One tried-and-true way to enter into the holiday spirit is to embellish your home for the season. From trimming the tree to hanging stockings by the mantle, these details provide your space a comfortable and joyful environment. And it doesn’t take much to fill your home with on-theme decoration– in reality, all you require is paper and scissors and you can make an entire forest of Christmas trees to deck the halls with.
These origami Christmas trees, which originate from our factor Kara Whitten, are a cinch to make and load a joyful punch that lasts the season. There are 2 ways to make them: one with straight edges for a modern look and one with an upturned edge to imitate real branches. Make both to offer your set-up a forest-inspired look, or go with just one fold for a minimalist visual.
No matter what appearance you wish to achieve, this DIY Christmas craft is something the entire family can participate in on.
What You’ll Need
Materials
Green paper roll
Scissors
Directions
Cut paper into squares:
Cut paper into squares. For large trees, you will need one 4-by-4-foot square, one 3-by-3-foot square, and one 2-by-2-foot square. For all other smaller sized trees, one square (of any size) will yield one tree.
Fold paper:
Piece of green paper with creases.
Fold the square piece of paper corner to corner, producing a triangle. Open the paper back up and fold in half to produce a rectangular shape and then fold the rectangular shape in half to create a square.
Form a diamond shape:
Next, tuck the 2 sides towards the center line to create a diamond shape.
Kind a kite shape:
Fold in the left and right side flaps to the center line on both sides to form a kite shape.
Fold edges in towards center:
Taking one side at a time, open the fold and fold the edge inward towards the center of the kite. Repeat with all 4 flaps.
Cut bottom triangle:
Utilize your scissors to cut off the bottom triangle of the kite shape as shown. Make sure that you are cutting off the open idea and not the folded suggestion.
Expand flaps:
Expand the flaps somewhat to create your straight-edged tree. For the folded edge tree, continue to step 8.
Cut horizontal lines into flaps:
Using scissors, cut horizontal lines into each of the 6 flaps. (The size of the lines will vary depending on the size tree you are making, however we recommend to cut around half-way in towards the center of each flap.).
Fold cuts down:.
Fold the cut lines down to produce small triangles; repeat around all 6 sides of the tree.
Complete the tree:.
For large paper trees, when all 3 squares have actually been folded into trees, just stack them one on top of the next (starting with the largest tree on the bottom) to develop a tall origami paper tree.
