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Paper Christmas Tree

November 15, 2012 By Spoonful of Sugar - 31 Comments

We found the perfect red gingham cupcake liners (patty pans) for our Christmas baking, and discovered we had plenty of other patty pans in Christmas colours in our ever growing stash so it was time to put some of them to use! We created some Paper Christmas Trees.

After removing the bases of the cupcake liners, the pleated paper strips are perfect to wrap around a polystyrene cone to from a Christmas tree. With so many Christmas themed patty pans/cupcake liners available, it is fun to make some trees for the Christmas table. Best of all they are really quick to assemble (under an hour to make three trees) and we had all the supplies on hand.

You will need:

  • polystyrene cone (from craft stores)
  • patty pans/cupcake liners (approx 12 for each tree)
  • sequin pins

You just pin each layer, starting at the bottom. The bottom layers will need two strips, then just cut strips to fit. Each layer overlaps the one below it by approx 1/4 inch to cover the pins. When you get to the top, you cut a complete patty pan in half. Fold that in half again so you have a quarter. Bend each side around to form a mini cone shape, pop that on top, and secure with pins (you could use tape to hold the top together if you prefer). This gives it a nice pointy tip.

Next year we can easily replace the patty pans with something else. One of the polystyrene cones was repurposed from our button tree from a previous year.

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Comments

  1. Strickilotti says

    November 15, 2012 at 5:48 am

    OMG, what a cute, cute idea!!!

    Reply
  2. Fátima says

    November 15, 2012 at 6:01 am

    Lindas árvores de Natal.
    Bj

    Reply
  3. Andrea Ge says

    November 15, 2012 at 7:00 am

    I love it!!! Great idea!!!!!

    Reply
  4. Desiree @ The 36th AVENUE says

    November 15, 2012 at 7:25 am

    They are adorable!
    I made the same thing last year and we loved them. They are so fun.

    http://www.the36thavenue.com/2011/12/party-time-christmas-cards.html

    I love also the idea of your cupcake toppers.Thank you for sharing!

    Reply
  5. Cláudia D Sousa says

    November 15, 2012 at 7:28 am

    I ♥ your blog and all these amazing ideas.

    http://www.thefcode.com/

    Reply
  6. nest full of eggs says

    November 15, 2012 at 8:36 am

    very clever idea !

    Reply
  7. Nancy says

    November 15, 2012 at 4:38 pm

    Really cute. Made one today and am searching for some cupcake papers to make some more. Thanks for the directions.

    Reply
  8. seojo1 says

    November 16, 2012 at 5:01 am

    Wow these are really cute and easy to make, thanks for sharing 😀

    Reply
  9. Terry says

    November 16, 2012 at 10:47 am

    Those are so cute! :0)

    Reply
  10. Jenny of Elefantz says

    November 17, 2012 at 5:08 am

    How beautifully clever!
    Hugs
    Jenny
    xx

    Reply
  11. Terriaw says

    November 17, 2012 at 8:11 am

    What a lovely project. I think these pops of red would look so pretty on our mantel or as a centerpiece on our kitchen table. Great way to use paper cupcake liners.

    Reply
  12. Chocolate Cat says

    November 17, 2012 at 3:47 pm

    Oh that is adorable!

    Reply
  13. Sarah says

    November 18, 2012 at 6:58 pm

    These are so cute! I’m glad you liked my baking paper garland (thanks for linking to it). I still have lots of liners left so I might have to try making these trees!

    Reply
  14. Mel@Mellywood's Mansion says

    November 18, 2012 at 8:14 pm

    Oh they are so cute!, I love the red and white combo perfect!

    Reply
  15. CeLynn says

    November 18, 2012 at 9:22 pm

    Just too dang cute! Love the little deer and ornaments too.

    Reply
  16. Trudy says

    November 19, 2012 at 1:23 am

    Really effective! What a great idea, and you can get some beautiful metallic cupcake holders too – I can see loads of possibilities with this. Thanks for sharing:)

    Reply
  17. Jessica says

    November 19, 2012 at 2:59 pm

    Oh that is so cute & beautiful. I just posted it here on my german blog: http://schoenstricken.de/2012/11/diy-weihnachtsbaum-auf-papierformchen-basteln/
    Please see if that is ok with you.
    Best from Berlin, Jessica

    Reply
  18. Heidi Szczepanski says

    November 20, 2012 at 8:14 am

    Fantastic. I love these. So pretty and a great centerpiece. Thanks for sharing the idea.

    Heidi
    Buy Here Pay Here

    Reply
  19. Ladyfée says

    November 22, 2012 at 2:45 am

    j’ai acheté pour faire !!!!! Ladyfée

    Reply
  20. Anonymous says

    November 24, 2012 at 8:34 am

    Love the idea!

    Reply
  21. Narelle says

    November 29, 2012 at 1:12 am

    I’m off to buy some cones and papers 🙂

    Reply
  22. Len Capuli says

    November 29, 2012 at 8:41 am

    that’s lovely! I would love to try that paper christmas tree, they look lovely!!!!

    Reply
  23. Dawn says

    December 2, 2012 at 10:42 am

    What a pretty & simple idea! I can’t get hold of the polystyrene cone so I’m re purposing a cereal box & making a card cone! I’m hoping it works out as well, I’ll use a glue stick (or tape) instead of pins!

    Reply
  24. Ann Martin says

    December 3, 2012 at 1:04 pm

    So clever! I shared your link and a pic on the All Things Paper Facebook page and it’s enjoying lots of Likes and comments. 🙂

    Reply
  25. Inspire Me Heather says

    December 5, 2012 at 7:26 am

    Your trees are beautiful! I’m going to look for some cute cupcake liners too – there are so many pretty ones nowadays, aren’t there? I’ve got this linked to my Christmas trees post too today, it’s a little roundup of tree ideas!

    Reply
  26. Tanya Payzant says

    December 7, 2012 at 5:35 am

    Oh sweet!! This will really help my cupcake liner addiction! ;0) Linking this to our blog FB page! Thank you!

    Reply
  27. Nicola says

    January 19, 2013 at 8:18 am

    Hi,
    I thought you might like to know that this tutorials as been plagiarised (http://craftstutorials.com/paper-christmas-tree) as mine was (http://www.nexttonicx.com/blog/?p=5497).
    I’m seriously unimpressed, it looks as though they’ve copied all of their content from other blogs. So far every post I’ve googled belongs to someone else! I’m spending an hour or so to let others know.
    Regards
    Nicola

    Reply
  28. Christie says

    March 2, 2022 at 12:36 am

    They look like something you’d buy from the store! So pretty. And it would be a fun craft to do with my 10yo

    Reply

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