Today’s installment of “Landee’s Festival of Trees” comes directly from Martha Stewart’s latest publication Handmade Holiday Crafts. I LOVE this book. Love it. These trees were so dang cute I just had to give them a try!!
Supplies needed: cardstock of choice, bamboo skewers, wood candlestick holders (shown below), wooden finials (shown below), hot glue.
First, cut your cardstock into circles. My largest circle was 6″. I then did two 5″, a 4″ and a 3″ circle for the larger tree. For the smaller ones I just did a 5″, 4″ and a 3″.
Next, fold your cardstock circle in half and crease well. Repeat this evenly around the circle 8 times until you have 16 folds.
Fold circle “accordion style” and barely snip off the tip.
Repeat until all your circles have been folded and cut.
Put a dot of glue where you want your bottom layer of your tree to be and then thread on your largest circle. Continue with all layers of your tree.
I found these cute wooden candlestick holders at Hobby Lobby for around $3 for all six! And the cute tiny finials below for $1.47 for nine. I then painted them off white.
Trim the bamboo skewers as needed to the height you want. I also needed to trim the sharp point off to get my finials to stay on the top. Fill the candlestick with quite a bit of hot glue and then set the bottom of your tree in it and hold until the glue sets up. Hot glue the finials to the top and you’re done!
I love these little trees!
Wouldn’t they be cute all lined up along a mantle or ledge?
These are obviously a little more involved than just wrapping some fabric around a styrofoam cone but I think they are well worth the effort!
This is part of a series of posts dedicated to easy “tree themed” crafts for Christmas (and Thanksgiving!). You can see the other posts here: Thumbtack Trees and Glitter Cardstock Trees, Thankful Tree, and Fabric Wrapped Trees. If you have a “crafty tree” post you’ve done either this season or last, email me! I’d love to feature it as part of this series {landeeseelandeedo@gmail.com}
Link parties I participate in: Tip Junkie, Sugar Bee, Not Just a Housewife, Someday Crafts, Tatertots & Jello, I Heart Naptime, Lolly Jane, Be Different Act Normal, Craftomaniac, Today’s Creative Blog, Somewhat Simple, Flamingo Toes, Skip To My Lou, Thrifty Decor Chick
OMG I love this! Now I know what will go on my fireplace mantel this year 🙂
Oh, I love them – so cute!! I need to find a Hobby Lobby nearby …
These are so stinkin cute!! I love them!! : )
These are adorable!!
You are *killing* me with all of these trees. I want to do them all, but you obviously have way more patience than I. Proof in fact, the thumb tack trees? I have one small one completed and then abt 50 tacks in the medium sized one and probably less in the large. /sigh.
I love these folder paper trees! Super cute. And the colors of the paper you choose is adorable.
Those are absolutely adorable! I cannot believe how creative you are. 🙂 Thanks for sharing.
Shut up! I was just going through my stash last night of ideas – trying to come up with my homemade ornaments for this year – and I have something almost identical ripped from a magazine. I was just thinking about digging through my paper stash to see if I could make them without going to the store. Then whatever do I spy over here on ye olde blog? A TUTORIAL! Awesome. Love the toppers and bases you used too.
I absolutely love your blog! You are a woman after me own heart, my arts and crafts hero lol!
Hi Landee,
I LOVE these cuties! 🙂
A question: what tool do you use to cut these perfect circles? Or did you cut them by hand?
Thank you!
Priscila.
Ps.: Also L-O-V-E-D the painting you did at your house entrance! 🙂
Those are absolutely adorable!!
I love these. You could use holiday papers too, for any holiday you wished, or for all year ’round. Clever.
These are adorable! I LOVE THEM!
In love….adorable!!!!!!
My daughter just made trees just like these without the wood! Such a cute addition to put the wood pieces, perfect touch! Thanks for sharing! Julie (the letter 4.com’s mom)
So dang cute!!!! Definitely pinned!
Landee, these are absolutely adorable! Love them! You have such clever ideas for Christmas decor. Please say you’ll share here:
http://oneartmama.blogspot.com/2011/11/shine-on-fridays-3-and-some-fabulous.html
oh my word, these are adorable! you are so crafty. I want to try and make some… thanks for the idea!
Amy @ http://www.themombot.com
LOVE these – like really pink fluffy heart love these!. I’m your newest follower and SOOOOOOO glad I found you!. I found you through UCreate 🙂
I’d love it if you came by my place 🙂 xx
What did you use for the topper??
Pretty darn cool trees! I’m loving your blog and will be your newest follower…came by from UCreate also. Great ideas here!
