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Spool Yo Yo Tree


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Finished large tree.Here is another cute yo yo Christmas tree project, for the yo yo enthusiast. You can make one or a whole grove.

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Total Time: 1.5 hours to assemble 4, not including making yo yos.

Yield: 1 per 18 yo yos

Supplies:

Steps:

  1. Cut 18 circle templates ranging in size from 220mm down to 50 mm, in 10 mm increments. I used a compass to draw the circles.
  2. Cardboard templates.
     
  3. Cut 18 yo yos using paper templates.
  4. Fabric circles for yo yos.
     
  5. Make yo yos. Follow this link for a short tutorial on making yo yos: Making Fabric Yo Yos
  6. Use brown shoe polish to stain spools for the tree trunks. You may paint the spools using acrylic craft paint or leave natural.
  7. Shoe polish for staining and wooden spools.
     
    Staining spool with shoe polish.
     
    Removing excess polish.
     
    Stained wooden spools.
     
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  8. Snip a small hole in the yo yo, through the center of the gathered opening, into the ungathered side.
  9. Snipping hole in ungather side of yo yo for mounting on dowel.
     
  10. Begin to slide yo yos onto the dowel through the snipped hole. Continue adding yo yos until only the smallest remains.
  11. Mounting yo yos beginning with largest.
     
    Adding more yo yos to dowel.
     
    Ready to glue last yo yo on at top.
     
  12. Glue the smallest yo yo the the tip of the dowel, a bit of glue can also be applied to the yo yo below.
  13. Adding spool to dowel to check for length.
     
  14. Slide the spool onto the dowel and mark the cutting line on the dowel.
  15. Marking dowel for cutting.
     
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  16. Using a small saw cut the dowel to the correct length.
  17. Cutting dowel to length.
     
  18. Glue dowel into spool.
  19. View of base of spool after gluing dowel.
     
  20. You are done. Make as many of these cute little trees as you like to create a little grove or to give as gifts. You could also attach a ribbon hanger to them to use as Christmas tree ornaments.
Group of four yo yo trees.
 

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December 22, 20121 found this helpful

These are so cute!

 
December 26, 20121 found this helpful

How cute.

 
November 9, 20160 found this helpful

How do you get 18 yoyo's. I get 13 templates ranging from 220 to 50.
Do you double up any. Please help. Thank you

 
December 17, 20161 found this helpful

220, 210, 200, 190, 180, 170, 160, 150, 140, 130, 120, 110, 100, 90, 80, 70, 60, 50...Those are the measurements for the 18 templates.

 
December 17, 20160 found this helpful

If you set your compass at 11 cm (1/2 of the 22cm) and make the largest circle, then go down in 5mm increments (you will actually be reducing the circles by 10mm each time). So you would use the following settings on your compass: 11cm, 10.5, 10, 9.5, 9.0, 8.5, 8.0, 7.5, 7.0, 6.5, 6.0, 5.5, 5.0, 4.5, 4.0, 3.5, 3.0, 2.5.

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Hopefully that makes sense....

 
May 16, 20180 found this helpful

How tall are the trees when finished?

 

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December 6, 20180 found this helpful

I apologize for the lateness of my reply, I just saw your question. It may be too late to help you, but the tallest is 6.5", the middle one is 6", and the small one is 4.25".

 
December 7, 20190 found this helpful

Can I purchase the pattern with the tutorial?

 
December 27, 20200 found this helpful

Thank you for millimeters! :-) Ági from Hungary

 
November 4, 20210 found this helpful

Just to be sure, is it 18 yo-yos per tree? The supply list says this "makes 4" trees. But the instructions just says to make 18 yo-yos.

 

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November 4, 20210 found this helpful

Yes, 18 different sized yo yos to make one tree. I changed the amount to reflect that. Thanks for letting us know and be sure to share your creation with us when you are done.

 
November 15, 20220 found this helpful

Very beautiful georgeos yo-yo's Christmas I it u do amazing excellent awesome job

 

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