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Making Accordion Christmas Trees


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Making Accordion Christmas Trees - three finished trees with a tiny ball ornament on top, and pine cones and other decorations in frontI have a project that is simply made. With scrape pieces of wood and wrapping paper, you can make a vignette of trees or just make singles to be placed throughout your space.

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Total Time: 1 hour

Yield: 3

Supplies:

Making Accordion Christmas Trees - bottle of paint and foam brush
 
Making Accordion Christmas Trees - wooden block scraps
 
Making Accordion Christmas Trees - rolls of Christmas wrap
 

Steps:

  1. With your wood pieces pre drill holes in the center of your wood.
  2. Making Accordion Christmas Trees - pre-drill holes in blocks for the skewers
     
  3. Pre paint the base of your tree.
  4. Making Accordion Christmas Trees - pre-painted blocks
     
  5. Screw the skewer into the hole (if too loose you can use hot glue to tighten).
  6. Making Accordion Christmas Trees - blocks and skewers for three trees
     
  7. Take your gift paper and cut a 12 inch triangle. You can use this as a template if you are doing several.
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  9. Take the paper triangle and fold up, then fold behind making making sure the folds are about the same size fold.
  10. Making Accordion Christmas Trees - folded green paper triangle
     
  11. With a hole puncher, punch a hole through all of the folds, in the center.
  12. Now thread down your skewer.
  13. Making Accordion Christmas Trees - finished green and white Christmas paper tree
     
    Making Accordion Christmas Trees - closeup of holes punched in paper
     
  14. Pull your paper accordion to the top and secure with a bead of hot glue.
  15. If skewer is to long, trim/cut off access.
  16. The final step is decorating trees (optional).
  17. Making Accordion Christmas Trees - closeup of finished trees
     
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