual gift to your friends and colleagues.
We have prepared for you interesting ideas paper Christmas trees that you can make with your own hands, including with your children. Let's consider several simple and at the same time original models - both as a gift and for decorating your home or workplace.
Let's start, of course, with crafts for the little ones. These green beauties are not the most complex, but they are definitely made, as they say, with soul. You can give them to dad and mom. And most importantly, such a decoration can be placed under a real Christmas tree next to a gift for the baby.
Christmas tree with rhinestones
Here, for example, is a universal model that can be made in almost any group kindergarten. The only condition is that for the little ones it is better to limit yourself to paper and glue, but in senior group You can also use beads for decoration.
We will need:
- sheets of colored paper in green, brown and red;
- glue;
- scissors;
- ruler;
- beads or beads for decoration (you can also take glitter, artificial snow and much more).
How we will do it:
Step 1. First we need to make a square blank. To do this, bend the triangle on an A4 sheet, and carefully cut off the rest.
Step 2. Turn the triangle over and draw 1 cm strips.
Step 3. We cut them from the bottom up, but we do not reach literally 1 cm to the top edge.
Step 4. Unfold the workpiece and glue each strip to the center in turn.
Step 5. After all the strips have been glued, let the workpiece lie for a while and dry. In the meantime, cut out a star on the top of the head.
By the way, you can cut quite a lot of decorations from colored paper - balls, cones and other figures. Rhinestones, beads, beads also look impressive - in a word, everything that sparkles and creates a festive mood. We glue the barrel on the bottom - and you're done.
Original postcard with Christmas tree
It’s customary to give cards for almost every holiday, and this one good tradition good for New Year too. A best gift- This is the one that is made with your own hands. Therefore, you can make another interesting figure with your kids - voluminous postcard, which easily folds between two pieces of paper and becomes flat.
We will need:
- sheets of colored paper;
- a thick sheet of cardboard for the base;
- scissors;
- glue.
We will act like this:
Step 1. First you need to take a sheet of cardboard and bend it exactly in half so that the colored part remains outside. It can be a leaf of any color, but it is preferable to choose shades that contrast with green - for example, dark blue, chocolate, light blue.
It is important that not only the Christmas tree looks good against their background, but also other decorations - for example, stars, which also need to be glued to the card so that it does not seem empty.
From them you need to fold an accordion with equal folds (about 1 cm each). In the middle, the craft is bent so that the result is a bow.
Step 3 . All these accordions need to be glued sequentially to the center of the future postcard. They should fit tightly enough to each other so that the tree looks like a complete, unified composition.
Step 4. Now carefully straighten each strip so that the Christmas tree takes on a three-dimensional appearance.
Step 5. All that remains is to glue the top of the head, stars and other decorations to the background of the card. You can glue it to the back side beautiful inscription, made in advance, as well as snowflakes, cones, artificial snow and other elements of holiday decor.
Velvety Christmas tree - an unusual photo stand
Now let’s move on to more complex models that you can give to colleagues, family and friends, or just please yourself original decoration for your favorite holiday.
Each person has, perhaps, hundreds and thousands of photographs in stock, but among them there will certainly be the one favorite photo, which in itself creates a festive mood. Why not make a special stand for such a photo?
For production we will need:
- green cardboard - 1 sheet;
- a skein of thick green or blue-green thread;
- white bouclé threads or cotton balls;
- glue;
- pencil;
- scissors;
- beads;
- glue gun
To make a Christmas tree out of cardboard with your own hands, we will act in stages:
Step 1. First of all, fold a sheet of green cardboard in half with the wrong side out, and then draw half a Christmas tree on it. To do this, you can simply print the template or copy it from a sample.
Step 2. Cut out the workpiece along the contour (folded).
Step 3. Now let's take up the threads. They need to be folded in layers several times and cut into small pieces (1-2 cm each), placing them in a previously prepared container.
Step 4. Now comes a rather painstaking stage of work. Lubricate the surface of the Christmas tree (each branch separately) with a glue stick and glue the skeins onto it. It is better to do this in stages so that dust does not accumulate on the sheet.
Step 5. Only the top 3 sections need to be decorated in this way, since we will decorate the bottom one differently.
Step 6. Let our tree lie for a few minutes and the glue will dry a little. In the meantime, take a bouclé thread or simply roll up several small lumps of snow-white cotton wool.
Step 7. These lumps can be glued using a gun or glue stick. The work must be done carefully enough so that there are no glue stains left on the surface.
Step 8. Now you need to make tinsel for decoration. For this, weed thread or other similar material is used.
Step 9. Glue on tinsel and other decorations - you get this festive photo stand. The original New Year's gift is ready!
Origami Christmas trees
Origami is a classic style of craft making. In this way, you can make anything from paper: from flowers and animals to houses, airplanes and even submarines. But today we are waiting for the New Year, so we will consider a few simple and at the same time interesting models origami Christmas tree.
