In an effort to preserve the life of a natural Christmas tree or pine tree, many decorate their home on the eve of the New Year with an artificial tree or self-created replicas of a Christmas tree. The DIY Christmas tree craft from scrap materials is in demand both among adult needlewomen and their little helpers. Let's look at a photo of a DIY Christmas tree from scrap materials below.

Paper is a popular material for creating crafts.

Making a New Year's beauty is considered quite easy. As a rule, a cone made of cardboard is used as a base. This material can be decorated in every possible way, conveying the characteristics of the color and needles of the Christmas tree.

An interesting craft option is to combine paper and salt, imitating snow lying on spruce branches.

Making such an original craft yourself is quite simple.

First of all, you need to roll green cardboard or other thick paper into a cone. Inside the cone, in its inner part, a wooden stick is attached using silicone glue or plasticine. Sushi sticks can serve as such a unique tree trunk.


The entire outer part of the paper cone should be generously greased with PVA glue, and then sprinkled with rock salt.


It is a good idea to place a dried Christmas tree in a box filled with paper shavings, thus creating the impression of a beautiful conifer growing in a snowy forest.

Christmas tree made of cardboard and twine

The cardboard body of the craft can be effectively decorated with twine, complementing the decoration with red New Year's tinsel.

To create this type of craft you need:

• cardboard cone;
• any type of glue;
• a ball of twine;
• Christmas tree garland;
• a pair of stationery pins.

The entire surface of the cone is covered with the selected glue. Starting from the top of the cone, twine is attached to its surface row by row.

One end of the red garland is attached to the top of the improvised Christmas tree using a stationery pin.

The tinsel is arranged in a spiral on the surface of the cone. Its second end is attached at the base of the spruce in the manner described above.

Such a wonderful Christmas tree can adequately decorate a holiday table or a place intended for placing New Year's gifts.

Christmas tree made of colored paper

Creating another variation of a paper Christmas tree will be within the power of even a small child and will perfectly contribute to the development of fine motor skills in his hands.


To assemble such a Christmas tree you will need:

• cardboard;
• scissors;
• colored paper in brown, dark green and light green shades;
• silicate glue or PVA.

First of all, circles of the same diameter are cut out of paper of different shades. These details will become Christmas tree needles in the future.
A cone of the required size is formed from cardboard using a well-known method.
Lubricating the inside half of each circle with glue, the parts are attached to the cardboard base from bottom to top.
You can arrange the circles so that they form multi-colored spirals.


If desired, you can attach some kind of shiny decoration to the top of such a Christmas tree.

Christmas tree made of inflorescence modules

An artificial Christmas tree made from combined red and green inflorescence modules looks original.

To decorate a cardboard cone with such details, you need to prepare circles of thick paper and cut them into a spiral.




Starting from the outer edge of each spiral, the paper module is wound onto a smooth pencil or drawing brush.


The central part of the paper circle is covered with a layer of glue, with which the spiral-shaped inflorescence is secured.


The finished modules are smeared with glue on the opposite part of the round base and attached to the cardboard surface of the cone.


A Christmas tree created using this technique can be additionally decorated with colorful textile scraps or sparkles.

Polymer clay for interior decor

A fertile material for creating New Year's crafts is not only the notorious paper. Polymer clay has become extremely popular in recent years. Creating a decorative Christmas tree from it is a fascinating process.

To work on this craft you will need:

• green colored polymer clay;
• special rolling pin;
• metal form.

Polymer clay is divided into two parts. A cone-shaped base of the future tree is formed from one, and the second is thinly rolled out in an even layer.
Using a special metal cliche, identical parts are cut from a layer of polymer clay - spruce branches.


Each of the prepared fragments, starting from the bottom of the cone, is attached to a clay base in a checkerboard pattern.

The Christmas tree made using this technique should be dried, and then installed in a selected place in the room, where it will become a spectacular decoration.

Felt Christmas tree

Felt is a widely used material in needlework. Felt has become one of the favorite materials of needlewomen over the past few years. It is used not only for sewing toys, but also for creating interior crafts.
From two symmetrical felt templates, you can create an elegant four-part Christmas tree in several stages.


By endlessly imagining and adopting the most extraordinary ideas, you can realize any creative idea and decorate your home with an exclusive Christmas tree symbolizing the onset of a new year, a new life.

