DIY Paper Evergreens
The holidays are always a time to remember. Many do-it-yourself projects are so versatile that they can be implemented into most any area of your social or personal life. These paper evergreens can be given out as hostess gifts, used as a project for you and your friends to work on (think centerpiece!), something you and your kids can create together (a memory and a keepsake to last forever) … or just for your own pleasure!
Tools & Materials
- Adjustable circle cutter
- Green card stock, from paperpresentation.com
- Bone Folder
- Scissors
- Wooden skewers
- Hot-glue gun
- 1 1/8-inch (for small trees) and 1 15/16-inch (for large trees) wooden spools, by Woodworks, from craftparts.com
- Gold beads, from tohoshoji-ny.com
Steps 1-3
Step 1 For large Christmas trees, use an adjustable circle cutter to make 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-inch-diameter circles from green card stock (for small trees, omit the 6-inch circle).
Step 2 Fold each circle in half 4 times with a bone folder. While circles are folded, snip off the tip of each piece, forming a very small hole in center.
Step 3 Place smallest circle on the pointed end of a wooden skewer (we used 12-inch skewers), letting the tip poke through the hole in circle. With a hot-glue gun, dab underside of circle, where paper and skewer meet. Hold for 10 seconds to secure.
Steps 4-5
Step 4 Working 1 at a time from smallest circle to largest, slide remaining circles onto skewer; secure with glue.
Step 5 Insert bottom of skewer into a spool; remove, and cut skewer to desired height (we cut ours to 6, 9, and 10 inches), keeping in mind that only spool should be visible beneath standing tree. Return skewer to spool; secure with glue. Add a dot of glue to top of skewer, and attach a gold bead.
Tags: craft, Decor, DIY, DIY, evergreen, Gifts, Holidays, hostess gift, martha stewart, paper, Parties & Showers
Kentucky, United States
Have a nice day as well!