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How to make a paper Christmas tree in 3D

10/14/2012 2:40:31 PM
By: papersculpture
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This guide will show you how to make a 3D paper Christmas tree decoration.

Difficulty level: Beginners

Instructions:

Materials:
2 squares of green paper
1 square of scrap paper the same size as the green paper
Scissors
Pencil
Ruler or strait edge

Fold the scrape paper in half vertically

*If you can draw the half Christmas tree shown in step 8 without guide lines skip this step and go straight to step 8

Fold it in half horizontally

Fold it in half horizontally again.
Unfold

Fold the paper in half vertically
Unfold

Fold the right edge to the crease you make in the last step
unfold

The folded edge should be on the left

Make a line from the top of the middle crease
Continue the line through the half way point of the crease you made in the last step.
It should end slightly above the bottom edge on the right side

See the picture for the result

Use the straight line you just made as a guideline to draw a half tree.
Notice that the top point begins on the left top corner

Cut out along the lines you just drew
This is your tree template

Unfold the template and trace the outline on the 2 green papers
Cut out the 2 trees

Fold the template in half again

Place it on top of one of the green cut out trees
Make a straight line along the side of the template from the bottom to a little more than halfway up

On the second tree use the edge of the template to make a line from the top to a little more than halfway down

Cut slits along the lines you drew

Insert the tree that was slit from the top into the bottom slit of the second tree

Slide the slits into each other all the way.

You standing paper tree is read for Christmas decorating.

Merry Christmas!

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