Paper Trees

Here's a seriously quick and easy little something you can give away or make a bunch for your house. Make a trio with large, medium, and small trees! Use crazy colors, earth tones, or whatever matches your decor.

The more I get involved in projects, the more I dislike paint, glue, and mess. These trees are about as and mess-free as it gets - just paper and pins!

For this size of tree, here's what you'll need:

Styrofoam Cone: 3 7/8 x 8 7/8 (medium size)
Paper: 3 1/2" x 1" strips, approximately 15 for the base, 14 for the next row, and so on.
Push pins
Bow

NOTE: If you're doing a trio, the large tree strips need to be 4" x 1", the medium tree 3 1/2" x 1" and the small tree 3" x 1" (go up or down 1/2 inch)

Start your base row up high enough for the paper to sit on the table without getting bent.








I arranged my loops over/under like this. Do it how you like, but this makes the tree look symetrical and fluffy.







Here's the bottom row finished

Start the next row just far enough above to where you don't see any of the bottom row pins.

Do this all the way around!

When you get to the top, it's good to pin everything down like this or you'll have corners poking out.


And to finish it all off, pin a bow right on top.

No glue, no mess! Just cute!

If you want to see a gallery of these, as well as other varieties, go here to Splitcoast Stampers.