Christmas tree made of corrugated paper with own hands: manufacturing technology

Do you want to make a New Year's green beauty from the available materials? Very original look souvenirs from packing lists, which are used to decorate bouquets. A Christmas tree made of corrugated paper with its own hands is made in several ways. Choose your favorite option. Create original decorations for the festive interior.

Green Beauty: Flat or Volumetric

A fir-tree made of corrugated paper can be made by hand in the form of a relief or a three-dimensional object. In each variant of the decor, choose the appropriate manufacturing method. Flat herringbone is good to use on a postcard, gift box, as a wall panel, magnet, garland element. Although all these details are easy to produce and in the form of three-dimensional Christmas trees, voluminous souvenir is most suitable as a table or floor decoration of the holiday.

Basis-cone for a solid Christmas tree

Did you decide to learn how a Christmas tree made of corrugated paper? The master class will teach you how to do this in several ways. Whichever you choose, the decor is always pasted onto the frame in the form of a cone. If you do not know what to take as a basis, pay attention to one of the following options:

• Buy a foam piece;
• Fold the "bag" of paper, cut the bottom and glue the base in the form of a circle;
• Make a cone by the pattern from the circle sector;
• Make of papier-mâché with a frame.

The choice depends on the available materials, the amount of time and dimensions of the tree.

Production methods

It does not matter which you are going to make a herringbone - flat or bulky, the algorithm of actions will be the same, just in the first case, the paper or elements made of it are pasted on a flat plane, for example, a postcard, and in the second - on the surface of a prepared cone.

A Christmas tree made of corrugated paper, made by hand, can be made from:

• Stripes pasted with tiers;
• The same ribbons, but cut into thin strips in the form of fringe;
• A large number of twisted into the fluffy "balls" of blanks from the previous point;
• Elements fringed, twisted in the form of needles.

Choose the method you like, but keep in mind that the final impression of the souvenir depends on the selected additional decor and the color of the paper. It can be not only green, but also any other, as well as metallized with sparkles, etc.

How to make a Christmas tree from corrugated paper with your own hands (simple way)

Manufacturing technology is:

1. Cut the paper into strips. The width of the workpieces depends on the size of your product. At the base, you can perform broader layers, and then, moving to the top, reduce them. The length of the elements should correspond to the circumference of the cone or be larger if you add parts.
2. Form from the elements of the accordion or neat folds of different or equal width.
3. Paste sequentially to the workpiece of the tree prepared parts, starting from the lower tier, covering the upper edge of the previous one with the next one.
4. Decorate the product at your discretion.

You learned how to make a Christmas tree out of corrugated paper. With your hands quickly and easily you can make a wonderful hand-made article. This method is suitable for children's creativity - both family and in a circle.

Christmas tree with our own hands: master class "Christmas trees from wrapping paper"

A very effective and elegant product can be manufactured in another way, however, in comparison with the previous one, this will require more time. Work like this:

1. Cut the paper into strips.
2. Fold each strip to a small rectangle and make several notches on one side.
3. Turn the workpiece back into the tape. It turned out fringe along one edge.
4. Fold the element into a tight roll, fix the edge so that it does not untwist, and "fan" the fringe.
5. Make the necessary number of items for your product. Items can be made the same or decreasing in size to the upper tier.
6. Now, to get a smart and fluffy Christmas tree from corrugated paper, you need to glue the finished workpieces to the base. If you have a large cone made from polystyrene, you can use pins with colored heads instead of glue. Sticking them in the middle of the detail, you will receive not only the fastening element, but also imitation of the Christmas tree - decor of your souvenir.
7. Decorate the product with beads, bows, sequins.

Christmas tree with thin needles

The next picture shows another very elegant Christmas tree made of corrugated paper. A master class in the form of a simple instruction will help you to make the same decoration.

The work is carried out as follows:

1. As in the previous methods, prepare strips of paper.
2. Along one of the long sides, cut the "fringe". To do this quickly, you can first fold the workpiece, make a few cuts, and then re-roll the paper tape.
3. Now each small rectangle of the tape will have to be turned into a thin stick - a Christmas tree needle. To do this, take a toothpick, a sewing needle or a pin and wind each rectangle onto the tool, and then, pulling it out of the first twisted needle, use to create a second, and so on.
4. Take a piece of wire for the frame of the branch and wrap it in a spiral with the resulting blank in the form of a ribbon with "needles". For convenience, fix in several places with glue, so that the paper does not untwist.
5. Make the necessary number of twigs and fasten them on a strong frame-barrel.

So, you learned how a Christmas tree made from corrugated paper with your own hands. Choose the appropriate method. Create holiday decorations and gifts on your own and with your children.