Small decorative Christmas trees are perfect for New Year's decoration of a shelf, cabinet, console, dining, work or coffee table. This tabletop Christmas tree is easy to make with your own hands. In essence, it is a handmade decorative topiary that is popular today. We bring to your attention three master classes on making completely different New Year's topiary trees: from pine cones, paper and exotic material - raffia fiber.

How to make a Christmas tree with your own hands?

Master class 1. DIY small Christmas tree made from pine cones

The peculiarity of this Christmas tree lies in its economy and extravagance. We use natural materials that are accessible to everyone. A small amount of tinsel and New Year's toys give the Christmas tree a festive elegance.

Pine cones should be collected in the summer. This came from experience. One day before the New Year, I decided to make such a Christmas tree and had difficulty collecting the required number of cones in the forest. From then on, when I went for a run in the morning, I collected beautiful, even pine cones into my pockets. Returning home, I put them in a box. Now, on the eve of the New Year, I have a sufficient amount of material. But if you wish, you can collect cones at any time of the year - they just, most likely, will not be as beautiful.

• Pine cones
• Whatman paper or A3 cardboard
• plastic pot
• scissors
• New Year's tinsel blue and silver
• glue gun
• several sticks of glue gun
• brown acrylic paint
• paint brush
• a piece of fabric for decorating a pot
• Christmas balls blue and silver
• small silver beads on a string

Progress

We make a cone from whatman paper.

We begin to paint over the cone from above.

Paint the cone completely.

You need to wait a little for the acrylic paint to dry. At this time, we weigh the pot down by filling it with plaster.

After the plaster has completely hardened, cover the pot with fabric.

Glue the cone to the pot.

We begin gluing pine cones from the bottom of the cone. It’s very convenient to glue the pine cones with a glue gun.

The glue gun works from a socket - a glue stick is inserted into it, and the gun melts the glue. The glue that comes out is very hot, we drip it a little onto the cone and glue it to the cone. The glue hardens instantly. You don't have to wait long, and the pine cones don't slide off during the process. This is what attracts me to glue guns.

We glue the cones as tightly as possible to each other.

This is how the Christmas tree looks like. As for me, it’s very “fluffy”.

We decorate the Christmas tree from cones with New Year's tinsel.

Then we glue the Christmas tree decorations and decorate them with beads on a string.

Our tabletop Christmas tree made of pine cones is ready!

Master class 2. DIY Christmas tree made of raffia

I'll tell you a little, what is raffia and where to buy it. Because for many, and especially for those who do not do needlework, this question will definitely arise. Raffia is a palm plant. It has fairly large leaves, which are cut and separated into fibers. To maintain the flexibility of the raffia, it is wrapped around the grass while drying. When raffia dries it has a nice creamy color.

Raffia is used by florists to decorate bouquets and compositions. Raffia fibers are quite flexible and soft. It is often used instead of ribbons. Raffia can be bought at any florist store or ordered from an online store for florists. Since it is painted in different colors, choosing the right shade for you will not be difficult.

So let's get started. For work we will need:

• raffia (I used bright green)
• Whatman paper in A4 format or cardboard
• scissors
• stapler with staples
• glue gun and glue stick (can be replaced with Moment Crystal glue, Titan silicone glue or regular Superglue)
• long skewers
• disposable cup 50g
• building gypsum
• wire
• scraps of napkins or old newspapers (to fill the cone)
• red table napkin
• decorative santa claus
• red Christmas balls
• red beads
• red pine cone
• small green decorative gift

The last six elements can be replaced at your discretion with similar ones.

Progress

From whatman paper we cut out a cone and a plug for the bottom of the cone. We secure the cone with a stapler.

We dilute the building plaster with water until it becomes thick sour cream and pour the mixture into a glass, insert skewers into the plaster. There is a more affordable option: an alternative to construction gypsum - construction putty. Putty is available in almost every home.

We make a hole in the center of the cone plug with scissors and put it on skewers.

Bend one end of the wire and thread it through the top of the cone.

We glue the cone blank with wire to the skewers and fill it with table napkins.

We glue the cone with the plug.

