🎄 Christmas tree from a cardboard box: work order

Not A Woman's Business August 18, 2021
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A Christmas tree is a mandatory attribute of New Year's decoration. It is difficult to imagine a holiday without it. Someone still pays money for the real trees, which are mercilessly cut down for the few days in your house. Many have already switched to artificial Christmas trees, which look very natural and will serve you for many years. But there are circumstances where none of these options are available. And this also does not matter: you can make a Christmas tree with your own hands literally from scrap materials. There are a lot of options for such designs. YouTube channel author Amina Creates suggests making a very unusual spacecraft out of a piece of a cardboard box. You will surely like this idea, especially since it is not at all difficult to repeat it.

Read in the article

  • 1 What is required to make a spaceship
  • 2 What to do with cardboard to make a Christmas tree
  • 3 How to decorate cardboard for a spacecraft
  • 4 How to assemble a cardboard Christmas tree, and what a syringe and a mop are for

What is required to make a spaceship

In fact, it doesn't take much. The main ingredient in this "dish" is a large piece of cardboard from the box. The larger it is, the higher your Christmas tree will turn out. In addition, masking tape, vertical hanger or mop, tinsel, LED garland and, of course, New Year's toys: balls, cones and stars will come in handy. You will also need one disposable syringe.

From the tools you need scissors and a stationery knife. Stock up on glue or a glue gun.

What to do with cardboard to make a Christmas tree

So, the main material for making a spacecraft is a piece of containerboard, dense and large. Suitable material from the packaging of a washing machine or other dimensional equipment.

Prepare a piece of thread, a button and a pencil. You will need all this in order to draw a large diameter circle on cardboard.
Prepare a piece of thread, a button and a pencil. You will need all this in order to draw a large diameter circle on cardboard.
Fasten the thread in the center of the future circle with a button, and tie a pencil to the other end. This simple design will allow you to draw a line at the same distance from the center and draw the correct circle.
Fasten the thread in the center of the future circle with a button, and tie a pencil to the other end. This simple design will allow you to draw a line at the same distance from the center and draw the correct circle.
When the circle is ready, start drawing a spiral inside it, right from the outer edge, folding the line towards the center. Try to keep the drawing even, and the width of the spiral is the same everywhere
When the circle is ready, start drawing a spiral inside it, right from the outer edge, folding the line towards the center. Try to keep the drawing even, and the width of the spiral is the same everywhere
The spiral should be about 3-4 cm wide. It is not necessary to make it thinner, the product may tear later, and a line that is too thick will not unfold well after cutting
The spiral should be about 3-4 cm wide. It is not necessary to make it thinner, the product may tear later, and a line that is too thick will not unfold well after cutting
The next stage is work with a clerical knife. Starting at the outer edge, cut the spiral along the marked line, without interrupting it and moving towards the center of the circle.
The next stage is work with a clerical knife. Starting at the outer edge, cut the spiral along the marked line, without interrupting it and moving towards the center of the circle.
If you've done everything right, you will end up with something like a cardboard spring. If you take it by the middle and raise it, you get a spiral
If you've done everything right, you will end up with something like a cardboard spring. If you take it by the middle and raise it, you get a spiral

The base for the spacecraft is ready, now you need to decorate it and install it on the support.

How to decorate cardboard for a spacecraft

Cardboard in its original form looks not at all fancy. You need to decorate it somehow

First you need some masking tape. You can take a thin tape 3 cm wide
First you need some masking tape. You can take a thin tape 3 cm wide
Use this tape to glue the edge of the spiral. Apply this tape to both sides of each strip. If you have a lot of masking tape, you can simply wrap it around cardboard.
Use this tape to glue the edge of the spiral. Apply this tape to both sides of each strip. If you have a lot of masking tape, you can simply wrap it around cardboard.
When the edges are hidden under the masking tape, you can paint the entire spiral with acrylic paint with mother-of-pearl, and you need to do this from both sides
When the edges are hidden under the masking tape, you can paint the entire spiral with acrylic paint with mother-of-pearl, and you need to do this from both sides
Wait patiently for the cardboard spiral to dry on both sides
Wait patiently for the cardboard spiral to dry on both sides

How to assemble a cardboard Christmas tree, and what a syringe and a mop are for

Now the spiral must be fixed at the height you need so that the cosmoolka decomposes into a Christmas tree.

All you need from the syringe is the barrel, the needle and plunger can be thrown away. Better take a five-cube syringe
All you need from the syringe is the barrel, the needle and plunger can be thrown away. Better take a five-cube syringe
Apply glue and secure the syringe in the center of the spiral with the sharp end in the cardboard. For more reliability of the connection, you can pour hot glue around the edges of the syringe
Apply glue and secure the syringe in the center of the spiral with the sharp end in the cardboard. For more reliability of the connection, you can pour hot glue around the edges of the syringe
Use a mop stick or upright hanger on a cross stand. Put the glued syringe on the tip of the stick and straighten the spiral. To make the turns uniform, and not crumble under their weight to the floor, secure through one turn from different sides with wire or threads
Use a mop stick or upright hanger on a cross stand. Put the glued syringe on the tip of the stick and straighten the spiral. To make the turns uniform, and not crumble under their weight to the floor, secure through one turn from different sides with wire or threads
The LED garland can be fixed on the spiral with the same masking tape, of course, in the gaps between the bulbs.
The LED garland can be fixed on the spiral with the same masking tape, of course, in the gaps between the bulbs.
Christmas decorations can be fixed to cardboard with ordinary paper clips. Hang balloons and other decorations along the entire length of the spiral. You can also use bright tinsel
Christmas decorations can be fixed to cardboard with ordinary paper clips. Hang balloons and other decorations along the entire length of the spiral. You can also use bright tinsel
Think about how you want to decorate the top of an impromptu tree. The author used a lush tulle bow for this, and you can place a Christmas angel or a star here
Think about how you want to decorate the top of an impromptu tree. The author used a lush tulle bow for this, and you can place a Christmas angel or a star here
As a result, you will get such an original New Year's installation, which can be safely called a cosmoolka.
As a result, you will get such an original New Year's installation, which can be safely called a cosmoolka.

After the end of the holiday, it will not be a pity to part with her. However, if you have a place to store a piece of cardboard of this size, then the Christmas tree is easy to assemble and will wait for the next holiday.

This is just one of many DIY Christmas tree ideas. In general, give free rein to your imagination, maybe you will be inspired by video master classes. For example, here's one, where cardboard is also used:

And we are waiting for your comments with your opinion on the idea of ​​the author with the spacecraft. How did it seem to you? Not too difficult? Would you like to try doing this yourself?

Maybe you yourself came up with some interesting option? In this case, record the process of its creation on a photo and send it to us under the heading “This is not a woman’s business”.

PHOTO: YouTube-channel "Amina Creates»

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