To do today DIY decorative Christmas trees can be made from a variety of materials. For their manufacture, tinsel, cones, fabrics, paper, feathers, yarn, wool - anything is used. Creative imagination is so wide and varied. For finishing decorative Christmas trees use everything that is at hand - buttons, beads, ribbons and much more.

What are decorative Christmas trees? Let's consider some of them.

Sisal or stick fir trees.

Oooh... These beauties have been in great demand for the New Year holidays for the last couple of years. Sisal Christmas trees are a great option for a little New Year's beauty. This is a wonderful element of New Year's decor and very original New Year's gift, which can be easily do it yourself.

Below is a detailed description of how to make them.

Felt Christmas Trees

I already once told how such a cute Christmas tree is made. Here it is a master class Christmas tree made of shells. Learn and do it yourself.

There are a lot of options for Christmas trees. And many of them you can do yourself.

And now, as I already wrote, "We're doing a sisal tree"

Detailed master class from Anna Tyumerova on.

The materials we need:

• penoplex;
• foam cone;
• acrylic paint;
• tassel;
• tree branch;
• wire;
• glue gun;
• sisal;
• decor for decorating the Christmas tree.

Step 1. In order to make the base of the Christmas tree, take a foam cone. The cone can be made independently of any required height and width. We paint over it with acrylic paint. We select the color of the paint to match the color of the sisal.

Step 2. We stick a piece of wire into the top of the cone. We fix with glue.

Step 3. We coat the Christmas tree with glue, over small areas, not all at once. Wrap sisal on the smeared areas. We begin to wind the sisal either from the base of the tree, or from the end of the wire. It's whatever is more convenient for you.

A little trick when working with titanium glue:

In order for the glue not to spread and dry out, you can fill the glue into a syringe and squeeze out the necessary portion of the glue from the syringe.

The result is a cone like this

Step 4. We make the basis for the Christmas tree. To do this, take a small piece of foam and glue it with corrugated paper. You can make a stand from a pot of gypsum diluted with water.

Step 5. Insert one end of the stick into a piece. Fix with hot glue.

Step 6. We make a hole at the base of the cone. We insert and glue the other end of the trunk there.

Step 7. We give the wire the necessary shape.

Step 8. Now we decorate the Christmas tree. We use our imagination and the materials that are at hand.

Step 8. We decorate the base for a Christmas tree or a pot with sweets, flowers and various decorative materials.

All these decorative Christmas trees easy to do do it yourself, a little desire and effort and all. A decorative Christmas tree can be a chic gift for friends. Also, such a Christmas tree can decorate a work table or a place by the mirror in the hallway.

Wonderful creations!

New is not only a festive mood, but also a troublesome business. The main problem: where to get a beautiful Christmas tree for the holiday.

If you buy something original and exclusive, it will cost a lot, but if you take something cheap, the festive mood is spoiled. The best solution to the problem is a sisal herringbone. This is a real air miracle that will give a holiday to both children and adults.

Sisal is a material that has an interesting and unusual look. Therefore, all the crafts that are made from it have an unusual and festive look. There are many ways to create a New Year's miracle from sisal. Everything depends on time and opportunities. For the basis of crafts, you can take both a cheap option - whatman paper, and a more expensive one - floral foam for dried flowers.

If you make a do-it-yourself craft according to the second option, then the composition will turn out to be more accurate and pretty. At the same time, the time spent is reduced to a minimum, because the shape of the Christmas tree is set by cutting with a knife. The first option is cheaper, but if you try, it will turn out no worse than with floral foam.

Sisal tree: materials and tools

• Gouache in the color of sisal;
• Glue;
• Chinese chopsticks;
• Plastic cups;
• Sisal;
• Sponge;
• Whatman;
• Christmas balls and garlands for the Christmas tree;
• Scotch

Now it’s worth taking a closer look at the scheme of the Christmas tree with your own hands.

