It's FRIDAY!!! Today I have a Holiday Tree Tutorial for you. For CHA I created a set of Christmas Trees using Grandma's Christmas Soup.
We've received a few requests for some instructions on how to recreate these. So, I decided to do a Halloween Tree with 4 different colors of Soup Staples on White as a tutorial today.
Halloween Paper Tree by Kimber McGray
Supplies:
1 sheet each of Black Sugar, Orange Sugar, Yellow Sugar and Purple Sugar Soup Staples on white
1 tree form (I used a paper mache one from Hobby Lobby)
1 roll of Super Tape aka Red Tape
Paper Trimmer
Pencil
Scissors
Ruler
Cut strips of each paper 1"x6" with your paper trimmer.
Using a pencil or any tool laying randomly on your desk, roll the strips of paper around it to create a curl.
Take the roll of Red Tape and run it around the base of the tree form and again, about 3 inches up from the bottom of the tree base. Remove protective film.
Start to place your curled strips of patterned paper along the top line of red tape and pressing them against the bottom line at the base. Slightly angle these and layer them to cover all of the tree base.
Continue adding the curled paper strips around the entire tree base, alternating colors and sides.
Once the 1st row is complete, run 2 more strips of red tape around the tree base. One row will go right over the top of the strips from the bottom row. The other strip of red tape should go about 3 inches above the top of the 1st row of paper strips. (as shown in the picture)
When you get to the very top, you are going to need to trim the paper strips down a bit. I do it the very scientific way of adhering the paper to the tree form and then trimming away the excess.
Works perfectly! ;)
Have a good weekend!
Adorable Kimber!!! My mom no longer puts up a Christmas tree so I was thinking of "lifting" your Christmas version of this tree as a gift for her! I was wondering how to curl the paper and would not have guessed it was that easy!
Posted by: Karen Nuce | October 09, 2009 at 08:58 AM
That is so awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Jennifer | October 09, 2009 at 10:11 AM
That is so adorable! This is perfect for halloween!
Posted by: Julie | October 09, 2009 at 01:10 PM
Great tutorial. Would definitely make a great gift.
Posted by: Cherie Nymeyer | October 09, 2009 at 05:14 PM
This is sooo fabulous! Thanks Kimber for the tutorial!
Posted by: Melanie Blackburn | October 10, 2009 at 01:06 PM