• plastic wine glass for the base and two legs;
• natural material (plum and apricot kernels, or peach kernels);
• decorative material (colored glass, beads, chains, sequins, etc.);
• glue gun and glue sticks;
• gold spray paint;
• glitter nail polish;
• glossy varnish spray;
• yarn of natural color and lurex.
1. Prepare the necessary materials. If necessary, rinse and dry the seeds. Degrease the plastic base of the wine glass.
2. Glue plum pits onto the base, starting from the bottom. Glue the bones tightly to each other. For the bottom row we use larger seeds, and so on in descending order. For convenience, I arrange the seeds by size in advance. Glue the next row of seeds tightly to the previous row in a checkerboard pattern. We continue gluing the bones, making sure the rows are even. Having reached the top, glue the bones, pointing them upward. Afterwards we remove the formed adhesive web.
3. For the Christmas tree stand we use two legs from plastic wine glasses. We degrease the legs and glue their narrow ends together, strengthening them from the inside with some kind of rod.We wait until the glue sets well. Then we decorate the leg of the Christmas tree with natural-colored yarn or jute cord. Coating the plastic leg with glue, row by row we glue the yarn in a circle.
4. The Christmas tree made from plum pits had already dried up, now it can be painted. If you paint with aerosol paint from a can, you need to go out into the open air (on the balcony or in the yard). I use quick drying acrylic spray paint. It dries quickly and doesn't smell as strong. After the paint has dried, we connect the tree to the stand. Apply glue around the circumference of the top side of the stand and on the bottom edge of the plastic wine glass. We connect, pressing tightly. Now we see what a fluffy beauty we have.
5. Let's start making the star. To do this, you can use the same plum pits, or you can use ready-made plum pits. For a homemade one, arrange 5-6 seeds in a circle like a flower. Add glue to the center and let it dry. Then we turn the star over and drip glue on the other side. Let the glue dry. We paint the star from a spray can or nail polish of a suitable color. Let it dry and carefully glue it to the top of the Christmas tree.
6. Now we proceed to the most interesting stage - decorating the Christmas tree. To do this, we use cute trinkets - beads, glass, sequins, chains - in general, anything your heart desires and to your taste. I used beads in the shape of pearls in a color scheme close to natural. I also added some sequins in the shape of snowflakes - after all, it’s a Christmas tree. I used lurex thread in several turns to avoid clutter. The star was also decorated with snowflakes to hide gluing errors.At the base of the star, where I attached it to the tree, I also glued beads - as if the tree had put on beads (it also hid the fastening errors). Having finished my work, I can’t stop looking at my beautiful Christmas tree. She's the only one I have. And you?