Take one raffia fiber. Glue the end to the wire and wrap the raffia around it.

When the raffia fiber runs out, secure the end with glue.

Then we take the next raffia fiber, secure the end and wrap the cone tightly.

We also wrap the cone cap and skewers with raffia.

We cover the pot with a table napkin.

We wrap the center of the pot with raffia.

Glue a decorative gift and a pine cone to the top of the pot.

We glue a decorative Santa Claus onto the raffia.

Now we decorate our Christmas tree with balls and beads.

That’s it, your DIY Christmas tree is ready!

Master class 3. Tabletop Christmas tree made of paper (from paper napkins)

Hooray, we know the cheapest and very original way to make a Christmas tree with your own hands! You don't need to work hard for this. All you have to do is go to any supermarket and stop at the stand with napkins. You can choose what color your future Christmas tree will be. Maybe even the most unexpected! Why not? By the way, you can use both multi-colored napkins and plain ones - it’s up to you.

So, we decided on the color, we buy napkins. Now all that’s left to do is figure out how to decorate the Christmas tree. First, we remember what items we can find at home: from boring jewelry with beads to bright buttons. By the way, plain buttons can be coated with any nail polish. Some of the decor can be picked up in the store. Let's go home, pour some hot tea or a glass of champagne to feel the New Year's mood, and get to work.

We prepare the starting materials. For work we will need:

• table napkins that you bought or just pulled out of the kitchen cabinet (I used soft pink and white napkins)
• scissors
• the decorations you found to decorate the Christmas tree (I had a small silver Christmas tree garland)
• cardboard or whatman paper
• skewers, or a simple pencil, or a twig from a tree
• glue gun and glue stick (can be replaced with any glue you have at home)
• stapler with staples
• disposable cup or something similar
• putty (if you don’t have it at home, you can replace it with a mixture of any cereal with PVA glue)
• simple pencil
• template in the form of a small circle (approximately 3-3.5 cm in diameter)
• satin ribbon (mine is pale pink)

Transfer the circle template to a napkin, redraw the circles as many will fit on the napkin.

We fasten the center of the circles with a stapler.

Use scissors to cut out circles from napkins.

We lift the first layer of the napkin upward, pinching it with our fingers against the staple.

We do the same thing separately with each layer of napkin.

Gently straighten it - you get a rose.

We repeat these steps with each of the circles. For a Christmas tree the size of whatman paper A4 you will need about 60 roses.

We fix the skewers in the cup with putty.

We create a cone from whatman paper or cardboard and cut out the bottom for it.

We install our “Christmas tree” on skewers.

We begin to decorate the Christmas tree with roses from napkins from top to bottom, placing them on glue.

Glue the roses tightly to each other.

Since my Christmas tree is two-color, I leave the bottom row for roses of a different color.

Glue them in one row.

We seal the skewers with satin ribbon. We cover the glass with a white napkin.

We tie the pot with ribbon. Glue the roses.

We decorate the Christmas tree with beads.

That's all, our paper Christmas tree is ready!

This time I was in a vanilla-marshmallow mood, which is why the Christmas tree turned out just as delicate.

Vases in the interior: there can never be too many

Useful tips

On New Year's Eve, many people decorate their homes and offices with Christmas trees.

Of course, nothing can compare to a real big Christmas tree, decorated with garlands and New Year's toys.

However, we do not always have the time or desire to buy such a tree. In this case, we can always create a festive mood with the help of small handmade Christmas trees.

1. DIY wooden Christmas tree for the New Year

If you want to add a modern touch to your home decor, try these stylish Christmas trees in pastel colors.

You will need:

· Wooden cones

· Paints and brushes

Liquid gold paint

Paint the cones in the color of your choice and leave to dry. Using a brush, paint golden tops on the cones and leave again until completely dry. You can also add small dots for decoration.

2. Herringbone made of balsa wood: master class

You don't need any serious tools to make balsa wood Christmas trees, as it's soft enough to cut with a regular utility knife.

You will need:

· Cork wood

· Patterned fabric

· Shiny braid

· Stationery knife

· Ruler

Cut out a Christmas tree shape from balsa wood and glue fabric to the piece.

