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Felt Christmas Trees

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Felt Christmas Trees

I wanted to make four felt Christmas trees, one for each member of our family. These trees are very easy to make and cost about 30 cents each. They are also so much fun because you can make many different versions and you can even let your kids help you decorate them.

These are generally based off of this pom pom felt flower that I love to make.

First you need to make cardboard cones. You could also buy cones from the craft store or the dollar store. I used cardboard from cereal boxes which I rolled into cones, glued with a hot glue gun, and secured (at first) with rubber bands. I found that they were very sturdy, especially once they were covered with felt. Keep in mind that some of the cereal box could show through.

Next, you need to make a lot of felt “leaves” (like the pom pom flowers). For my first tree, I cut strips of felt that were about 2.5 inches wide. Then I folded over the strips and glued the edges together with a hot glue gun. (If you use too much glue, the strips will harden and become difficult to work with). Next, I cut notches across the strips, about 1 cm wide, making sure to not cut through the glued edges. You can play around with different size strips and cuts, but I found that it looks best to be consistent with each tree.

Now, you start gluing the felt strips around the cardboard. I made a lot of different rings. When I got to the end of the circle, I cut the felt strip and then used it to start the next layer. I also added a small cardboard circle to the base of the tree for support.

I made 4 different trees for each of the members of my family. If your kids are a little older, they can have a lot of fun helping to decorate their own tree.

My tree

I made the cone a little bit thinner than the kids’ trees. I cut the strips at 2 inches wide and the notches at about 1/3 inch wide.

I added a felt bow to the top. I also cut out three felt triangles, glued on the letters J-O-Y, and quickly sewed them together into a mini bunting.

I alternated the shades of green felt for each layer. I also added a plain brown strip of felt around the bottom to look like the stump.

Grant {my husband}’s tree

I made Grant a Dallas Cowboys mini Christmas tree. I topped it with a silver star and used alternating blue and silver rows of felt leaves.

Felt football garland: I cut out brown football shapes, stitched them together, and wrapped them around the tree.

Benjamin’s tree

Benjamin’s tree was the simplest. I just glued buttons (which he LOVES) to the different leaves around the tree.

Lyla’s tree


Lyla’s tree is the fun kid tree. I glued on pom poms, snowflakes, etc. I also tied little beads along a piece of embroidery floss and wrapped it around the tree like little lights.

(I also used bamboo skewers for grilling to hold up the stars. They are much cheaper than anything you would find at the craft store.)

This was originally posted at Design Dazzle.

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  3. Your Crafts of Christmas series is absolutely wonderful – I'm enjoying the creative ideas so much! Thank you for this.

    Your felt trees are adorable and we (I showed my children too) were so inspired the minute we saw them that we have used your idea. My five and three year old had a blast making these. I am going to write a blog post about them and of course link back to you.

    Last year we made paper doily Christmas trees and this year we couldn't go past your gorgeous felt trees. They are such a child friendly craft and we're planning on making some as gifts too!

    Thank you for sharing your fun and brilliant idea.

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  4. sooooo cute! LOVE IT! I really love your husbands tree I love the blue and silver and that it doesn't Scream dallas cowboys…but it can if you want it too

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  10. Love these, will have to make some especially as I have a ton of felt to use up too. Thanks again from me too for not using styrofoam I refuse to buy the evil stuff when there are earth friendly alternatives 🙂

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  16. I love these trees and would like to do them with my daughters class. I ordered 12" styrofoam cones. We are unsure about how much green felt to purchase. Can you tell me how much fabric you used for whichever tree is closest to 12". Any other details you can provide I would really appreciate it! Again I love what you have done!
    Js

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