Christmas is just around the corner! Add a little joy of Christmas around the house by making this little upcycled Christmas tree ornament.
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Get an unwanted Kellogg's Cereal box.
With the help of a pair of mathematical compasses, cut circles of 4.5 cm, 4.0cm, 3.5cm, 3.0cm, 2.5cm, 2.0cm and 1.5cm -
Cut slits of around 1cm all around the circumference.
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Poke a hole through the centre of the circles. Using the hole as a guide, cut a small X at the centre with a penknife. Slowly enlarge the circle with the tip of a pencil.
Bear in mind that the size of the hole should be no bigger than the diameter of the straw that you will be using. -
Your circles should look like this when stacked together on the straw. The circles should fit snugly on the straw if you didn't cut the holes too big.
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Trace the size of the bottle cap (which is going to be the pot of the xmas tree) on the cereal box.
Repeat Step 3 only for this circle -
Position the circles nicely at one end of the straw.Cut long slits of about 4cm at the other end of the straw.
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Stick a small volume of Blue Tack, plasticine or even sticky tape at the centre of the straw where the long slits stop.
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Stick the straw to the centre of the bottom of the bottle cap.
Try using long slender items like pencils to help you in this step. -
Add stuffings of unwanted paper into the "pot". Tear lengths of used, unwanted paper, then twist them lengthwise. Try joining the twisted paper into a circle and stuff it in the bottle cap.
If you have plasticine around your house, use it instead! I think it's definitely a better material for support. -
After the bottle cap is stuffed full, stack the circle cut to the circumference of the bottle cap on top.
You can add a little glue to stick the cereal box circle to the cap. -
Apply glue to the area where the straw and the cereal box meets to secure the xmas tree.
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When the glue is completely dried, snip the remainder of the straw at the top.
Embellish your upcycled xmas tree with stars, ribbons and glitters!
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SuperCool and Really Trendy
30 Nov 13:05
I just love this! It will go so well with my paper chains I posted the other day!
I wonder how big I can make them?I am gonna make some diddy (small ones) to hang down from my paper chains!
Love them!
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qi*
01 Dec 12:10
hey! well you can make them really big if u want to! just cut circles of bigger radii! hmmm i guess if u wanna hang them on ur paper chains you gotta omit the pot. the pot id gonna add some weight to the xmas tree and it may be pulling o your paper chains a lil too much.
i think u can try making circles with radii of 1.0cm to 3.0cm (just 5 levels) for small ones to go along with your paper chains.
do let me know if it all worked out fine! (^_^)
elli
03 Dec 07:35
these r sooooooo cute!!