Yarn Christmas trees tutorial

I love these Christmas trees! They are so soft and peaceful to the eyes. And very fast to make! I just may make a whole forest of these and set them on top of my hutch. Or at least give them away to friends =)

Here is my mom's version...

So cute!

Below is the tutorial on how to make these yarn Christmas trees.

Materials:

All of the materials should be available at your local craft store. I purchased mine from Joan fabrics.

• 1 skein of a thick yarn. I used a Red Heart brand.
• 1 skein of a fuzzy yarn.
• 3 foam cones (usually found in the floral section) or however many trees you want to make.
• Pins
• Accessories of your choice for decorating the trees. I used fake red berries, bird, nest, and stars made of stem floral wire (directions for making the stars are below as well).
• Christmas music (preferably something along the lines of Last Christmas by Wham).
  

Directions

1. Beginning at the base of the cone, pin both yarns together to the base. Continue to wrap the strands around the base, pinning every 2" or so.


2. Once you have wrapped the yarns around the base, continue to wrap the yarns around the cone working your way up to the top. There is no need to continue to pin the yarn. Just the base needs to be pinned for now.


3. Once you have reached the top, pin the yarns around the top of the cone. Work your way around the top of the cone in a circular direction until the top is covered with yarn. Pin where needed at the top. Be sure to cover all of the cone (the pic doesn't show this).
   


4. Now begin to wrap the yarn back down the cone.
5. At the bottom of the cone, cut the strands and secure in place with a pin (pic doesn't show yarn cut...DANG!).


6. You can leave your tree as is or you can accessorize. To add red berries, simply cut off the berries from the berry cluster. Be sure to leave the wire stem attached to the berry.


7. Poke the berry into the tree. If the berry is not going into the tree foam easily, simply weave the stem into the yarn. Continue to poke as many berries as needed in the tree.
   

For my mom's tree, she pinned the ornaments to the tree.

* Star Topper *

Materials

• Floral stem wire
• wire cutters
  
• glitter
• craft glue
• 3" of a 16 or 20 gauge wire (not shown in material pic... oops)
  

Instructions

1. Bend the wire like so...

2. Cut off the end and wrap it around the beginning point.
3. Lightly spray the star with craft glue.
4. Lightly sprinkle some glitter on the star.
5. Wrap the star with the end of the 3" wire. Leave the other end straight.

6. Poke the end through the top of the tree.

The bird and nest are from Joann fabrics. I pinned the nest to the tree top and nestled the bird into it's home.

Here are the trees without the stars and with a different bird.

I love handmade Christmas decorations!
Please feel free to share on the Pretty Ditty Show and Tell flickr group. There's plenty of eggnog to go around.

Peace and joy,

Jamie