Sherry
These are so great – thanks for sharing! I will be visiting HL again so I can make these! And I’ll be getting that book…
Too cute! What a whimsical idea!And there are limitless possibilites with the paper choices! Love it!
Pinned this!! Found you through UCreate!! Thanks for sharing!
ohgoodgolly, fabulous idea! Great project to do with the kids!
Thanks for sharing. I found you through TCB and am off to explore the rest of your site. Have a cheery day!
Super cute 🙂 New follower!
Kelly @ livelaughrowe.com
Love these, so pretty! I have to go back and see all of your other trees now. I’d love for you to share these at etcetorize.blogspot.com. The linky party is open now~
Thank you for sharing-I love these!
These are so pretty!!! I love the paper you used and the end result. Wow! I would love if you linked to my linky party at: http://eyehearttoday.blogspot.com/2011/11/anything-goes-at-eye-heart-3.html
Thanks.
Awesome xmas decoration!
^_^
Fede
Hi Landee, I just saw your trees at Tip Junkie. They’re adorable ans so simply cute. Thanks for sharing them. I’m your newest follower and email subscriber.
Hugs…Tracy @ Cotton Pickin Cute
P.S. I’m having several giveaways. I hope you’ll stop by and enter.
I love paper crafts and your trees! Gorgeous!
Just so cute! Going to have to add this to my holiday to-do list!
Emily
domesticdeadline.blogspot.com
Love these! Pinning!
So simple yet so cute!
I just love those … thanks for sharing the tutorial.
Great project and tutorial Laundee.
I’d love for you to share this project on Inspiration Friday at Simply Christmas http://shabbyartboutique.blogspot.com/2011/12/inspiration-friday.html
pretty pretty pretty! I am book marking this!!! I’d love you to link up with us.
http://www.toysinthedryer.com/2011/12/fun-stuff-fridays-2.html
How..where…did you come up with that? Those are simply adorable!
Duh..if I had read the first sentence, I would have not had to ask you that! Love them!
Those are awesome!! Wow!!
I featured them on my TT&J facebook page 🙂
xoxo
Jen
Sooooooo cute!
Wonderful! Thank you for sharing!
These are wonderful and seem so simple…thx for sharing…going to have to try this one…happy decorating, Mariaelena…going back to follow along and look around some more…:)
Absolutely darling! Can’t wait to give these a try. Thanks!
Blessings
These are super cute! I’d love for you to link up and share: http://tutusandteaparties.blogspot.com/2011/12/pinteresting-link-party-week-sixteen.html
Wow…these are really cool. I found the link on Pinterest.
Great idea….and they look amazing.
Landee, I love these sweet little trees! I wish there was a hobby lobby in San Diego!
Hi, Landee, love your blog, and Love These Trees!!
Thank you and thanks, Martha. I’m doing a “Blog This” link to your post on my blog.
Happy Holidays To Everyone!
Ohhhhh… these are precious!
These are adorable! Would you share them with us over at the Christmas link party co-hosting with 17 other blogs? http://ejoym.blogspot.com/2011/12/creating-christmas-linky-party.html
Why didn’t I see these sooner?? I’m pinning these for next year!
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Me again…I just posted these on my blog: http://eedeedesignstudios.com/tutorials/a-pinterest-christmas/
what size are your candlesticks? I am having a hard time finding some at hobby lobby the right size ;o)
Jax
I just discovered your blog, I’m making a set of these for my Easter table tomorrow. The perfect quick and easy craft.
That is so cute, and majorly simple! I’m glad I happened upon it…I use stumble and I find so many awesome blog sites, I have to start documenting all of them in a spreadsheet just to keep up. Great post, thanks for the tutorial and the pics to go with!
These are toooooo cute! Thanks for sharing
Jeannette Gauthier
http://www.carterieplus.com
The trees are fabulous!!! I’m happy I “Stumbled” on this page!
These are so dang cute! I shared them on my Some Kind of Wonderful party! Thanks for sharing with us!
These are very cute, and look quite simple to make. I think I need a forest full!! Thanks for the great idea.
I love these. I think they’d be really cute if you cut the circles of paper with pinking shears, or some other shears with an interesting edge. Also, I might buy some floral foam to put inside the candle cups, which would make the glue set up a lot faster & easier! Great IDEA!!
Aww! They are so cute. Adding this one to my list of things to try. 🙂 Thank you.
So nice to find directions step by step on how to do. Thank you for sharing.
you can take the wooden candle holders and fill with plumbers putty; put the tree stem in the putty and the finish with 6000 glue. Nice! I am going to try this after Christmas and see if I can make them 🙂