A forest of decorative trees

Happy Saturday! Here's what a forest of DIY Christmas trees looks like:

I've already showed you how to make the red glittered trees out of cardboard. All the rest I made tonight from poster board and wrapping paper. So for just a few dollars and an hour or so of your time, you can create your own grove of Christmas magic!

Supplies to make all you see here:

- 4 poster boards 

- Glue gun & glue stick

- An assortment of wrapping paper

- Scissors

So there are two ways you can make these: like a traditional cone or like a spiral cone. 

For a traditional cone, draw and cut out a big circle that fills one whole piece of poster board, with 1/4 wedge (like a PAC man), like this:

Glue wrapping paper to the shape. Use scissors to fringe the paper all around the edges. Hot glue the fringe pieces all the way around. Flip over. It will look like so:

Now roll it up into a cone as tight or as loose as you like, and use hot glue to secure the edges. 

Now it's all done!

I wanted some taller versions, so I used the other method. For the tallest version, use a full piece of poster board. (You can make 6 smaller versions of varying sizes with the two remaining poster boards and the bits left from your PAC man version.)

First, roll your poster board so that you have one end in a pointy cone, and the opposite end wider and open, like this: 

Use hot glue to keep the cone secure. It'll look like this:

Trim the open edge so the tree can stand evenly. Next, wrap it in wrapping paper that makes you smile, using hot glue or double sided tape to attach to the cones. You're done, again! Wasn't that simple? And fun? 

Here's a few close-ups of my trees from tonight:

Now go forth, and plant forests of your own! And don't forget to share your creations!

Stay sassy, 

- Anna