Paper Christmas Tree

Beginner - Less than 1 hour - Complete

Keywords :

Newspaper - Let's recycle - Assembling - Christmas Tree - Décoration de Noël

For craft fans who are conscious of the environment, here is a tutorial to make a Christmas tree from recycled paper, which will sidestep the normal moral dilemna when it comes to whether or not to buy a real tree. Also, it gives you an opportunity to recycle old paper.

Supplies

Tools

Scissors
Gimlet

Materials

Magazines (or recycled paper, tissue paper, pieces of material, packaging etc)
A piece of wood (or glass filled with sand, a candle)
1 iron stalk (or a skewer, a drawing pencil, stick)
Silver spray paint
Silver sequins
A star for decoration

Directions

Prepare the materials for the paper Christmas tree

Cut a pile of sheets in squares of 13cm from the closed magazine.

NB:Make sure you use the thickest sheets of the magazine.

Cut a pile of 12cm squares, then another of 11cm and so on, until you find yourself making a pile of 3cm squares.

Pierce a hole in the wood.
Force the iron stalk into the hole.

Put the cardboard at the base.

Assemble the paper Chtistmas tree

Add the sheets from the magazine by sliding them onto the iron stalk.
Start with the biggest sheets, turning them for each sheet, so that there is no empty space and begin to form the branches of the Christmas tree.