With the New Year holidays approaching, the question of decorating the house arises. You can make the main symbol of the celebration with your own hands using ordinary satin ribbons. A Christmas tree made using the kanzashi technique will be stylish and unusual. All family members will be able to take part in the craft: even a child can make it.
How to make a Christmas tree from satin ribbons
The fluffy branches of the New Year's beauty can be made from double kanzashi petals. This popular silk origami technique originated over 400 years ago in Japan. Today it is actively used in hand-made technology.
For a Christmas tree 15 cm high, you will need to prepare approximately 190 sharp petals. The shorter the segment, the more rows you will get, and the tree will be more luxuriant.
Materials
To make work convenient, prepare everything you need in advance. You will need the following materials:
- green ribbon 5 cm wide (length depends on the dimensions of the future product);
- sheet of cardboard;
- glue gun or glue;
- green paint;
- cork;
- decorative star;
- sharp scissors;
- tweezers;
- candle or lighter;
- various beads and bows for decoration;
- Ruler and pencil.
Step by step instructions
Follow the following sequence of actions:
1. First you need to make the base of the tree. To do this, make a cone from green cardboard. It is convenient to glue it together with paper tape. If you have cardboard of a different shade, it is better to paint it. Colored paper or felt will also work.
2. The Christmas tree can be placed on an improvised trunk. An ordinary wine stopper is useful for this purpose. Its base needs to be made even, and then glued to the center of the base of the cone.
3. Next, you need to take a piece of satin ribbon along the length of the base of the cone and cover it with tape so that the edge runs along the inside of the cardboard form. Bias tape works well for this purpose. You can also carefully roll the tape and iron it with an iron.
4. You can start creating needles. Next, the ribbon is cut into 5 cm squares. The number of petals will depend on the size of the product and the author’s idea. You need to think about the number of tiers in advance.
5. The petals are folded in half diagonally with the shiny side out. The fold line should be at the top. It turns out to be a triangle with the base at the top and the apex at the bottom. Next we connect the right and left corners. The edge of the fabric must be singed. The petal is ready for further work.
6. You need to glue the petals onto the cone, starting from the lowest tier. It is important that they lie flat and do not fall to the sides. The accuracy of the future craft will depend on this. Glue the petals one to one as tightly as possible. Glue is applied to the melted edge of the petal.
7. If the cone is made of foam plastic, then it is more convenient to prick the petals with pins.It is more comfortable to pick them up with tweezers, since all the parts turn out small.
8. To make it more convenient to fix the petals on the cone, you can outline the rows in advance and not deviate from the plan. Each next row will be shorter than the previous one by a petal. The second and subsequent rows are glued in a checkerboard pattern relative to the previous one.
9. To shape the crown, you need to glue four petals together.
The corners of the workpiece are not cut: they must be sharp. This technique will help make the tree fluffy.
Christmas tree
After the glue has dried, they begin to decorate the holiday tree. The decoration of the resulting Christmas tree depends entirely on the author’s imagination.. You can hang ready-made decorations or make them yourself. Tiny toys, tinsel, and rain will do. Bright beads glued to the tips of the petals look impressive. They can be arranged in “artistic disorder” or according to strictly thought-out geometry. In any case, the Christmas tree will turn out elegant.
It is convenient to imitate snow using white acrylic paint or pieces of cotton wool. A star can be made from wire and beads. The top is also decorated with a regular bow made of silver, gold or scarlet ribbon or a shiny ball. The New Year's composition will be decorated with a homemade snowman, Santa Claus and miniature boxes with surprises.
Homemade thin bows look beautiful. And to keep them neat, tie them using a regular kitchen fork with four teeth. The easiest and most budget-friendly way to decorate is to use paper snowflakes. You can cut them out of shiny or plain white paper. The shapes and patterns of snowflakes are varied, since it is known that there is not a single repeating crystal in the world.
For the Christmas tree, you can make a beautiful stand out of foam plastic and sprinkle it with artificial snow.
A Christmas tree made from satin ribbons will be an excellent New Year gift. The product will be guaranteed to be exclusive and designer and will allow you to show your creativity.
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