10 Easy DIY Christmas Tree Ideas Using Simple Materials for the Holiday Season

In the following article, FPT Shop will discuss 10 ways to make a Christmas tree in a detailed and simple way, from choosing materials, styles to execution methods, so that you can refer to them if you don’t know where to start. Creating Christmas trees is both a fun and interesting activity, as well as creating unique and colorful works of art in a decorative style that brings a warm Christmas atmosphere to the family.

Origin and significance of the Christmas tree in Christmas

The origin of the Christmas tree is associated with European culture. According to some sources, the Christmas tree originated from Germany in the 8th century and was used by the priest Boniface to replace the oak tree in a pagan worship ceremony. Until the 16th century, it gradually became a symbol of the transition from the pagan era to Christianity.

In terms of origin and significance, the Christmas tree plays an important traditional symbol in Western Christmas culture, embodying 4 deep meanings, reflecting the spirit of unity, sacrifice, and positive faith:

• Eternal life: The Christmas tree always maintains its fresh green appearance throughout the year, even in the cold winter, so it is often seen as a symbol of eternal life and new life.
• Family and community bonding: Families often decorate trees together and choose lights, ornaments, and small decorations to create a warm space.
• Religious symbol: In some religions, the Christmas tree is seen as a symbol of sacrifice and resurrection. The lights on the Christmas tree can also symbolize the light of Christ in the dark world.
• Hope and peace: During the Christmas season, the decorated Christmas tree with lights and diverse decorations creates a bright image and a sense of peace and friendliness, so it also carries the meaning of hope and peace.

Detailed instructions for 10 ways to make a Christmas tree at home

How to make a Christmas tree with cardboard

Tools to prepare

• Hard cardboard, green paper
• Coloring pens, crayons, pencils or you can use green paint
• Scissors
• Tape
• Wrapping paper, colorful newspapers for decoration

Steps to follow

Step 1: Prepare the hard cardboard: Use a pen to draw progressively increasing triangles, stack them to create many layers of tree leaves. Then, you can stack some pieces of cardboard under the drawn Christmas tree paper and start cutting along the pen’s line to simultaneously create Christmas tree shapes of the same size.

Step 2: Paint: Paint the green color on the surface of the Christmas tree shape or use green paper to stick on. To create a 3D effect, you can only paint the color on the bottom of each triangle.

Step 3: Assemble the Christmas tree: Mark the vertical and horizontal central axis according to the Christmas tree shape, then use scissors to cut the lower half of one shape, and cut the upper half of another shape to fit them together.

Step 4: Decoration: Decorate the tree by adding details such as drawing boards, small house models, or small gift packages. You can also use highlighter or pencil to draw patterns and images on the tree leaves.

Step 5: Place on the table or window: Place the completed Christmas tree on the table, window, refrigerator door, or any place you want to decorate.

How to make a Christmas tree with wire

Tools to prepare

• Wire (8 strands of 30cm long steel wire) and wire cutters
• Metallic bells of various colors
• Round hoop, circular frame, or small porcelain pot
• Skewers
• Hanging wire or silk thread
• Scissors, glue, silicone glue
• Decorations such as LED lights, ornaments, ribbons, plastic pens (optional)

Steps to follow:

Step 1: Cut the wire into short sections, with the length depending on the size of the round hoop or small porcelain pot and the height of the tree you want to create.

Step 2: You wrap the wire strands around a 12cm skewer to make the trunk and note to leave an empty 4cm wire segment to insert into the pot.

Step 3: You determine how many main branches and how many secondary branches the Christmas tree needs to cut and shape as desired. For the Christmas tree below, you can cut 3 10cm wire strands for the main branches and 12 4cm wire strands for the secondary branches. Then, allocate suitable positions for each main branch on the trunk and wrap each branch with 1 loop around the trunk as a branch. Next, you wrap 3 secondary branches onto each main branch.

Step 4: Add decorations such as LED lights, ornaments, ribbons, or any other decorations according to your preference to make the tree more vibrant and sparkling.

Step 5: Place or hang the Christmas tree on the table or wall to decorate the space as you wish.

How to make a Christmas tree with salt

Tools to prepare

• Cardboard
• Hanging wire, food coloring
• Bells, stars, tinsel wire
• Mixing bowl: salt, water, ammonia, laundry bleach
• Porcelain pot

Steps to follow:

Step 1: First, you create a Christmas tree shape on the cardboard and color it with the food coloring you like.

Step 2: You put the Christmas tree shape into the mixing bowl, then a chemical reaction occurs, creating a beautiful and magical crystalline snowflake precipitation phenomenon.

Step 3: To solidify and maintain the shape of the crystals, you need to let the Christmas tree dry naturally or use a gentle heater.

Step 5: When the Christmas tree is dry, you can attach a hanging wire at the top to hang it up, or you can directly insert the tree into a pot for table decoration.