Leave to dry. Use a utility knife to cut off any excess fabric.

Repeat the same with the other part. Glue the braid along the edge of the parts of your Christmas tree.

All that remains is to thread the two parts into each other.

3. DIY Christmas tree made from branches

Use twigs and trimmings from Christmas trees, fir or other trees and flat wooden disks to create fresh miniature trees.

You will need:

· Tree branches

· Hemp or wooden disks

Hot glue gun

Make holes in the stumps larger than the diameter of the branch. Place the twig in the hole and attach it with hot glue. Hold the twig until it dries.

Decorate the Christmas tree with toys and other decorations.

4. Craft-Christmas tree from book or newspaper pages

If you have an old unwanted book or newspaper, you can use it to make this miniature Christmas tree. For decoration, you can add glitter to the edges of the leaves.

5. DIY Christmas tree made from pine cones

Collect a few pine cones to make simple, cute Christmas trees for your home.

You will need:

· Craft paint

· Brush

· Sequins

· Pots

Wash the Christmas trees in soapy water and leave to dry for about a day.

Paint the pots the desired color. Then paint the ends of each pine cone scale green and leave to dry.

To create a snow-covered Christmas tree look, leave a drop of glue on the scales and apply some glitter. Place the pine cone trees in pots and decorate with a foil star.

6. Gingerbread Christmas tree

And such an edible Christmas tree will decorate any New Year's table.

7. Christmas tree made of beads

Use beads to create a unique and vintage Christmas tree that can be placed anywhere in the home.

For this craft you will need cones made of paper or cardboard. You can use scrapbooking paper, lace, or just beads to wrap the Christmas tree cone.

Use wire to string beads and wrap them in a garland around the cone. If you are completely covering the cone with beads, you can glue them in place using hot glue.

8. Christmas tree made of satin ribbons

These trees look fancy but are very easy to make by wrapping ribbon or fabric around a cardboard cone and attaching them with hot glue.

9. Christmas tree made of golden leaves

You will need:

· Golden artificial leaves

· Foam cone

Hot glue gun

· Scissors

Take the leaves and cut off the stems with scissors. You can attach each leaf using clear tape, starting from the base of the cone. Wrap the bottom leaves under the base and secure with hot glue.

Continue covering the cone with leaves so that there are no white gaps and secure the top with hot glue.

10. Original Christmas tree from books

If you have a large collection of books of varying sizes, stack them together to create a miniature book tree. Place the largest books at the bottom and the smallest at the top.

11. Christmas tree made of threads

If you don't know how to knit or crochet, then this Christmas tree is perfect for you. All you need is some thread and a hot glue gun.

12. Volumetric luminous Christmas tree

These simple Christmas trees look very stylish and will decorate any interior.

You will need:

· Paper cones

· Gold spray paint

· Glass balls

Coat the cones with spray paint and leave to dry.

Mark on the cone the places where you will attach the balls. Use a knife to make holes in the marked places. The hole should be of such a size that you can insert a glass ball or bead halfway. Apply glue to the edges of the holes and insert the beads.

Place the lights inside the cone and your glowing Christmas tree is ready!

If you have a lot of coffee filters that you don't plan to use, you can use them to create a holiday tree.

You will need:

· Foam rubber cone

· Pins

· 9-10 coffee filters

· Buttons

· Scissors

Hot glue gun

Fold the widow's coffee filters and cut out a circle in the center.

Open the filter and place it on the cone like a ring. Gather the filter around the cone and secure with pins. Repeat with other filters. As you move up, you will need to cut off the excess paper from the filter and use it to cover the cone.

Use decorative pins and buttons to decorate your Christmas tree.

14. Origami paper Christmas tree

You will need some patience to make this Christmas tree, but it is worth it.

15. Modern Christmas tree made from a cone

Paint several cones with green paint and decorate with pompoms and chenille thread.

16. Creative fluffy Christmas tree

You don't need any special skills to make this beautiful Christmas tree.

Wrap the millet foam cone in faux fur fabric and secure it with hot glue.