Whatman paper is taken, which is pre-selected according to the future size of the Christmas tree, and painted to match the purchased sisal. It happens that the selected sisal is quite thick or, on the contrary, thin. This feature of the material makes sisal glued in pieces or wrapped around whatman paper, leaving areas that are translucent. Therefore, a separate piece of advice would be to paint the paper in the exact tone of sisal, which will allow you to get less noticeable translucency. After the material is painted, it should be allowed to dry for about 10 minutes.

Stage 2

Next, you should make the base with your own hands. The painted drawing paper must be rolled into a cone, after which we fix the resulting figure with glue (adhesive tape cannot be used, the figure will not hold). After that, you need to pass the iron wire through the figure and secure it with adhesive tape at the top of the cone.

Now, when the base is ready, you can decorate the Christmas tree itself with your own hands. The design is wrapped tightly with sisal and settled to acquire shape. In order for the sisal tree to have a neat shape, the material needs to be wrinkled a little in the hands. Such an action must be performed very carefully, because sisal is a very fragile material that can deteriorate with an unsuccessful movement.

Stage 3

Now you need to make your own sisal Christmas tree stand. We take a plastic camp and Chinese sticks. All sticks are connected together, then wrapped in paper, fastened with tape. In a pre-prepared glass, gypsum is poured and fixed Chinese sticks are attached. This structure will serve as a trunk for a sisal Christmas tree in the future. In the event that there is no gypsum, you can make the base with your own hands from a sponge. This material will better fix the sisal Christmas tree and prevent sticking.

Stage 4

The finished Christmas tree is decorated with various balls and garlands, the design depends only on your imagination.

You can first make a winding of a sisal Christmas tree with various ribbons that will serve as a garland. After that, you should evenly pick up the Christmas trees over the entire surface: bows, beads, toys, as well as any other trinkets that are at hand. The finished sisal Christmas tree is fixed on Chinese sticks, which are in a cup.

DIY Christmas trees can do everything. A festive tree is made in about half an hour. A little time is spent, even if it is not high, but impressions remain for a whole year. A sisal Christmas tree can be put on an honorable, festive place and please all relatives and friends. Such a creation of a sisal Christmas tree can serve as a gift that will be especially original among other presents for the New Year holidays.

Today you can make a decorative Christmas tree to decorate your home from various materials. For this, tinsel, cones, garlands, paper, cardboard, yarn, fabric are perfect. And for the decoration of such home-made Christmas trees, buttons, beads, ribbons are used. There is another material that creates a wide field for needlework and crafts. These colorful sisal Christmas trees have been very popular in recent years. And at the same time, a sisal fiber Christmas tree can be a chic home decoration or a great gift.

How to make a sisal tree with your own hands

Necessary materials:

• cardboard A4
• sisal in different colors (green, red, yellow)
• decorative ribbons
• golden thread
• gift wrapping paper
• beads
• cones

DIY sisal Christmas trees: master class

1. Cut out the template from cardboard and twist it into a cone, fixing it with glue

2. Cut out 8 cm squares from the sisal fabric. Roll them into balls.

3. Make boxes out of gift wrapping paper. Inside you can put foam bars. Tie nicely with ribbon.

4. Start at the bottom of the cone blank. Attach sisal balls and other decorations

5. Additionally, you can decorate the sisal Christmas tree with beads

6. Glue bows and other decorations, and you can put a red star on top

There are a lot of varieties of sisal Christmas trees. Each of them can take its place in your home. If you want to make a sisal stomp Christmas tree, consider the description in more detail. This fun craft will be a great addition to your Christmas decor.

Sisal Christmas tree master class

You can make your own Christmas tree from sisal in any way. One of them is described in this article, but you can, or.

The difference between the topotushka is only that instead of a pot it is necessary to put a Christmas tree on its legs.