One tree and a garland
By itself, one craft may not look so impressive. But if we made 10 or even more models at once and strung them into a garland - it would be truly festive! Moreover, they should be as simple as possible and produced quickly.
So, let's make one tree, and then many such trees will create a real one New Year's tale. Here's how to make such a Christmas tree (see diagram):
Well, then everything is very simple. Such Christmas trees can be placed on a New Year's shelf or picked up on strings and hung above a false fireplace or in the hallway, next to a real fluffy beauty, etc. – it all depends only on the imagination and possibilities of space.
And here’s what the instructions for making a Christmas tree from paper without glue look like in the video – simple and clear.
Modular Christmas tree
Here's a better option complex crafts, resulting in a real masterpiece. It can be saved as a keepsake until the next holiday. Moreover, assembling such a beauty is not at all difficult, since all the modules fold the same way: you just need to sit a little and try.
Christmas tree for a corporate party in the office: simple and fast
But what about the friendly team that is preparing for the holiday, as they say, in an accelerated manner? Do you need to buy gifts, think over the scenario for the event, and perhaps even put something on the table? For decorating the workplace and holding fun competitions You can make such a model in a hurry.
To make it, you will need a minimum of materials that are likely to be found in every office:
- green cardboard;
- hole puncher;
- skewer or wooden stick;
- scissors;
- glue;
- decorations (figurines made of colored paper, cotton balls, ribbons and generally anything that is at hand).
A Christmas tree can be made in just a few minutes. We will act like this:
Step 1. First, fold a sheet of cardboard in the form of an accordion with a side of each fold of 1.5-2 cm.
Step 2. Then carefully make a hole exactly in the middle - if there is no hole punch, this can be done with a thick needle or awl.
Step 3. Cut off the side pieces in the form of triangles on both sides to create a Christmas tree shape.
Step 4. Insert a skewer or wooden stick(in a pinch, a pencil will do), after which we decorate our crafts.
This is what it looks like step by step instructions on the picture.
And here's what they look like ready-made crafts. They can be hung or placed – there are a lot of advantages.
Christmas tree made of corrugated paper: options for a gift
Paper is simply an inexhaustible source of creativity. Even from an ordinary sheet you can make dozens various models Christmas trees. What can we say about corrugated paper? It is indispensable for such crafts, since it imitates pine needles very well and also looks very attractive.
To make such New Year's gift we will need:
- white cardboard;
- corrugated paper green and red;
- scissors;
- glue;
- cotton wool and other decorative elements for decoration;
- toothpicks or wooden sticks;
- compass;
- pencil;
- ruler;
- bow.
We will act like this:
Step 1. First you need to make a cone out of cardboard - this is the basis of the future Christmas tree. To do this, draw a longitudinal line 30 cm long on the surface of the cardboard, divide it in half (15 cm each), and in the center, using a compass, draw a circle with a diameter of 15 cm (i.e., radius 7.5 cm). We cut out this circle and make a cone out of it, the same height as 15 cm. You can fasten it with a stapler or glue.
Step 2. Now you need to cover the surface of this cone with green corrugated paper.
Step 3. While the workpiece is drying, let's proceed to the main stage - creating pine needles. To do this, you need to cut 120-130 strips of corrugated green paper, 1 cm wide and 15 cm long.
Then we stack several pieces on top of each other and make slits 0.5 cm wide, as shown in the photo. After that, roll them up using a toothpick or stick. The ends of the strip need to be glued together to create a fluffy pompom.
Step 4. We fluff each lump and glue it onto a cone - that’s all.
Step 5. All that remains is to decorate as your creative imagination dictates - with bows, beads, sparkles. It turns out to be a model of a real Kremlin Christmas tree - very impressive and at the same time simple.
Here is a visual video instruction that will help you understand in detail how to make a Christmas tree out of corrugated paper with your own hands for the New Year or Christmas. Here is presented another model, which, by the way, is even easier to make, but certainly looks no worse.
Christmas trees using quilling technique
Quilling is one of the modern trends V decorative arts, which, however, has already become widespread among amateurs and professionals. Without exaggeration it can be said that from twisted paper(and this is what is called quilling) you can make any beautiful model.
Here, for example, are several options for Christmas trees for New Year cards.
And here it is three-dimensional figures, which consist of several modules glued together.
To understand how to make such masterpieces with your own hands, you just need to master the torsion technique paper strips. From them you can make almost any model of a paper Christmas tree.
They can help with this step by step instructions on video:
Christmas tree from old magazines - for lovers of nostalgia
There may probably be old glossy magazines or even ordinary newspapers lying around the house. To “breathe” a second life into these things, you can simply use them for New Year’s crafts, including making a Christmas tree.
Don’t think that the model will turn out “different”. In fact, it will give odds even to the most beautiful figures made by other methods. Of course, it is best to use colored glossy pages - then the Christmas tree will turn out to be truly festive.
Here is an example of creating one of the simplest crafts.
Happy New Year!