A Christmas tree decorated with toys has long been considered a symbol of the New Year holidays. And placing it in the house is a good tradition, as well as a way to create a special solemn atmosphere. But it often happens that due to constant employment and lack of free time, it is not possible to go out and buy a green beauty. Some people who are in love with nature do not want to destroy a living tree in order to enjoy the fresh pine smell in the apartment and elegant appearance for a couple of weeks. It is in such situations that it will become more relevant than ever DIY Christmas tree, photos, ideas and 100 master classes on making which we will tell you on the home-ideas.ru blog.

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DIY paper Christmas tree for the New Year

A paper Christmas tree has the widest variety of ideas and options for their implementation in practice.

Templates and diagrams for making paper trees

The easiest way to create a Christmas tree out of paper is using a ready-made template. To do this, you need to print the selected figured pattern on thick sheets. Cutting it along the contour is carried out using a special stationery knife or, in the absence of one, using nail scissors. Each Christmas tree blank should be bent in half and the parts of the tree should be glued together. The result is an unsurpassed openwork option.

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Below are interesting diagrams and openwork templates of different levels of complexity for creating a Christmas tree from paper with your own hands, which can be used not only by adults, but also by children.

Master class on creating a fluffy paper New Year's beauty

There are other ways to make a festive paper tree. And for a visual representation of how to create a fluffy Christmas tree with your own hands, see the master class presented below.

To bring this idea to life, you will need a list of necessary materials:

• cardboard;
• colored paper;
• glue;
• scotch;
• scissors.

DIY New Year's Crafts

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Make a cone out of cardboard, which will be used as a base for the tree. You need to secure the cone with glue so that it does not unfold.

2. Cut sheets of colored paper into thin strips.

Important! You need to carefully ensure that the stripes are approximately the same length and width. This will give the tree a neat, aesthetic appearance.

3. Glue the edges of the strips together to make loops. This can also be done using glue.

4. Glue the finished loops onto pieces of double-sided tape.

5. Wrap the base cone with tape with loops in the direction from bottom to top. The result is a cheerful “shaggy” Christmas tree.

Christmas tree made of beads: a master class on bringing the idea to life

And now we present to our readers a Christmas tree made of beads - a master class with step-by-step photos. For such a creative process you need to stock up on:

• wire with a diameter of 0.25 mm;
• beads of green and golden color.

First you need to collect 9 green beads and 1 golden bead on a piece of wire about 40 cm long. Without touching the golden bead, you need to thread the other end of the wire through the green beads in the opposite direction. Thus, a needle is created for the future New Year's green beauty.

How to install a Christmas tree

At the next stage, you need to align the wire clearly in half, tighten the ends tightly. On each side you should make a couple more needles of this type.

Important! It is necessary to arrange the needles so that they are as close to each other as possible. This will give the product a neat appearance.

These small branches should be used to form a large branch for the Christmas tree. For the upper branches you need to use 10 small branches, pre-harvested, and for the lower ones - 15.

You need to assemble a Christmas tree from beads in this order:

• for the top - one small branch;
• for the second tier - three large branches, each of which consists of 10 small ones;
• for the third tier - four large branches, consisting of 10 small ones each;
• for the fifth tier - five large branches, each of which contains 15 small branches.

The number of tiers and large branches in them may increase depending on the height of the product planned to be made. The photo below shows step-by-step weaving:

DIY felt Christmas tree

A DIY felt Christmas tree is considered a fairly simple way to make it. This souvenir can be used as a New Year's gift for friends or acquaintances. The advantages of felt as a material for a Christmas tree are that it is able to hold its shape well and is not prone to shedding.

To make a felt New Year's beauty, you need to use an arsenal of materials and tools consisting of:

• felt;
• cardboard;
• tape (glue);
• scissors

First you need to prepare a cardboard cone, which is secured with tape or glue.

At the next stage, you need to cut out circles from felt, different in diameter - as they increase. You can pre-prepare cardboard circle templates.

The base of the cone must be decorated with tinsel, which is also attached using glue or tape.

On each of the cut out felt circles, make a cross cut in the center and place them sequentially - from largest to smallest - onto the cone. When all the pieces of felt are on the tree trunk, the resulting beauty should be decorated with a star on the top of the head, and with tinsel along the entire height.

