Christmas tree made of metallized crepe paper

A small handmade artificial Christmas tree will be an excellent decoration for your office desk for the New Year. It can also be placed on a windowsill or on a coffee table in an apartment. This decorative New Year's composition will be an excellent replacement for a large Christmas tree. It does not take up much space, but it can be “decorated” with real Christmas tree decorations.
Christmas tree made of metallized crepe paper

Materials:


  • metallized crepe paper – green;
  • wooden skewer;
  • double sided tape;
  • wire for weaving;
  • Styrofoam;
  • plastic pot for seedlings;
  • New Year's tinsel and Christmas tree decorations.

Christmas tree made of metallized crepe paper

Instructions for making a Christmas tree


We cut metallized crepe paper into strips 2-3 cm wide (across the folds of the paper). On each strip we make transverse cuts with scissors, not reaching the edge 2 mm.
Christmas tree made of metallized crepe paper

We begin to wrap a piece of wire about 10 cm with a paper strip (fringe outward). Secure the tip with a small piece of double-sided tape.
Christmas tree made of metallized crepe paper

In this way you need to make a spruce branch out of paper. Leave the edge of the wire a few centimeters free.
Christmas tree made of metallized crepe paper

We make the branches of different lengths: for the top - 3 - 5 cm, for the middle - 5 - 8 cm, the bottom - 10 cm. You can make them bifurcated, this will make the Christmas tree fluffier.
Christmas tree made of metallized crepe paper

We will assemble the Christmas tree on a wooden skewer. We wrap one end of it with a paper strip for several centimeters. Secure the paper with double-sided tape. At this point we begin to wrap short spruce branches with the free wire ends.
Christmas tree made of metallized crepe paper

Gradually add longer branches.
Christmas tree made of metallized crepe paper

To hide the wire and wooden skewer, cut a thin (0.5 cm) strip of green crepe paper. We wrap it around the skewer. We start from the top of the head, gradually descending to the base of the trunk.
Christmas tree made of metallized crepe paper

Insert a circle of foam into a small plastic pot. Cut it to the size of the top edge of the pot. To make the Christmas tree stable, you can put a load inside (stones, sand, salt).
Christmas tree made of metallized crepe paper

We insert the free edge of the skewer on which the Christmas tree is held into the center of the foam circle. The skewer may need to be shortened a little.
Christmas tree made of metallized crepe paper

We straighten the Christmas tree branches and paper “needles”.
Christmas tree made of metallized crepe paper

We cover the foam with tinsel. You can decorate your Christmas tree using small Christmas balls and “rain”.
Christmas tree made of metallized crepe paper

Creating such a Christmas tree takes a lot of time. But the process is quite simple. You can involve a child in the work. He will probably like this idea. And then the Christmas tree can be taken to the New Year's school exhibition.
Christmas tree made of metallized crepe paper
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