Kellogg's Xmas Tree

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• Step 1

  Get an unwanted Kellogg's Cereal box.
  With the help of a pair of mathematical compasses, cut circles of RADII 4.5 cm, 4.0cm, 3.5cm, 3.0cm, 2.5cm, 2.0cm and 1.5cm

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  Step 2

  Cut slits of around 1cm all around the circumference.

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  Step 3

  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.

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  Step 4

  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.

• Step 5

  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

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  Step 6

  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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  Step 7

  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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  Step 8

  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.

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  Step 9

  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.

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  Step 10

  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.

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  Step 11

  Apply glue to the area where the straw and the cereal box meets to secure the xmas tree.

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  Step 12

  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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gwenstella · Sydney, New South Wales, AU · 41 projects 30th June 2010

woopsie! thank you hunting wabbits for pointing it out!!! gonna add the word 'radii' in step 1.

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MaybeAViking · 16 projects 29th June 2010

Haha, no wonder my circles are way too small! I thought you meant those measurements in step one as the circles' diameters! Durr =P

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CO + K User

December 3rd, 2008

these r sooooooo cute!!

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gwenstella · Sydney, New South Wales, AU · 41 projects 1st December 2008

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! (^_^)

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SuperCool and Really Trendy · Bradford, England, GB · 60 projects 30th November 2008

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!
Super Cool and Really Trendy

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