DIY Christmas trees - ideas and master classes with photos and videos

Greetings, friends! When you start to think about the coming of the magical winter holiday of the New Year, you immediately think about miracles and gifts under the Christmas tree. After all, every family has such a tradition. In addition, the Christmas tree is the main attribute of New Year's Eve and its absence is simply impossible to imagine. Therefore, I propose to talk about it today.

Previously, people always cut down the forest beauty and destroyed trees just because of a few holidays. Now everything is a little different. Real Christmas trees have been replaced by artificial and homemade ones. The artificial option is good because once you buy the product, you install it every year. But DIY Christmas trees will be different from all others and will somehow decorate your home in a special way.

In addition, homemade Christmas trees are usually not large in size. And this allows you to solve the problem of installing a forest beauty in an apartment that does not have much space. Also, products can be placed on window sills and create a single composition with New Year's window decor. And if you have very active children who can tear down a tree, then the idea of a homemade product is perfect for you. After all, a small Christmas tree can be easily placed where children cannot reach it.

I would like to bring to your attention a large selection of photo ideas and master classes on making a decorative Christmas tree with your own hands. The products can not only decorate your home, but also serve as a creative gift or decorate any thematic exhibition.

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As always, first I want to invite you to look at the finished works and understand what and from what you can create our hero of the occasion. And, in fact, see with your own eyes already realized ideas.

I note that you can make a Christmas tree from various available materials. We will consider all options, and in detailed master classes. Therefore, read the post to the end, there will be a lot of interesting things!

The most popular way to create trees is from threads and PVA glue. Makes great crafts. Moreover, such works are easy to decorate, for example, using beads and paper snowflakes.

Also do not forget about such material as fabric. You can sew different Christmas trees from satin types. By the way, please note that the fabric blank is fixed to the cone with glue. This idea is present in many crafts. You can use felt and stuff it with cotton wool.

You can also use pasta, and first you can color it green. And for a festive touch, alternate rows of pasta with tinsel.

And here is a paper beauty. You can create it from ordinary colored paper, which is cut into strips and glued together in the form of droplets.

Now I propose to do the work from tinsel and delicious sweets in shiny wrapping.

But there is only one fluffy tinsel and real ball toys.

Or it would be great to weave a souvenir from beads. And this is done in an elementary way. All you need are wires and the beads themselves. Here's a look at the finished work.

And here are the weaving patterns closer to you.

Spruce can also be collected from truffle sweets. The basis is also a paper and cardboard cone.

And how cool the crafts look with lighting. Simply magical! In this work, ordinary mesh fabric or floral mesh is used.

Make a beauty like this from a paper cone and buttons. A great idea for a craft for kindergarten or for a school exhibition.

In addition to fabric, ribbons also work well together in trees. Cheap, creative and festive!

And look at the next picture. I would never have guessed that this souvenir was made of paper. It turns out to be a very voluminous craft.

I completely forgot about the easiest way to make trees. When two blanks are made and inserted into each other. I'll talk about this option a little below.

Here is another step-by-step diagram for creating a Christmas tree from threads. Interested in this idea? Then scroll below and read the master class. And of course, then turn everything into reality.

I really liked the next souvenir. My daughter and I will definitely make such a forest beauty. And let her decorate her room.

Here is another work for children's creativity. Natural material in the form of cones - both simple and tasteful!

If you have accumulated toilet paper rolls, don’t rush to throw them away. After all, you can make a green tree from them.

Or use feathers. They can always be purchased at a hardware store. This product is very quick to make and looks impressive and airy. Ordinary white feathers can be colored using food coloring.

And I also found a job made from pasta. I really liked it. So I'll leave it here too.

Also, don’t forget about the Christmas trees. They are very cute.

You can always sew green trees from felt.

Or make it from foamiran.

And what a blessed material sisal is. Create endlessly!

And a wooden tree. Great idea!

And if you are a very creative person, then make a tree out of books.

