Christmas Trees that are Sure to Please!!
The Poster-Board Trio: All these trees have the same base, a poster-board cone!
The Fall Leaf Tree
This is an easy tree to make, and best of all, you can make it for under $1!!Materials:
- A single sheet of poster board. It doesn’t have to be thick, any gauge will do!
- clear tape such as scotch tape or packing tape
- A can of spray adhesive.
- Hot glue gun with sticks.
- Colorful fall leaves, size and color of your choice. (I would go with already dried or close to dry, otherwise they end up drying once they are already glued and may flap up in a way you don’t like.)
- Glitter. Again the color of your choice.
Steps:
- Take one sheet of poster-board (I used white but a color with work as well). Make a cone, I followed these steps. I ended up using the reverse steps because I wanted mine to be taller and skinnier and felt like the reverse instructions were easier to do that with (if you want shorter and fatter trees, feel free to make them that way as well). Also my tree ended up being about 14 inches tall, but fit your cone to whatever size you want your tree to be.
- Plug in the hot glue gun and allow to heat up. Get a bag or bowl full of the leaves you are planning to use. (You’ll need more or less depending on how big your tree is so just round up a bunch so you don't run out!)
- Starting from the bottom of the cone squeeze a strip of hot glue around the poster-board. Then place leaves all facing the same direction along the glue. (Don't make too long of a glue strip because you wont have time to place all the leaves before it cools down). Continue around and up the entire poster-board. Make sure to overlap the leaves as to eliminate any open spaces through which you can see the poster-board.
- Optional Step: Once all the leaves are on, if you want to put glitter on it, spray the tree with spray adhesive and then gently shake glitter over the tree. Set aside and allow to dry.
The Winter Wonderland Tree
This is a very quick and simple tree! (It may need a touch-up each new year if you plan on storing it; it loses its flakes fairly easily)
Materials:
- A single sheet of poster board. It doesn’t have to be thick, any gauge will do!
- clear tape, scotch or packing tape
- A can of spray adhesive.
- craft glue or Elmer’s glue
- one paint brush, used for brushing on glue
- One package of Twinkle Flakes (confetti will also work but then most likely it will be a different color)
Steps:
- Refer to step one of the Fall Leaf Tree
- Pour twinkle flakes out into a flat pan with an edge (I used a cookie sheet)
- Using the paint brush, quickly (as to not allow for much drying) apply a layer of glue around the entire poster-board.
- Roll the tree into the twinkle flakes so all the glue is covered as best you can.
- Spray the tree with the spray adhesive and roll in the flakes again to give it another coat
- Optional: You can follow up with another coat of spray adhesive.
The Beaded Tree
Also very simple, not as fragile as some of the other trees either! Materials:
- A single sheet of poster board. It doesn’t have to be thick, any gauge will do!
- clear tape such as scotch tape or packaging tape
- Hot glue gun with sticks
- String of beads, can be simple or fancy, I used a three stranded bead string that I found at my local craft store! (depending on how large your tree is and how long the strand of beads are, make sure you buy enough to cover the entire poster-board)
Steps:
- Refer to step one of the Fall Leaf Tree
- Heat up glue gun and once hot, begin gluing the beads to the poster-board. You can start at the bottom or the top, either works since you wont be overlapping. Glue the beads in a circular motion, like a spring, all the way around the tree.
These are the first three of six total trees! Thanks for reading, let me know what did and didn't work for you.
Sydney
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