Artificial Christmas trees: master class

Artificial Christmas trees: master class

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They say that out of nothing a woman is able to create three things: a salad, a hat and a scandal. This, of course, is male chauvinism and a clear underestimation of its capabilities. The main thing is that a woman can create a holiday out of nothing. From fallen leaves, pine cones and hot pepper – create a little New Year’s miracle.

Artificial Christmas trees

Materials:

  • pine twigs
  • green wire
  • small ceramic pot
  • oasis
  • small ball (oasis)
  • physalis boxes
  • branch with a diameter of 2-3 cm
  • moss
  • floral hairpins

Tools:

hacksaw, scissors, knife

  1. Trim any excess from a piece of the oasis so that it fits snugly into the pot. Insert the oasis inside. For better stability, several stones can be placed on the bottom of the pot.
  2. Saw off a piece of the required size from the branch – the finished tree should not look “ankle-faced”. The length is calculated as follows: the height of the tree trunk (from the “ground” to the crown) plus about 10 cm to deepen the branch into the oasis. If you are making a larger tree, the stock should be larger. Anchor the branch in the oasis.
  3. On the other end of the branch, carefully place a base ball. For strength, the end of the branch can be greased with glue, such as PVA.

  • Prepare the needles – collect them in bunches, wrapping the ends with green floral wire. The tops of the branches can be used entirely without disassembling them into separate needles.
  • Start securing the pine needle bundles from the top of the base ball, sticking them into the oasis. Move evenly in a spiral, filling the ball with beams tightly enough.
  • Arrange the physalis boxes evenly between the bunches of needles, fixing them on a piece of wire. Bright “lanterns” should look out of the dark needles. After filling the entire surface of the ball, decorate the base of the tree – fix the moss pieces to the oasis using floral hairpins.

    • Christmas tree made of peppers

    Materials:

    • pods of red hot pepper
    • thin rope of natural color
    • long floral hairpins supply
    • thinly sliced ​​green corrugated paper
    • base-cone (oasis)
    • green wire

    Tools:

    scissors

    1. Select a curved pepper pod, secure it to the wire, and insert it into the top of the cone.
    2. Place the pepper pods on top of the cone, working from top to bottom. Temporarily secure the pods with long hairpins. When buying peppers, choose either small pods or irregularly shaped pods. Small ones will fill the surface of the cone more densely, while curved ones will resemble fir paws.

  • Fold a thin rope in half and wrap the finished tree tightly with it from top to bottom, pressing the tiers of peppers to the base. Secure the rope with a nice knot, cut off the long ends. The locking pins can now be removed.
  • Insert bundles of corrugated paper in the spaces between the pepper pods – it is more convenient to insert, helping yourself, for example, with scissors.

    • Christmas tree made of leaves

    Materials:

    • base-cone (oasis)
    • skeletal leaves
    • thin satin ribbon to match the leaves
    • floral hairpins
    • tailor’s pins

    1. To arrange the leaves on the basis of the future tree, start from top to bottom – first fasten several small overlapping leaves on the top of the cone. Fix the leaves on the base with tailor’s pins at two points on the bottom of the sheet. For work, pick up leaves without marriage. Fill the entire surface of the cone with them, moving in a spiral. Change the direction of movement periodically (clockwise and counterclockwise), then the tree will turn out to be fluffier. After filling half of the base, start securing two or sometimes three sheets by folding them together. Shift the leaves slightly relative to each other. Fix these leaves on the base with hairpins. Fix them so that they do not adhere to the surface of the cone, but lag behind it – the tree will turn out to be airy.
    2. Having folded two or three sheets in a fan, secure them with a hairpin on the “sole” of the cone. Repeat so that the tree is “standing” on the leaves.
    3. Pin a thin satin ribbon, positioning it to hide the hairpins securing the lower leaves. Secure the tape with free loops.

    Christmas tree with cones

    Materials:

    • Pine cones
    • green coconut fiber
    • base-cone (oasis)
    • floral hairpins
    • green floral wire

    Tools:

    scissors

    1. Cut the wire into pieces and wrap it around the tails of the cones. Each bump should have a stiff, wire “leg” about 3 cm long.
    2. Arrange the buds evenly on a tapered base. At the top of the cone, attach the bump as well.
    3. Line the gaps between the buds with coconut fiber. At the bottom of the cone, secure the fiber with floral hairpins. When all the space is filled, use scissors or a thin stick (the handle of a brush) to distribute the fiber so that the bumps are clearly visible. The scales of the cones will hold the fiber in place, and the elastic fibers will prevent the cones from falling out in turn.

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