Simple Christmas trees made from scrap materials

If there is very little time left before the New Year's celebration, and the main symbol of the holiday is still not in the house, you can make a New Year's tree with your own hands from scrap materials, spending a minimum of time and resources. Let's consider several interesting options for such unpretentious creativity:

1. Christmas tree from a plastic bottle. Surely every home has a plastic bottle, painted green, that has been lying around for a long time. For this purpose, the container itself must be cut into rectangles (5-6 pieces to create tiers of the tree). Each of the rectangles should be cut into small strips, not reaching the top edge. Such cut rectangles need to be wrapped around a pre-prepared cardboard cone and secured with tape. You should dress the Christmas tree in needles from the bottom tier, moving towards the top.

Making a Christmas wreath with your own hands

2. Christmas tree made from leftover yarn. Extremely easy to make. Even a small child can handle this process. As in the previous case, you need to make a cone out of cardboard and secure it with tape/glue. Then the cardboard frame must be well lubricated with the same glue and the yarn must be wrapped tightly around it, without leaving any gaps. Beads and sparkles are used as decoration.

3. Tinsel Christmas tree. The step-by-step execution of such a souvenir completely repeats the version with yarn with one difference - the remains of New Year's tinsel are used instead.

4. Sweet Christmas tree. Its distinctive feature is the use of candies as decoration. They are often applied to a product made of tinsel. It is recommended to secure the candies using double-sided tape.

5. New Year's beauty made from pasta. To make it, you will need more time and attention, and perseverance will not hurt. As before, you need to start the process by preparing a cardboard cone. It should be greased with glue and begin gluing the pasta. When the required amount of pasta is glued along the entire length, they can be painted with all possible colors of paint.

6. Creative Christmas tree from old magazines. To implement this idea, glossy pages with colorful pictures are best suited. It is necessary to form a cone from cardboard, which is secured with tape or glue. A large number of circles of equal diameter should be cut out from magazine leaves. Each of them needs to be wrapped around a pencil to give them a swirled look. Such curled pieces of magazine pages should be glued onto the cone in the direction from bottom to top. The crown of the beauty must be decorated with a small glossy cone.

If it’s almost New Year on the calendar, and the green symbol of the holiday still doesn’t decorate your home, there’s absolutely no reason to be upset. After all, the variety of ways to make Christmas trees allows you to make them in a matter of minutes from the most primitive and unpretentious materials, and the product itself, despite its simplicity, will look interesting and original.

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I want to celebrate the New Year in a good mood. A creative New Year tree will help you spend your holiday in an interesting and original way. It's easy to make from what you have on hand. You can turn napkins, candies, boards and even pasta into a fluffy beauty.

Creative Christmas tree

It's not difficult to create. And it will be so unusual that not everyone will guess what it is made of. The material is very affordable - three-layer paper napkins. First you need to turn them into “roses”, and then glue these blanks onto the base.

So, first make a cone out of whatman paper or cardboard. To do this, cut out a triangle and round its hypotenuse. Glue two legs one on top of the other.

Take the first napkin. It can be green or any other color. Do not unfold the napkin, place a round object with a diameter of 6-7 cm on it, circle it and cut it to measure.

Forming roses and attaching them to a cone

Since the napkin is three-layered, folded 4 times, you cut out 12 circles at once, which lie in a stack. Secure them in the middle with a stapler. Now the fun begins. Lift the first circle and roll it into a wick. This is the core of the flower.

Lift the second circle and fold it, marking 4 edges. It should fit against the core, but not very tightly. Twist the third circle in the same way, then all the others. The last one, the twelfth one, just bend it slightly without lifting it so that it becomes wavy. The flower is ready, glue it to the bottom of the cone.

Make a second rose and attach it in the same way. After the first bottom row, move on to the second, placing the roses in a checkerboard pattern. But make the flowers for it a little smaller in diameter. This also applies to the following rows. The closer they are to the top of the cone, the smaller the diameter of the blanks. Attach the last rose to the top.

You can leave the tree like this or decorate it with beads, seed beads, and sparkles.

Colored paper is used

The next idea is suitable for those who want to quickly make a small copy of a coniferous tree. It can be hung as a talisman and decoration on the car window, or placed on the desktop in the office.