Therefore, we will consider how to make the legs of a topotushka Christmas tree with your own hands

Necessary materials:

• glue gun
• eggs from kinder
• scissors
• glue "Moment"
• decorations

Cut off a piece from a small part of a plastic egg, as shown with a black marker

Attach this cut piece to the larger part of the egg.

We circle the resulting legs on cardboard in order to make two soles of the base

Paste the blanks with corrugated paper

Using hot glue, we collect all the parts of the boot in a pile

Glue the bottom of the boot with felt and make a stitch in front

Such floristic fiber as sisal can be seen today in every flower shop. More than one photo or video master class is devoted to the manufacture of sisal crafts. Sisal is made from the leaves of the Mexican agave, it is such a herbaceous shrub from the subtropics. Sisal fibers are coarse and hard, but very strong. Ropes, ropes, washcloths, brushes are most often made from this fiber. That is, production, far from artistic creativity.

But it was the masters of arts and crafts who drew attention to the fact that sisal is appropriate in needlework, as well as in a variety of types of decor. And now the video instructions tell you how to build such beauty.

Before making a beautiful souvenir tree, you will need a MK (master class) for making the sisal itself. If you could not find it anywhere, you can make it yourself. Where you should start is by visiting a hardware store. Buy a brush for whitewashing houses there, it is cheap, and you can pull a lot of fibers from it.

Choose brushes with a thin, durable pile, the pile must certainly be natural.

The next point is how to make such a sisal colored:

• Use dyes in tablets or powder;
• Fill any vessel with hot water, add one tablespoon of vinegar there, and then the dye itself;
• Soak the sisal divided into strands in the resulting solution for two and a half hours;
• When the material dries, you can lay it out to dry on ordinary landscape sheets or napkins (of course, clean ones);
• To get interesting colors, you can mix shades;
• Natural dyes are also used - in the photo you can appreciate how beautifully sisal is dyed with ordinary potassium permanganate, beetroot juice, coffee grounds, etc. with your own hands.

And if you need a snow-white blank, you can soak the sisal in Whiteness, increasing the soaking time to six hours.

Very important: do not dry the sisal on newspaper or magazine sheets, it is possible that the letters will be imprinted on the material.

There is also such a thing as wicker (linen) sisal. How to make it with your own hands? Another little tutorial. Take an oilcloth, lay the prepared fibers on it in any order, and cover it well with wallpaper glue on top. Cover it all with another layer of film, press down with a flat board.

A day later, such a woven fabric can be used - for example, to make a sisal topiary.

Sisal Topiary (video master class)

Sisal balls for topiary: how to make

And one more simple master class for a future big craft. It involves the creation of sisal balls with your own hands.

How to make sisal balls:

• Divide the sisal into small pieces;
• Roll each piece slowly in your palms.

You yourself determine what size you need to make a ball for the topiary. Rolling circles is very simple, the denser, the more securely they will hold, the better the crown will turn out.

How to roll sisal balls (MK video)

Sisal Topiary: Master Class

Well, now you can start making sisal topiary. If possible, shoot the process on a video or photo, so that later you can make a video or photo master class, teach other novice masters.

So, you will need:

• Sisal of a certain color (for example, purple). You can take several colors if you are sure that you can combine it correctly.
• Pot.
• Gypsum.
• Styrofoam ball or any other base ball.
• Water.
• A branch from a tree. Of course, the trunk may be different, but the twig will do the job just fine.
• Scissors.
• Glue gun.
• Wire cutters.
• Decorative items of your choice.

Sisal topiary (photo master class step by step)

When the product is almost ready, the final touch remains in the form of a "zest" in the decoration.

Sisal Christmas Tree Topiary: New Year's Master Class

The most relevant video and photo tutorials are devoted to the manufacture of sisal topiary, the model of which is a herringbone. Such a New Year's souvenir will be a great gift for friends and family. This New Year's souvenir is made very simply, and how such a Christmas tree will help out on holidays - a do-it-yourself thing is always a more valuable present when there is such a New Year's occasion.

