Make Christmas trees out of paper: several manufacturing options

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:46

To create a festive atmosphere on the eve of the New Year, it is not necessary to lay a chic table, dress up in carnival costumes and give a lot of gifts. Appropriate interior design will help guests to catch a certain mystery in anticipation of a miracle. Even small but unusual little things will surprise you with their originality and set you in the right mood. Make, for example, different-looking paper Christmas trees. Let's consider several options on how to make this accessory with your own hands in simple ways and using the origami technique.

Choosing colors

Agree that it is more common to see traditional green Christmas trees made of paper, cardboard or fabric. But products of other shades look quite interesting and very stylish. This is, of course, not about, say, a purple-red color scheme. White, light lilac, pale blue - amazing and delicate in appearance, crafts with such a color scheme will fit perfectly intothe most extravagant or classic interior. There is no limit to fantasy here. Try to combine several shades, making a smooth transition, or create a composition from changing contrasting stripes. The products described below, made in a green color scheme, can be refreshed with new ideas by putting into practice at least something unusual from the above.

How to make voluminous paper Christmas trees

Christmas crafts can be done in completely different ways. But to make the product voluminous, you can apply the assembly principle. We list the main of the possible manufacturing options using different paper craft techniques:

• Modeling from cut contour details. The easiest way to assemble from individual parts.
• Simple origami. Crafts are made by folding from a whole piece of material.
• Modular origami. Assembly is carried out (complex models according to diagrams) from many mini-parts of the same or different types.
• Quilling. Assembly of original products from small blanks, which are obtained by folding thin paper strips in the form of ornamental patterns.

3D paper Christmas tree: assembly of several tiers

Perhaps, this method of making crafts is the simplest and even a child can master it. To work, you will need colored paper, compasses, scissors, a pencil, glue and a straw for a cocktail.

1. Draw on paper with a compass several circles of different diameters. Let's say the biggest one iswidth is 12 cm, next is 10 cm, then 8 cm, etc.
2. Fold each circle diagonally in half several times to form a ribbed umbrella.
3. For clarity of forms, draw a ruler along the edges of the folds.
4. Spread all the circles - you will get the tiers of the future Christmas tree.
5. In the center of each blank, carefully poke a hole with a plastic straw.
6. Wrap the tree trunk with brown paper tape lightly dampened with glue.
7. After the straws are completely dry, string the tiers on it, placing the widest one at the bottom.
8. After complete assembly, decorate the top of the product with a large bead or carved star, and tiers with any finishing materials.

Origami crafts

To fold a more complex original craft, you must definitely follow the detailed instructions. After all, even with the finished result in front of your eyes, it is simply impossible to accurately recreate all the stages of work. After all, the art of origami provides for a clear step-by-step design. As a rule, for the manufacture of the simplest models, a single piece of material is taken. A completely different approach with modular modeling. Volumetric crafts amaze with the complexity of assembly from many small parts, each of which is folded separately before that. An origami Christmas tree made of paper can be done in the simplest ways. For example, make a small gift accessory - a bookmark.

Christmas mini craft

Any presented Christmas tree made of paper for the New Year will be a great surprise. Make a mini origami in the form of a modular chain.

1. Fold the square cut out of paper in half, placing the fold line along the top edge.
2. Lay both upper corners over the main canvas towards the midline. Dropped edges will protrude slightly from the bottom hem.
3. Tuck the corner pieces under the bottom so that you get a triangular outline.
4. Fold the workpiece vertically in half so that the lower collars are inside and the middle part with the joints is outside.
5. Finish a few of these details. Usually 6-7 modules are enough for one bookmark.
6. After the mini origami are ready, start assembling. To do this, insert the corner of one folded triangle into the "pocket" side of the other.
7. Build a paper Christmas tree chain out of modules.
8. Fold the trunk of a small souvenir tree from brown material in the form of a rectangle, and then insert it into the craft from below.
9. Decorate with rhinestones, sequins, small beads. Bookmark ready!

In the event that this craft is provided with an upper loop, and the modules and the barrel are attached to each other with glue, you can use the product to decorate the interior or the Christmas tree.

Be imaginative and invent new ways to make paper crafts, surprising with creativity and novelty!