DIY Christmas tree frame

There is less and less time left until the New Year, and the question “Is everything ready for the holiday?” increasingly arises in people’s minds. You need to take care of gifts for all your loved ones, and, of course, decorate your home. You can quickly and easily decorate your home with your own hands using inexpensive materials. And even a beautiful New Year’s tree can be made from scrap items.

What can you make a frame for a Christmas tree from?

There are several ways to make a frame. They look similar to each other, it must be a cone. But they differ in material and manufacturing method. It can be metal, wood, cardboard, paper, felt. You can purchase a foam version or a floral sponge at a craft store. In any case, a tree with a base will hold tighter and last longer than frameless options. In the future it can be tightened:

• twine;
• threads;
• sisal;
• cloth;
• spruce branches.

There is an option to leave the bare frame and simply decorate it with a garland. You can decorate the Christmas tree in any way you like, for example, use:

• Christmas decorations;
• buttons;
• rhinestones;
• sequins;
• beads;
• bows;
• ribbons;
• tinsel;
• artificial flowers;
• decorated pasta;
• beads;
• candies;
• lace.

Reference! In general, there are many options for decoration; here you need to completely proceed from your own taste preferences. Well, or from what is already available at home.

What materials and tools will be required

For more serious frame options, you will need the following materials:

• metal sticks;
• metal rings;
• wooden slats or branches;
• metal grid;
• wire

For small decorative Christmas tree toys:

• cardboard;
• felt;
• threads;
• twine;
• stapler
• PVA glue.

Next, various methods of making a frame for a Christmas tree will be discussed in more detail.

Frame yourself: step-by-step instructions

The necessary materials for making the base for the Christmas tree will depend mainly on its desired size. Another factor: the purposes for which it will be used, in addition to decoration.

For a small Christmas tree

For a small Christmas tree there are many more materials from which you can make a frame. A small Christmas tree weighs little, so the frame can be made from available materials.

The classic version is a cardboard base

This option is suitable for further decoration using fabric, lace, sisal and so on.

1. Make a cone out of cardboard.
2. Fix the shape with a stapler and glue.
3. Trim the excess cardboard to make the base of the cone even.
4. For greater strength, the internal space of the cone can be filled with polyurethane foam. In this case, it will be easy to attach a leg to the tree.

Felt Christmas tree

The simplest option for making a Christmas tree, which will especially appeal to young children, as it promotes the development of fine motor skills:

1. Twist a cone from a piece of green (or any other) colored felt.
2. Glue the edges.
3. Trim the base so that the cone stands straight.
4. All that remains is to decorate the Christmas tree.The most interesting option: cut out small simple toys (boot, mitten, heart) from felt of other colors and glue Velcro to them. Another way is to make loops on the toys and sew buttons on the base in different places. This way you can make an interesting educational toy for kids.

Live Christmas tree

If you use a floral sponge as a frame, you can make a real living Christmas tree! To do this you need:

1. Trim the sponge to the shape of a cone (but the top should not be sharp).
2. Make some kind of base for the tree. Either glue the sponge to the saucer, or string it on a stick (to make the leg of a Christmas tree) and secure it in a flower pot using plasticine or plaster.
3. Stick fir branches into the sponge on all sides. You need to use larger branches from below, and, accordingly, very small ones from above.
4. To keep the branches fresh for as long as possible, you need to regularly water the sponge.
5. You can decorate the tree like a real one: with small Christmas tree decorations (they should be light) and a garland.

Christmas tree made of threads

You can replace the threads with twine, then the tree will come out a little rougher, but stylish.

1. Make a cone out of cardboard.
2. Wet the thread thoroughly with PVA glue.
3. Wrap the thread around the cone so that it is not visible.
4. Leave the workpiece until completely dry.
5. Carefully remove the cone and decorate the resulting Christmas tree.

Reference! This option can be used as a lamp if you insert an LED candle inside.

For large spruce

For a large Christmas tree, you will need to make other frames. This is due to the weight of the tree, so you need to make a frame from pipes or other durable materials.

Spruce on a metal frame

In this way you can make a medium or large size Christmas tree:

1. Use metal sticks or slats to make the base of the frame. To do this, you need to secure them at the top, and leave a small distance between the sticks at the bottom (like a hut). For greater stability, you can use metal rings that are secured with wire.
2. Cover the base with metal mesh.
3. Either leave it like that and decorate the mesh with a garland, or use pine branches to make a more natural option.

Christmas tree made of branches

To make a wooden frame you will need three long even branches, three medium ones and three very small ones.

1. Take three large sticks and fasten them on top with a rope.
2. Place them at equal distances from each other to create a hut shape (but not too wide).
3. Make two tiers of small branches to secure the structure. To do this, they are mounted horizontally.
4. “Dress” the Christmas tree using pine branches. To do this, you need to attach the branches to the structure in several tiers.

Such methods for making a frame for a Christmas tree with your own hands are perfect for those people who prefer to have a living coniferous tree in the house for the New Year, but cannot or do not want to cut it down for this purpose. And small options will be suitable for your friends and family as a gift.