17. Unusual Christmas tree made of foil

Make a foil Christmas tree to make your decor unique. For this craft, you need to cut out a Christmas tree shape from thick sheets of foil and connect them.

18. Christmas tree souvenir made from branches

For a minimalist Christmas tree, collect branches of different sizes and simply attach them into a Christmas tree using hot glue.

19. Felt Christmas tree

You will need:

· Foam cone

· Marker and pins

Cut out felt circles and begin pinning them to the cone, starting at the base and slightly overlapping them.

20. Simple burlap Christmas tree

For this Christmas tree, wrap a piece of burlap fabric around the cone and pin it in place. You can decorate the Christmas tree with jute ribbon, thread and beads.

The original beautiful Christmas tree will decorate the festive interior. Of course, you can’t dance around her, but such a miracle will definitely lift your spirits. This interesting tabletop craft can be made from the simplest things that are found in every home.

Necessary materials:

• A4 sheet, cardboard;
• dense threads (preferably wool mixture);
• 2 “yolks” from kinders;
• wooden sushi sticks;
• plasticine;
• Styrofoam;
• stationery knife;
• stroke corrector;
• red nail polish;
• PVA glue;
• fabric scraps;
• little things for decoration.

Make the frame of the future Christmas tree from A4 sheet - roll it into a ball. Insert foam inside.

Apply glue to the surface of the cone in thin strips and wind a thread around it.

Secure the end of the thread with glue.

Sushi chopsticks will serve as legs for our beauty. To do this, they need to be painted with a corrector.

While they are drying, make boots from the “yolks”, as shown in the photo.

Fill them halfway with plasticine and wrap them in cloth.

Insert the stick legs into the boots, decorate the Christmas tree with various bows and ribbons. Paint stripes of legs with red varnish. ready!

You can make a hat out of cardboard, cover it with fabric and sew on a pompom.

DIY shabby chic style Christmas tree

Let's make such an amazingly beautiful and original craft in the fashionable shabby chic style.

Necessary materials.

For the base, take a large paper glass or any plastic container. Separately, dilute alabaster or gypsum with water to the thickness of liquid sour cream and pour it into the future pot. We secure the trunk of our tree, plant the branch in the center and fix it in this position until it hardens.

We make a cone out of cardboard using a stapler.

We make the top of the spruce from wire and foam rubber.

We connect the top to the trunk and attach the cone.

We wrap the base of the tree with white fur.

We cut off the excess from below.

Then we bend the ends of the burlap inward and attach it with hot glue.

Let's get to the fun part - decorating our Christmas tree in shabby chic style.

To create the finished composition we will need a stand.

We make a bench from a bamboo napkin.

From white fur - a snowman.

We attach a bell to the top of the spruce.

We decorate the New Year tree with beads, pearls, flowers, lace, etc.

Apply transparent glue to the very top of the tree.

And sprinkle with artificial snow.

We do the same with the bench.

Our composition “Winter's Tale” is ready!

Decorative Christmas tree made from napkins

We will make it from cardboard and single-layer napkins. You will also need beads for decoration.

First of all, let's build a frame for our Christmas tree. We roll a cone out of cardboard, fasten it (I stitched it with thread) and cut off the bottom of the cone exactly so that it can stand.

The base is ready, put it aside for now. Now let's move on to napkins. We will make roses from them. Single-layer plain paper napkins are suitable for us.

Take a napkin and cut it along the folds. Then we fold it in three and cut along the folds again.

We fold the resulting strips in three and cut them again. We got a square equal to 1/9 of a napkin.

We fasten this square in the center with a stapler.

Then cut a circle out of it. Mega-precision and accuracy are not required here at all; the finished rose can be slightly adjusted with scissors.

This way a rose is formed. If the finished rose seems uneven to you, you can trim it with scissors.

The number of such flowers depends on the size of your cardboard cone. My Christmas tree was 21cm high and I needed 59 roses for it.

When all the flowers are ready, we return to the cone. Starting from the top of the head, glue the flowers onto the cone so that the base is not visible. I glued it with hot glue (it’s more convenient for me), but ordinary PVA will do.