How is such a Christmas tree made? The main crown for such a tree will not be a ball, but a cone. Well, if the ball is clear where to get it, then how to make a cone? The easiest option is to twist it out of cardboard. And it is better to fix the cone with adhesive tape, and not ordinary, but painter's tape - the future Christmas tree will be stronger.

Also, a plastic base for a children's pyramid or a foam blank is suitable as a blank.

• The bottom of the cone must be closed in a circle;
• Take a piece of wire, bend one end of it;
• Pass the wire through the top of the cone, secure it with hot glue;
• Make a hole in the circle with scissors, thread the circle onto a pencil;
• Finally, glue the cone itself (future Christmas tree) on top of the pencil, glue the circle from below;
• Tear off a piece of sisal and fix it on the end of the wire with the same hot glue;
• Wrap the sisal tightly around the wire, and then begin wrapping movements around the cone, securing each turn with hot glue;
• Sisal should thus be wrapped around the entire cone;
• A pencil-trunk can be wrapped with twine or pasted over with silver narrow tape.

Decorate the pot too, moreover, you need to do this so that the color of the decor of the pot is in tune with the Christmas tree. For example, the Christmas tree is blue and the Christmas pot is also blue. If you want multicolor, it should also be in harmony. For example, the Christmas tree is green, and the pot is golden. In a word, the Christmas tree and the New Year's pot should overlap in color.

Well, such a Christmas tree will already be decorated the way you imagine. View photo or video examples of how other craftsmen decorate a similar colored sisal topiary. The Christmas tree can be decorated with a mini-garland, New Year's beads. It can even hang a festive ball, and not one - only very small ones.

Decorate the pot with your own hands - with golden braid, satin ribbons, snow-covered fruits. Inside the pot, upstairs, you can put a small New Year's photo to make it clear who this gift is from.

Sisal is a natural plant fiber. It is extracted mechanically from the long leaves of the agave, which grows in the subtropics. Since ancient times, the inhabitants of the countries of America and Africa have valued it for its durability and strength. Threads, ropes, ropes are made from sisal, various household items are created. Mattress stuffing and carpets are renowned for their quality. Ship ropes were woven from thick threads. However, natural fibers are gradually being replaced by artificial ones.

Needlework masters use both threads and canvases made from them in their creative works. In the article we will consider a master class of sisal Christmas trees, different versions. Also, readers will learn how to create canvases and balls of threads on their own, use even natural and unpainted rope. Now it is fashionable to decorate the interior with jute crafts, burlap, and we will use sisal. The color of the thread is lighter than jute, stronger and harder to the touch, you also need to know that they are prickly.

Some use artificial sisal. However, these are just plastic thin threads. In our article, we will describe a master class of a Christmas tree made of natural sisal, grown by the hands of workers in Brazil and Tanzania. The crafts made will delight for a long period of time. After all, this material is durable, does not absorb dust and moisture. So you can make the following version of the New Year's crafts as a gift.

Christmas tree made of threads

To make a Christmas tree from sisal with your own hands according to the master class described below in the article, you need to buy the following materials necessary for work in a sewing accessories and needlework store:

• foam cone;
• green sisal threads;
• golden ribbon;
• gold and red beads or half beads;
• red satin ribbon for a bow at the top.

You will also need scissors, PVA glue and a Christmas tree garland, it is advisable to buy a light, plastic one.

Sisal Christmas tree master class

Apply a thick layer of PVA to the foam cone with a brush. The winding of sisal threads starts from the bottom up. They do this in a chaotic manner, the main thing is that the coating is of high quality and the foam is not visible anywhere. At the very top, the threads are wound tightly around some kind of rod, for example, take a thin knitting needle, which is then easy to remove. The upper part of the craft is made tight, and after removing the rod, it twists around its axis a couple of times. To prevent the top from falling apart, add PVA glue.

