Even a preschooler can make such fluffy paper Christmas trees. Of course, if an adult helps him make a basis - a cone on which "branches" are glued. If the child has not yet mastered enough to work with scissors, then fringe strips (for the first Christmas tree) or triangles (for the second) can be prepared for him in advance. And he himself will stick them, of course, under the supervision of an adult. Indeed, it is so nice to prepare for the New Year together!
Christmas tree made of cone and paper fringe
First, make a narrow bag from a rectangular sheet of thick colored paper in landscape format. Glue it together.
Cut off the bottom by aligning the base. Place it on the table and check that the cone is level. This will be the trunk of the future Christmas tree. Its height will be approximately 22-23 cm.
Take a double sheet (or two single) of thin green double-sided paper and fold it in half in length. Draw strips across the sheet at a distance of 4 cm from each other.
Cut the sheet along the intended lines.
Do not unwrap the resulting narrow stripes, but cut them in the form of a fringe, not reaching the opposite edge by 1 cm.
Gently unfold. If the folds turned out to be wide fringe, then make incisions, equalizing the width with the rest of the fringe.
Apply glue along the edge of the cone and glue the strip evenly, but so that its fringe extends beyond the contour of the cone by 2 cm.
Then, smearing with glue the uncut part of the strip and the cone near it, start winding the strip in turns, making each turn half a centimeter higher.
Remember to apply glue under each layer of the paper ribbon. Glue the end of each strip to the cone. Glue the next strip end-to-end to the previous one. Having reached the top, form a beautiful top of the tree. After the glue dries well, turn the tree downside down and gently fluff the branches.
The fluffy Christmas tree is ready. Cut circles out of colored paper and decorate the green beauty. Christmas tree made of cone and small green triangles
If for the manufacture of the first Christmas tree whole sheets of green paper were needed, then for the second beauty any trimmings of green paper (even different shades) that remained after previous work would be suitable. But try to make the triangles the same, otherwise the Christmas tree will look messy. Make the same cone as in the previous craft. Harvest a lot of pointed triangles 4-5 cm high.
The sharp corner of each triangle with a pen or pencil, wrap up.
Start with the base of the cone. Glue the triangles smeared with glue and point the tip down so that they half extend beyond the contour of the cone.
Glue each next row of triangles 1 cm higher, but so that each triangle lies between two green blanks of the previous row.
Thus, moving to the top, glue all the triangles. Make the triangles for the upper part of the Christmas tree smaller, then it will be easier to glue them, and they will look neater. To close the top of the cone, make a small bag of green paper, glue it and put it on the top of the Christmas tree. Let the glue dry well, and then, starting from the top of the head, fluff the Christmas tree, raising each “branch” a little up.
Decorate the tree with paper balls or tinsel.
