Even the smallest lengths of ribbon are too good to waste, so dig around to see what you can find in our bins to make these Christmas Tree Decorations.
What you will need for
this Tutorial:
Sheet of Green Felt or
other non fraying fabric
Scraps of Brown Felt or
other non fraying fabric
Old Cereal
Box
Hot Glue Gun or a decent
white glue
Scissors
A roll of 1/4 inch
Ribbon
Scraps of assorted
Lace/Ribbon/Trim of all sorts
Sturdy
Needle
Chop
stick/Toothpick/Skewer (will save you from burning your fingers if using Hot
Glue gun)
1. Start out by cutting a template for your Trees from your old Cereal box, mine were roughly 3 inches high by 2 inches wide you could do them all free hand but as you'll need two triangles for each decoration you want them to match. Cut two per decoration.
2. Now for the fun part,
take out your ribbon scraps and decorate your trees. Glue them down and leave a bit either
side to wrap around the felt piece.
3. When all ribbons are
stuck down, flip over the piece and glue down the ends of the ribbon. Using the
toothpick/Chopstick/Skewer push down each ribbon end until they are
secure.
Here you see the messy
back part and the front looking all tidy with loose ends tucked
away.
4. Next up cut a piece of
Brown felt for the tree trunk roughly 1/2 inch by 4 inches, add glue along the
back and fold it in half lengthways.
5. Stick the tree trunk to the messy side of your
Tree piece and cut another card triangle just a hair smaller than your felt
piece. If you made a template at the beginning use this to trace around then cut
it smaller, trace the new smaller piece for other decorations, you need one for
each tree. Take an undecorated triangle of Green felt and stick your smaller card triangle on to it, there should
be a gap around it.
6. Glue both pieces
together, making sure you seal up the edges (glue then press together) to stop
the card showing. Next up take a ribbon,
thread your sturdy needle and pierce the top of the Tree (making sure you are
poking the needle through the card), pull the ribbon all the way through and tie
in a double knot. Knot the ends furthest way from the tree together to then hang
your tree decs.
Done.
Other Ideas:
Make these as cute Gift Toppers, with Ink stamp the persons name across one of the ribbons.
Add a Card stand to the back and they could be Place cards.
or leave as is but attach to the front of a card (using foam adhesive tape) for a reusable Xmas memento.
- Emma (Volunteer)