I made a Christmas tree out of napkins of two colors. If you also decide to create your own craft from multi-colored roses, then you can safely experiment with alternating them on a cone. If the result does not suit you, you can always tear off the flower and re-glue it to another place. In this case, only the lower layer of the flower will be damaged. We simply tear it off (the bottom layer). The rosette will not lose its appearance.

So, we glued the flowers to the cone. The Christmas tree itself is ready and you can stop at this stage.

I also decorated it with beads - I glued it with the same hot glue, PVA won’t help here.

DIY decorative Christmas tree made from napkins

As you can see, even a beginner can make such beauty, so you can safely involve children in the process.

Another option for a Christmas tree made from napkins

Crafts made from cones, balls, ribbons and beads

How to make such a craft - watch the video tutorial at the end of the article.

Christmas tree made of plasticine with candies

What do we all associate with the wonderful New Year holiday? With the smell of pine needles, bright lights, garlands, sweets. And children also create unusual crafts with their own hands, thereby bringing the pleasant moment of a fabulous night closer. They love creativity lessons on this topic most of all. It is in crafts that you can realize any fantasies.

We suggest making an elegant Christmas tree that can be easily decorated with candies. Make a craft from plasticine - the cheapest and most popular material. You will definitely make a beautiful souvenir if you follow our tips - they are not complicated.

To sculpt a Christmas tree with your own hands, prepare:

• green plasticine for the crown;
• stump in the form of a cap or an empty spool of thread;
• toothpick, red and white plasticine for candy.

Select a green block of plasticine from the set. The body of the Christmas tree itself will be made from it, and in the future we will make small candies as toys. Of course, a small souvenir does not have to be green; another color that you choose will do. If you manage to find a set on sale that contains a gold bar, then this option will look rich.

Knead the entire prepared block thoroughly in your hands and prepare for further work. It is necessary to form a cone-shaped crown, and not quite the usual flat one, but a curved one, similar to the cap of a fairy-tale gnome. Since we are talking about a magical holiday, it is not forbidden to fantasize and create something incredible.

Pull all the soft plasticine into a long cone. Make the upper part as sharp as possible, press the lower part around the circumference with your fingers, showing the skirt. Then take and bend the entire structure to the side. Sometimes the Christmas trees do not stretch up perfectly straight, but lean to the side like this.

To model Christmas tree decorations - small candies - use white and red plasticine. Form red round tablets (the inner part of the candy), as well as white triangles (the twisted part of the candy wrappers).

Glue delicious candies together. Glue a white dot onto each red round piece and press it in the center with a toothpick. Glue the triangular pieces on the sides.

Make enough decorative details to fill the entire surface of the Christmas tree, evenly distributing the candies around the circumference at some distance.

Glue all the resulting blanks to the crown. This beautiful New Year's craft is almost ready. Press down a small lid - a stump - from below (or mold it from plasticine).

And the top is still missing. She just begs to be added to the resulting fairytale Christmas tree. Come up with some option, for example the same spruce branches in combination with red berries. All this looks festive and bright.

This is such a fantastic Christmas tree. This is an elegant version of a craft for the New Year, which will be an excellent gift for your favorite holiday.

The New Year is just around the corner - you need to hurry up to get everything done.

How to make a card like this.

DIY felt Christmas tree

Let's make Christmas trees from felt - this is an excellent New Year's decoration and perfect for school or kindergarten.

Prepare for them:

• Set of colored felt;
• cotton wool;
• glue "Moment" transparent;
• any beads;
• threads for knitting and sewing;
• a needle;
• scissors;
• felt-tip pen.

Choose appropriate felt colors. These can be different shades of green. Or you can show your imagination and make an unusual red or blue spruce. Fold a couple of sheets of felt together and draw the shape of a fir tree on the top one.

Cut a piece of felt with a pattern along its entire length and fold it in half as shown in the photo. We do this only if the felt is not very thick, otherwise it will be difficult to cut 4 layers at once.

Cut 4 blanks into shape.

To give them a bulge, put a little cotton wool, as shown in the photo.

Lubricate the edges of the workpiece with glue.