To make a yellow Christmas tree, cut and glue three cone blanks that differ in size. Place the largest one on the table, place a smaller figure on it, and the smallest one on top. To fasten all these parts together, place a drop of glue on the top of the two lower cones, then press for 20 seconds, placing the pieces in the indicated order - from large to small. If you want to hang the tree, pierce the top of the head with a paper clip and tie it to it. You can leave a small hole in the top of each cone through which you will thread the cord. To keep it tight, tie its two ends into a knot on the reverse side.

Three-tiered openwork paper Christmas trees

Using almost the same principle, you can create two more small spruce trees. For the first one, cut out 3 circles, the diameter of each one is smaller than the diameter of the next one. Using scissors, make a fringe at the edges of these shapes; you can bend it slightly upward to add fluffiness to your creation.

On the side of each of the three blanks, make a cut to the center of the circle, overlap the cut sides with a slight smell and glue, but not completely, leaving small holes in the center. You will also pass a cord through them and use it to secure the original craft in a hanging position. This is how the creative Christmas tree turned out. With your own hands you can make a second one almost the same, stick confetti and sparkles on it and arrange a trio of forest beauties, as shown in the photo.

One plank, two planks, there will be a Christmas tree

A creative Christmas tree made from scrap materials turns out to be very original when you use your imagination. If the farm has slats 4-5 cm wide, they are perfect. Since the spruce is triangular in shape, cut the thin planks so that there is a smooth transition from the smallest to the largest. For example, the difference in length between slats is 10 cm.

Nail the largest strip vertically to the wall, and attach the rest horizontally with screws or nails. They should be located symmetrically. Knock them down at the junction of the middle of the main board with the center of each. Secure them at the same number of centimeters.

In addition to one main one, which plays the role of a trunk, 7 planks are enough to act as branches. This is how the creative Christmas tree turned out. It’s easy to wrap wooden branches with tinsel, including the top, with your own hands. You can hang socks on these wooden boards for gifts. If the gifts are large, they are placed under the spruce tree.

Don't throw away empty bottles

A lot of gifts can fit under such a tall tree. The main thing is not to be naughty around it, so as not to break it. To create this grandiose splendor you will need a lot of green bottles, circles made of glass or hard transparent plastic, plexiglass or plywood.

Start laying out the tree from its bottom. First place a round base on the floor, then place the bottles on it with their necks facing up. To make the structure durable, it is better to apply a little to the bottom of the bottles and secure the container to the base. Place them next to each other.

Place a circle on top of a slightly smaller diameter than the previous one, place and secure the bottles of the next tier on it. Lay out the entire tree in the same way. Each subsequent row will have fewer bottles than the one below. When there is only one left at the top, attach a star glued from corks to it. You can admire the glass tree!

Creative Christmas tree made from pasta

There are many ideas for New Year's fantasies. Pasta will turn into a beautiful Christmas tree in just half an hour. In addition to them, you will need a cone-shaped plastic bottle, a glue gun, green and gold acrylic paints.

Cut off the bottom of the bottle so that the workpiece stands stable on the table. Cover the bottom of the bottle with glue and attach the first row of pasta. To do this, use products in the form of bows, then a creative Christmas tree, decorated with your own hands, will look amazing.

Place the second one above the first tier, also gluing pasta. Attach them in a checkerboard pattern in relation to the blanks of the first row. At the same time, place the bows vertically. After this, arrange the third and subsequent tiers. Then you will have a charming, creative Christmas tree. A master class with photographs will help you understand how to do this.

Once the entire bottle is covered with pasta, place it on the bottom. If you have a stable round support, you can attach it so that the leg of the New Year's beauty can be seen. If not, the tree will look great just the same.

Decorating the pasta miracle

Paint the bows with acrylic paints or using a spray can. These paints also dry quickly and apply smoothly. The only thing you need to take care of is not to stain surrounding objects. Therefore, on the street or on the balcony, covering third-party objects with a board or piece of cardboard.

To decorate the New Year's attribute with toys, take openwork pasta. They can be in the form of stars, circles, letters. A creative Christmas tree, made with your own hands, will help awaken your imagination, and you will come up with which dough products will turn into decorations. If you don't have the ones in the photo, string small noodles onto strong thread or string like beads, paint them, and then wrap them around the Christmas tree.

This is how a creative Christmas tree is made and decorated with your own hands. The photo shows what color you can paint it and how to attach accessories to the New Year's beauty. For this, you can also use spray paint in a gold-colored can. When it is completely dry, apply a drop of glue from a gun to each piece and attach it to the base.