The winding is fixed with ribbons tied in a spiral around the Christmas tree. You can alternate a strip of golden ribbon and garlands with balls. The top requires reinforced winding so that it does not unwind. A small bright ball, fixed with threads, is hung on the edge. The top thus leans to one side. You can decorate the Christmas tree to your taste by attaching bright beads or pebbles along the ribbon. You can glue several balls, placing them evenly over the entire surface of the craft. Tie a red bow next to the top ball.

A sisal Christmas tree made according to our master class can be placed both on a shelf and in the center of a festive table. It takes up little space, but will serve as a wonderful decor for the New Year's holiday.

Christmas tree from individual balls

Now we will present the reader with a master class of a Christmas tree made of sisal balls. You can fantasize in the manufacture of this craft in different ways. Both the colors of the threads and the size of the twisted elements themselves vary. Additionally, both natural and artificial components can be connected to the work of decorating crafts.

Cones and twigs, Christmas balls and tinsel, foam fruits and berries are used. Dried fruits look beautiful, such as orange or lemon slices, cinnamon sticks or star anise. Alternate sisal balls with yarn pom-poms. Here everything is decided by the master working on the craft.

How to make balls

Before you start the sisal Christmas tree master class, let's look at how to make balls correctly, because the threads have a naughty structure, they can stick out ugly in different directions, they will definitely fall apart after twisting. Masters, before shaping the balls on a foam cone, properly prepare them.

First of all, a small part is torn off from the general heap of fibers and the shape of a ball of the desired size is rolled in the hands. If it turned out to be small - it's not scary, you need to tear off a little more and roll the ball in your palms again. Then the element must be strengthened. The same PVA glue is used. It pours a little into the palm and the ball is rolled in the glue again. The finished part is left on a ceramic plate until completely dry.

When everything is dry, you can notice small flaws, for example, threads stick out in some places. This must be corrected before pasting the cone, cutting off all the excess with scissors. Next comes the assembly of the components together.

Assembling a Christmas tree from balls

As a basis, you can use both a purchased cone and a self-made one made of cardboard. Consider this version of a sisal Christmas tree (read the master class with a step-by-step explanation below). Thick green paper is selected and folded around the upper corner with a cone. The sides can be glued, but it is more reliable to fasten with paper clips using a stapler. The inner part for weighting is filled with crumpled newspapers.

The lower part of the cone is leveled with scissors and placed on a piece of foam or glued to a saucer from a flower pot. Only it must first be painted or pasted over with ribbons of green or a contrasting color.

Then the prepared balls are pasted over the entire cone, decorative elements are added - bows, cones, Christmas decorations, artificial snowflakes and much more.

How to make a sisal Christmas tree topiary

You have already read the master class on working with sisal fibers. Let's see how you can make a Christmas tree craft from sisal ropes, and even in the form of a topiary. The base for the tree is best to take a foam cone. A hole for the rod is pierced from below with a stick or branch. Also prepare a coil of natural thin sisal rope, a flower pot, or any shape of container to hold our tree upright. We will fix the base with a solution of gypsum and water, mixed in a separate bowl to a state of thick sour cream.

To make the tops as curved as in the photo above, a thick wire is used. First of all, the cone is wrapped with a rope or thick sisal threads around the entire circumference. The wire is stuck deep into the cone (you can pour a little PVA into the hole), and is also wrapped along the entire length.

The rod (stick, thick even branch, wire) is wrapped with a brown satin ribbon, the ends of which are glued to the rod from below and from above. A hole of the appropriate diameter is pierced in the cone and a rod is placed on the glue. Its lower part is inserted into a pot filled with a solution of gypsum.

Decorating crafts

The decoration uses natural elements - paper ribbons, dried leaves, cinnamon sticks and lemon slices. The pot is wrapped in bright glossy paper and sisal thread. The remaining free inner part is filled with sweets.

The article gives only a few options for making Christmas trees from sisal. You can diversify crafts in your own way, adding creative ideas to the knowledge gained.