Step 6: Add decorations such as ribbons, LED lights, or any other decorations you like to make your Christmas tree more eye-catching and unique.

How to make a Christmas tree with colored straws

Tools to prepare

• Drinking straws
• Glue, adhesive tape
• Wooden sticks
• Scissors

Steps to follow:

Step 1: For each tree branch, you will prepare 3 equal-length drinking straws from 2-9cm.

Step 2: You take 2 straws divided into 3 equal parts and cut a gentle curve in the middle so that the cut part of the straw is not separated. You use scissors to create a small hole in the middle of the remaining straw to be able to use a wooden stick to fix it.

Step 3: For the gradually smaller straw group, you still take it similarly to step 2.

Step 4: After that, you also need to shape both ends of all straws that have been processed to create a pointed effect.

Step 5: You thread the wooden stick through the straws from longest to shortest, and you can also add some beads to create a beautiful effect in the middle of each tree branch. Note that for each branch, you need to thread the uncut straw first and then thread the processed part of the straw to fit each other.

Step 6: You can add additional small decorations that you like.

How to make a Christmas tree with metallic paper

Tools to prepare

• Hard paper
• Glue, scissors
• Metallic wire (color of your choice)
• Decorative stars, beads, gift boxes

Steps to follow:

Step 1: First, to shape the Christmas tree, you need to create a cone shape from hard paper and use glue to fix the shape.

Step 2: Next, you secure the end of the metallic wire at the top of the cone shape using glue and start wrapping the wire around the shape until the cone is completely covered, then use glue to stick it back.

Step 3: To make your Christmas tree stand out, you can attach a star on the top of the cone or add some beads, small gift packages.

How to make a Christmas tree with accordion paper

Tools to prepare

• Green accordion paper
• Wire
• Glue, scissors

Steps to follow:

Step 1: Prepare long accordion paper strips with a width of 4-6cm. Then, you cut small fringes about 1cm along the width for the accordion paper strips, then gently separate the layers to avoid tearing.

Step 2: To create a pine leaf shape, you twist each fringe by hand, making all the remaining fringes on the strip.

Step 3: You glue one end of the prepared accordion paper strip onto the wire and start wrapping it around the wire to create a pine leaf branch. After that, you do the same for many other leaf branches.

Step 4: You assemble the pine leaf branches together to form a Christmas tree, and finally, you choose some decorations such as beads, gift packages, or dried oranges to add highlights to your Christmas tree.

How to make a Christmas tree with felt fabric

Tools to prepare

• Felt fabric, needle, thread
• Pencil, scissors
• Cotton pads
• Ribbon

Steps to follow:

Step 1: To prepare 2 felt fabric Christmas tree shapes of the same size, first, you draw the Christmas tree shape on the felt fabric and stack another piece of felt fabric underneath and start cutting along the pen’s line.

Step 2: You cut some small star shapes or circles, bows, etc. from different colored felt fabrics for decoration.

Step 3: After placing the 2 Christmas tree fabric pieces matching each other, you use a needle and thread to sew the edges together, leaving a small hole. Then, you stuff the cotton pads to create a plump effect for the Christmas tree, and you continue sewing the remaining part to completely seal it.

Step 4: You sew beads of multiple colors or small pieces of fabric with different shapes to decorate the Christmas tree to create highlights.

How to make a wall-mounted Christmas tree

Tools to prepare

• Green metallic wire
• Pearls, stars, gift packages, etc.
• LED lights
• Tape

Steps to follow:

Step 1: You stick the green metallic wire to create a Christmas tree shape on the wall using tape.

Step 2: You can also stick a large star shape on the top of the Christmas tree on the wall and decorate with LED lights along the wire and add some pearls and gift packages to make the tree on the wall more vibrant.

How to make a Christmas tree with LED lights

Tools to prepare

• LED lights
• Glue
• Star, pearls, gift packages, etc.

Steps to follow:

Step 1: You need to create a Christmas tree shape on the wall with LED lights in a balanced way.

Step 2: Next, you can stick additional decorations along the LED lights and add some pearls, gift packages, or any other decorations according to your preference to make your Christmas tree more eye-catching and beautiful.

How to make a Christmas tree with dry branches

Tools to prepare

• Dry branches
• Some small decorative items

Steps to follow:

Step 1: You need to prepare many straight dry branches of different sizes increasing from short to long, and connect them together in a spiral or circle shape.

Step 2: After that, you decorate with some colored beads, snowflakes, and a few other decorations according to your preference.

Conclusion

By now, you may have learned how to make a Christmas tree using 10 different methods, and based on that, you can create the most suitable products for yourself. In this theme, if you have any questions or want to learn more about any other issues, feel free to leave a comment in the chat box, and FPT Shop’s admin will answer you.

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