To make a star, glue 5 identical parts together, attaching the sixth one to the center. Glue them to a long pasta base, secure it to the neck of the bottle with a glue gun. See how such a creative Christmas tree is made with your own hands, the photo shows the nuances of the creative process.

candy tree

The cone will serve as the basis for the next model. In addition to this, you will need candies in shiny wrappers. It would be good if they were green. Place the first candy vertically and secure it to the bottom of the cone with tape. Place another one next to it and run a strip of adhesive tape to also stick it to the base.

After completing the first one, proceed to the second and subsequent rows. In this way, attach all the candies to the top of the cone. You can alternate the candy tier with tinsel.

If this tree will be given to an adult, secure the wrapped sweets in the same way not on a cone, but on a bottle of champagne.

As you can see, there are many ideas for creating creative trees. You can use a variety of available materials to make a Christmas tree that will give you a festive mood and allow you to find yourself in a fairy tale!

When we talk about a holiday called New Year, we immediately think about the green beauty. Indeed, what would a holiday be without a Christmas tree? Now stores offer a huge selection of artificial Christmas trees, pine trees of different sizes, colors, etc. It’s good to have the smell of a real, live Christmas tree in your house, which gives you a festive mood. If you decide not to place a living green beauty in your home or want to decorate your house with New Year's decor, then there are many ways to make a Christmas tree with your own hands. We will tell you what to make it from and how to do it in our article.

Christmas tree from a magazine

If you have old magazines lying around your house, then you can safely use them to create a Christmas tree.

To work you need to take:

• Magazine
• Thick cardboard
• Pencil

How to create a Christmas tree:

1. Create the base for your tree. To do this, cut a cone out of cardboard and glue it together using glue.
2. From magazine sheets, cut out flowers or just circles, which should be the same size.
3. Twist these circles by wrapping them around a pencil.
4. Glue the circles as close to each other as possible to the cardboard base, moving from bottom to top.
5. Decorate the top with a ribbon bow or snowflake if desired.
   The Christmas tree is ready.

Christmas tree that glows

A beautiful and original craft will carry the New Year's mood and delight with its extraordinary beauty.

To make a Christmas tree that will glow, take:

• Mesh for floristry
• Thick cardboard
• Scissors
• Pins
• Cellophane
• Ribbons, beads for decoration
• Garland

Method for making a glowing Christmas tree:

1. First of all, make a cardboard base for the Christmas tree.
2. Wrap your base in cellophane.
3. Apply glue to the mesh pieces and glue them to the cellophane.
4. Fasten your workpiece with pins and leave until the glue dries.
5. If the glue has dried, re-glue the mesh pieces.
6. When the glue is completely dry, remove the cellophane from the cardboard base.
7. Place the garland inside and pin it to the cellophane.
8. Decorate your Christmas tree with bows, beads, etc.

The glowing beauty is ready and will decorate your home.

How to make a Christmas tree out of paper

A Christmas tree that will decorate your home can be made from paper for wrapping gifts or bouquets. To make it you need to take:

• Beautiful wrapping paper
• Cardboard
• Scissors
• Ribbons, beads, snowflakes, tinsel, etc.

How to make a Christmas tree:

1. Make a cone-shaped base from thick cardboard.
2. Place the wrapping paper face down on the table.
3. Using tape, stick the end of the paper to the base and gently twist the cone to completely decorate it with paper.
4. Decorate your Christmas tree with snowflakes, tinsel, lace, ribbon bows, beads, etc.

How to make an original Christmas tree from pasta?

To work on creating such an unusual beauty, take:

• Styrofoam
• Spray paint
• Several types of pasta

Method for creating a Christmas tree from pasta:

1. Cut a cone-shaped base from foam plastic and paint it with spray paint. The color can be any, not necessarily green.
2. Once the paint is dry, use glue to attach the pasta to the base, creating a beautiful design.
3. Paint the pasta preferably twice.
4. When the Christmas tree is dry, if desired. Decorate it with artificial snow, silver or gold.
5. The unusual Christmas tree is ready!

There are a lot of ideas for creating such Christmas trees, we have offered only a few options. We hope you liked them. Experiment, imagine and create beautiful Christmas trees that will complement your interior and give you a festive mood. Happy New Year!