Feather tree. Learning to make a beautiful decorative tree with your own hands

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

Decorative trees masters have learned to make from a wide variety of materials: paper, fabric, coffee beans, artificial flowers and even pasta. But so far, few people know that such crafts can be made from bird fluff and feathers. We invite everyone to get acquainted with this direction in needlework. This article provides readers with information on how a Christmas tree is made from feathers. If you have all the necessary materials for work, each of you will be able to make such a souvenir yourself at home.

Master class "Christmas tree from a feather". Preparation stage

To create a decorative tree, you will need the materials indicated in the following list:

• natural feather;
• white paper, thick (size A-3);
• cardboard sheet;
• scotch narrow;
• PVA glue or thermal gun;
• double-sided tape;
• soft paper (notebook sheets, napkins, newspapers);
• beads of golden or silver color;
• narrow satin or nylon ribbon.

Feather canpurchase at an art supply store. But if you have an old pillow that you are going to throw away, then the material can be taken from it. Select whole beautiful feathers, wash them with shampoo or soap, rinse and dry with a hairdryer. Thus, the prepared material is quite suitable for work. If you want to make a Christmas tree in green or any other color, then the feather can be processed with food coloring, and then dried and fluffed.

Description of the process of making crafts

Work on creating such a souvenir as a Christmas tree from feathers begins with the implementation of the basics. We will make it from thick paper. Roll a cone out of a sheet of paper, secure the edges with tape. Trim the bottom edge so that the cone sits flat on the table surface. Crumple soft paper and fill the inside of the product with it. This is necessary so that the cone does not bend during decoration, and the feather tree keeps its shape well. Next, you need to close the bottom. Put the blank on a sheet of cardboard and circle it. Cut the resulting circle not clearly along the contour, but retreating from it by 1 cm. As a result, you will get a bottom part with a diameter slightly larger than the circumference of the lower part of the cone. On this cardboard blank, make cuts of 1 cm (to the intended line). Bend them inward and grease with glue. Attach the bottom to the cone, wrapping the cuts inside the product. Leave the craft to dry.

Meanwhile, flip the pen. Select long specimens in one pile, medium-sized specimens in another, and small specimens in a third. Glue a bead in the middle of each featheror from the lower (lush) edge. Now we begin the stage of decorating the Christmas tree. Glue the bottom edge of the product with a strip of double-sided tape. Attach long feathers to this place in a circle with a fluffy edge down. Glue them close next to each other, filling all the space. The paper cone again should not be visible through the pen ball. After the bottom tier is completed, design the next one, moving up. To create the upper layers of the tree, use small feathers. The tips of the formed branches can be tinted.

Product design with decorative elements

This feather tree looks very original and beautiful. But on the eve of the New Year holidays, it can be decorated. Keep in mind that the feather is a lightweight material, so you won’t be able to hang toys on it, even small ones. We recommend that you use light bows as decoration. They can be made from a narrow nylon or satin ribbon. Tie small bows, apply a drop of glue on their wrong side and attach to fluffy twigs. Follow this procedure very carefully so as not to damage the craft. That's all, the master class is over!

Instead of a conclusion

You have learned how to make a feather tree. An elegant decorative tree looks great. The white feather on such a product resembles snow, and when you look at it, associations with winter and New Year holidays immediately arise. Creative mood to you!