As you can see, Christmas trees can be made from anything. In this case, a cone is taken as a basis, which is subsequently pasted over and decorated with various materials. You can also make products from plasticine. But since we are considering options for replacing real wood, we did not take plasticine work into account. Although they are just right for children's creativity.

Library tree

How nice it is to sit in your favorite chair in the evening, wrap yourself in a blanket and take your favorite book from the shelf or from the Christmas tree. No, that's not a typo. If you can make a Christmas tree out of paper, then why not assemble it from books?

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For those who have a large library at home, the option of creating a Christmas tree from books is suitable. The best way is to fold them into a pyramid. Place more books on the base and reduce their number with each tier. You can fold them neatly by turning the books with their spines facing out, or you can create a “mess” by making the herringbone pyramid a little sloppy. The main thing is that the books are placed securely and the entire structure does not collapse in one moment.

For special originality, each book is “dressed” with a cover. You can make them yourself from paper of different shades of green. And if you stick shiny ribbons and mugs on the covers, the Christmas tree will turn out to be decorated. This design does not require any other decorations, except that the top is marked with a star, which, by the way, you can also make yourself. And on a festive evening, you can add light with the help of a garland. But you can’t light it for a long time, because paper is a flammable material, and it also heats up quickly.

If the books are old and you don’t mind spoiling them, you can put together a pyramid of open volumes. At the same time, the lower tier is unfolded as much as possible, and each upper tier is left slightly covered. The top of the tree will resemble a roof in shape. An asterisk is glued to the spine of this “roof”, and the entire structure is decorated with beads. Since such a hut made from books is quite unstable, it will not last long in a house where there are pets or children.

Another option for creating a Christmas tree from unnecessary books. It will require separate pages, preferably the same color and format. Each of them is attached to the wall, creating the silhouette of a New Year's tree. It’s good if the pages are uneven, “shaggy”, like spruce branches. How to decorate this equivalent of a Christmas tree and whether to decorate it at all, everyone decides for themselves. But you shouldn’t give up the paper star placed above the top page.

Christmas tree made of fir cones and pine cones

Now let's move on to the master classes. And first of all, I want to show you how you can make a tree from pine cones. So the smell will remain in the house, and the mood will certainly become festive.

Collect pine or fir cones in advance. Choose open, but at the same time strong and whole fruits.

You will need: cones; hot glue; heat gun; cardboard; scissors; tinsel and toys; flowerpot; spray paint.

Manufacturing process:

1. First, decide on the size of your future spruce. Then cut out the base from the appropriate size cardboard.

2. Clean the cones from dust and sort them by size.

3. Now start laying out the cones in tiers in a circle, using the larger cones first. Connect the pine cones and tiers together using hot glue.

4. As shown in the photo, assemble the entire product. And at the very top, fix the cone vertically.

5. Decorate your beauty with any decorations. You can also paint the cones with spray paint. To ensure that the tree stands firmly on the floor, glue its base to the flower pot using the same hot glue.

I would also like to suggest you make a souvenir from cone scales.

You will need: cones, a sharp knife, cardboard, glue, cloves, brush, acrylic paint, glitter.

Manufacturing process:

1. Clean the cones from dirt and dust and separate the scales. Do this carefully with a sharp knife.

2. Roll the cardboard into a cone and glue it on the side. Trim off any excess cardboard at the base.

3. Now glue the scales in a circle, starting from the very base of the cone.

4. When you reach the top, glue a clove on top.

5. Wait for the glue to dry and start painting. Take acrylic paint and paint the scales.

6. Grease the ends of the “twigs” with PVA glue and sprinkle with glitter.

7. You can leave the product as is or further decorate it to your liking.

Now that you know two simple ways to make coniferous trees with your own hands, I can show you ideas for their design. Look and choose!

The easiest way to make a spruce from a cone is to decorate one cone, because it looks so much like a forest beauty.