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What you need
- 1 paper towel tube (tree trunk)
- 5–6 empty toilet paper rolls (tree branches)
- Green spray paint
- Hot glue gun and glue sticks
- Elmer’s glue or tacky glue
- Iridescent glitter (or your favourite colour)
- Newspaper (for workspace protection)
- Scissors
Instructions
Instructions
- Prep Your Workspace
Spread out newspaper to catch any paint or glitter spills. - Shape the Branches
Flatten your toilet paper rolls and cut into strips at 1″ intervals. Each roll will give you several looped strips—these will be your “branches.” - Paint the Pieces
Place the paper towel tube and all your strips on the newspaper. Spray paint them green, making sure to coat evenly. Let dry completely. - Assemble the Tree
Starting at the top of the paper towel tube, use your hot glue gun to attach a ring of strips around the tube.
For the next row, position the strips halfway down from the row above, overlapping slightly for a full, layered look.
Continue adding rows until you reach the base. - Add Festive Sparkle
Using Elmer’s or tacky glue, lightly coat the “branches” and sprinkle with glitter. Shake off the excess and let dry. - Display Your Tree
Place it on your mantel, holiday table, or as part of a festive vignette.
Crafty Tip
You can switch up the colours for different themes—white for a snowy look, gold for a luxe vibe, or even rainbow stripes for a quirky twist.
With the Elmer’s glue or tacky glue, put glue on the branches on the tree and top gently sprinkle iridescent glitter or whatever glitter you want.
All done!
This project was contributed by Michelle Moons.
I think this is a great KID project. It states that it is a child project, not an adult project. It’s not about how pretty you think it is, it’s about how pretty and how much fun it was to make for a child. I loved getting these kinds of gifts from my grandchildren. Great child project!
toilet paper christmas tree, p.2:
If the profile fits well, you can trace more (6-8x) on the cardboard and cut them out. If it doesn’t, try to adjust your pattern until you get it right. When the tree profiles (branches) are ready, paint the “trunk” brown or green, and each of the other pieces – green. When the peices are dry, you can slip all of them together to make pretty trees that stand by themselves. The children decorated them with stars and cotton “snow”. The trees were beautiful!
I once made toilet roll christmas trees with some young students, but totally different, and a lot prettier. I don’t have a pic, but I will try to describe:
Sorry….it is UGLY.
This does not even slightly resemble a Christmas Tree.