Cut a piece of knitting thread and attach it to the top of the workpiece, directly on the glue. It can be hung from it. Attach the second piece and press along the edge so that both parts stick together.

On a light Christmas tree, make stitches with threads of a darker green color. This will add originality to the craft.

Decorate the second with a border of pearl beads. To do this, make a layer of glue along the edge and place beads on it.

Now let your little one decorate them however he or she wishes. After drying, the craft is ready for use.

This simple craft will be a great decoration for your Christmas tree. It can be given to grandparents. Older children will be able to do it completely on their own. Using this principle, you can make any felt decorations. Whatever your imagination suggests.

From natural materials with flowers from foamiran, do-it-yourself video lesson

Christmas tree sachet - to create a festive aroma

A sachet is a small bag filled with dry fragrances that is used to create a fragrant background in a clothes closet or chest of drawers. If you place such fragrant bags on shelves with things, a pleasant and subtle smell will settle in your closet.

Making such a sachet with your own hands will not be difficult, and if you create it in the form of a New Year tree, then in addition to the aroma, the festive composition will also set the appropriate mood.

Materials for the master class:

• Citrus peel;
• orange essential oil;
• threads, needle;
• beads, beads, sequins;
• satin ribbon;
• green cotton fabric;
• scissors and pencil.

Draw a spruce template on a piece of paper and cut it out.

Finely chop the citrus peel, and to add a greater aroma, you can also add a few drops of essential oil.

From thin green cotton fabric, cut out two blanks according to the template, fold them with their right sides inward and baste.

If possible, sew and finish the edge on a sewing machine; if this is not possible, process the edges by hand.

Turn out.

Make a loop from a silver thread with a voluminous knot at the end, using a needle or hook, thread the loop into the top of the spruce.

Tie a satin ribbon into a bow and secure it at the top with a couple of stitches.

We fill the craft with aromatic citrus peels and sew up the edge.

If desired, you can decorate the sachet tree with your own hands with various beads and sequins.

Our affordable and easy-to-make sachet is ready, now its aroma will delight you, and its beautiful appearance will give you extraordinary and festive energy.

Photo of Christmas tree sachet with orange scent

Christmas tree toy made from pasta

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.

DIY Christmas balls

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.

How to make snowflakes from paper - http://home-ideas.ru/2015/12/kak-delat-snezhinki-iz-bumagi/

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 must be wrapped around a pencil to give them a swirled appearance. 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.

28 New Year decorations that can be made in 10 minutes

Ksenia Skvortsova | 12/11/2015 | 5126

Ksenia Skvortsova 12/11/2015 5126

There are never too many Christmas trees for the New Year! Whether you plan to decorate a real tree or not, these creative Christmas trees will make a beautiful holiday decoration for your interior.

We have made for you a selection of original and easy-to-make New Year trees that you can make with your children.

Christmas tree from a pallet

Christmas tree made from paper cupcake tins

Do you like cupcakes? Don't throw away paper molds! They can make a cute Christmas tree.

Prepare a cone-shaped base for the Christmas tree from cardboard. Cut off the bottom of the molds and glue them to the base. When the cone is completely covered with paper layers, paint the Christmas tree with green watercolors. Ready!

Christmas tree from family photos

Another interesting option for a wall tree is a photo wall.

Create a cone on the wall in the shape of a Christmas tree from paper garlands, colored tape and tinsel, and instead of New Year's toys, hang your favorite family photos.

Christmas trees made from plastic spoons

A true needlewoman never throws into the trash bin anything that could be useful for crafts. This also applies to disposable tableware!

Break off the handles from the plastic spoons and glue the remaining cups to each other in a Christmas tree shape. Paint it green with acrylic paint or spray paint.

Christmas tree made from wine corks

Wine corks are an excellent material for all kinds of crafts. From them you can make not only original decorations for the New Year tree, but also the tree itself!

To create such a charming decoration for the New Year's table, you will need at least 10 corks and a base for the Christmas tree (it can be made from a cardboard toilet paper roll).

Paint the corks different colors using watercolors or markers. Then glue the corks to each other in the shape of a pyramid using a glue gun or universal glue and attach the Christmas tree to the base. Decorate as you wish.