How to make a Christmas tree with your own hands: 25 cool ideas

Original crafts made of paper, cones, cotton pads, bottles and threads.

How to make a Christmas tree out of paper with your own hands

What do you need

• Green double-sided A4 paper;
• scissors.

How to make a Christmas tree

Fold the narrow side of the paper towards the wider side and cut a rectangular piece of paper from the side. You will get a square.

Unfold the square and bend it in half again, joining other opposite corners.

Unfold the paper again and turn it over. The folds should now be facing up. Fold the bottom of the square over to the top.

Unfold, turn the piece clockwise, and bend it in half again. This fold line and the previous one should be perpendicular.

Place the square with the corners up and to the side. Connect the side corners in the center and attach to the bottom.

Fold the paper in half to form a small square.

Fold the right and left sides of the front to the center fold.

Turn the piece over and repeat on the other side. Cut off the bottom corners of the shape to make a triangle.

Unfold one side of the front and fold it inward. Do the same with all the other three sides in the front and back. The video below shows the detailed process.

Make three cuts on the sides at equal distances from each other.

Bend the cut corners inward on one part of the part, as shown in the photo.

Fold this piece to the other side and fold the corners on the next edge of the tree.

Continue bending the corners on all parts until you form a Christmas tree.

What other options are there

Such a pretty Christmas tree is made in a matter of minutes:

Another simple and quick hack:

Fluffy tree made of twisted paper parts:

This video shows how to make a Christmas tree from separate tiers:

Here is an unusual Newspaper Christmas tree:

In this master class, you will learn how to make a small Christmas tree out of cardboard:

And this is a large Christmas tree made of cardboard in full height:

How to make a Christmas tree from threads with your own hands

What do you need

• White or colored paper;
• scissors;
• ruler;
• PVA glue or glue stick;
• green yarn;
• glue gun;
• green paper.

How to make a Christmas tree

Cut a rectangle out of the paper about 2.5 times wider than the ruler. Put a ruler on it, fold one edge, put the other on top and glue the paper. It should completely encircle the ruler.

Wrap the thread very tightly around the paper.

Run hot glue over the top edge. Cut the thread and carefully remove the paper along with the threads from the ruler.

Cut the paper and thread along the bottom edge. Remove the paper, you will no longer need it.

Cut the part into four pieces. Add many more details in the same way. Roll the green paper into a cone, fix it with glue and trim the bottom edge so that the figure can stand.

Lubricate the top edge of one piece with glue-gun and glue it to the bottom of the cone.

Continue gluing the parts in a circle in rows.

In the same way, glue the entire cone to the very top.

What other options are there

A very beautiful Christmas tree made of woolen flowers:

Fluffy tree made of pompons:

Such a tree will turn out if you wrap the cone with threads soaked in glue and remove them after drying:

In this master class, a tree made of threads was decorated on the wall:

How to make a Christmas tree from cones with your own hands

What do you need

• Cones;
• green spray paint;
• brush;
• PVA glue;
• salt;
• glue gun or superglue;
• decorative star.

How to make a Christmas tree

Cover the buds completely with paint and dry.

Using a brush, brush the edges of the bumps with glue. Dip in salt to make a "snowball".

Glue the beads in some places using hot or super glue.

Glue a star on top of your head.

What other options are there

An original tree will turn out if you glue a lot of cones to a cone-shaped base:

Here's how to make a very beautiful Christmas tree topiary:

And such a stylish Christmas tree is made not from whole cones, but from their scales:

How to make a Christmas tree from cotton pads with your own hands

What do you need

• The base for the tree (you can make a cone out of cardboard);
• cotton pads;
• glue gun;
• beads or sequins;
• decorative star.

How to make a Christmas tree

Fold the cotton pad in half.

Lubricate it with glue under the fold on one side and attach to the bottom of the cone.

Glue a few more of the same details in a circle.

In the next row, glue the discs so that they are located between the previous ones.

Continue decorating the tree in the same way.

Decorate with beads or sequins and a star.

What other options are there

You can make something like flowers from disks and stick them to the base:

But the way is faster and easier:

And one more easy and beautiful option:

How to make a Christmas tree from plastic bottles with your own hands

What do you need

• 4 green plastic bottles with a volume of 2 liters;
• scissors;
• candle;
• lighter or matches;
• awl;
• White paint;
• brush;
• PVA glue;
• sequins;
• drill;
• wooden stick;
• glue gun;
• decorative bow;
• beads.

How to make a Christmas tree

Cut off the neck and bottom of the bottle. Cut the remaining part and straighten. Divide into six equal 8.5 x 6 cm rectangles and cut.

Trim each piece into a petal shape. Fold over the narrow tip. Make many cuts on all sides, as shown in the photo and in the video below. Lightly burn the cut edges with a burning candle.

Try to make sure the cut edges don't look straight. Make a hole in the folded end with an awl.

Do the same with the rest of the cut rectangles.

From the rest of the bottles, cut six more pieces measuring 7 x 6 cm, five pieces each measuring 6.5 x 6 and 6 x 6 cm, four pieces each measuring 6 x 5.5 and 6 x 5 cm and three pieces each measuring 5 x 4.5, 5 x 4 cm and 3 x 3 cm.

Make the same petals with holes out of them.

Paint the edges with white paint. When it's dry, cover with PVA glue and sprinkle with glitter.

Place one cut-off bottom of the bottle over the other. In the middle, drill a hole with a drill, insert a stick there and fix it with hot glue.

Put on a stick one of the largest petals with sparkles up and also fix it with glue on the "trunk".

Slip the rest of the same size in a circle, securing each with glue.

Use smaller parts for each next row. Continue until you run out of petals.

Glue a bow on the top, and beads on the "twigs".

What other options are there

Such a tree is made even easier:

Here's how to make a plastic fringe Christmas tree:

And this craft can even replace a real tree: