OK - you ready for this? It is my tutorial for my Origami Christmas Tree!! Ready? Drum roll, please …… Ta Da!
Wanna learn how to make it? Okee dokee!
12” Origami Christmas Tree
Start with 6 square sheets of coordinating DSP – I used 12”
x 12” for the largest tree
Fold each piece corner to corner to form a triangle with the
pattern you want showing to the OUTSIDE.
Accurate folding is very important for a polished, balanced project
Flip the paper over so you are working with the inside
crease of the fold
Fold the bottom edge just up to the centre fold line to form
a triangle – not QUITE touching it - you should have about a 1-2mm space
between your bottom edge and fold line – you don’t want the edge right on TOP
of the fold line.
Turn your paper ¼ turn counterclockwise and do the same
thing with the new edge – again making sure to get close to, but not on top of,
the fold line
Turn your paper ¼ turn counterclockwise again – and do the
same thing with the new edge – again making sure to get close to, but not on
top of, the fold line
Turn your paper ¼ turn counterclockwise again – and do the
same thing with the new edge – again making sure to get close to, but not on
top of, the fold line
You now have a kite-shaped piece of paper.
Fold it in half on the original, centre fold line. This is when you will notice whether or not
you got too close to each fold line – if there was a little 1-2mm gap on each
fold it will be easy to fold your paper in half at this point and there won’t
be any bulging of the paper.
You now have your first tree section.
Repeat the above steps with the remaining 5 pieces of DSP
Make sure all pieces are the same orientation before
adhering them together – the underside of each piece has a “large/long pointy
end” and a “small/slightly shorter pointy end”.
I prefer to make the short one the top of the tree.
Use Fast Fuse to adhere the pieces together – snail will
weaken over time and come unstuck.
Sticky strip can also be used but it gets expensive and is more fiddly.
Take 2 pieces of DSP - place fast fuse one of them, forming
a triangle from the right hand, SIDE point to the top and down the fold
line.
Place the second piece of DSP on top, aligning the edge of
the second piece with the centre fold of the first piece, and having the top
points line up. Press down to bond them
securely.
Do the same thing with each remaining piece.
Finally, attach the first and last piece of DSP together in
the same way, completing the tree shape.
If you’ve done all your folds accurately all of the legs
will be level.
These can be made in any size as long as your pieces of DSP
are square. I have made them 12” x 12”
(as above), medium with 8 ½” x 8 ½” and small with 6” x 6” (– which made
adorable little Christmas ornaments – I simply threaded ribbon inside the tree
before securing the final pieces of the tree together.) The three different sized trees look really
nice together as a centerpiece with or without little presents around them.
Make a 3-D star using the Star Framelits in the same manner
as the 3-D pumpkins above. Use 8 stars
(for my 12” x 12” star I used the third smallest framelit – for smaller trees
use the smaller framelit.
Fold each star exactly in half, use our bone folder to get a
sharp crease …
Adhere each piece together using fast fuse, mini glue dots
or sticky strip.
Hot Glue it to the top of your tree. For this particular tree I used the All is
Calm DSP and the Brushed Silver card stock for the star – it would look nicer
if I had used the Silver Foil sheets but I was out of stock!
Adorable!
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