Use book pages and Mod Podge to make your own DIY Mod Podge book page styrofoam cone tree. It is rustic chic, and great for any occasion, season, or holiday!
Old book pages are one of my favorite craft supplies. We've made so many awesome crafts - everything from a gorgeous book page wreath to book page tassel ornaments, book page flowers and book page trees.
We recently used book pages and Mod Podge to make a clear plastic ball ornament for Christmas, and today, we are going to use a similar technique to create a Mod Podge book page tree!
How to Make a DIY Mod Podge Book Page Cone Tree
Step 1. Gather Supplies
Supplies Needed:
- Old Book Pages
- Mod Podge - I used Gloss Mod Podge in this tutorial, but Matte would work great too.
- Styrofoam Cone
- Foam Brush and a Container
Step 2. Remove pages from an old book.
I am using an old hymnal for this project.
You can use old books from a thrift store, from the free box at a library, or from your bookshelf.
(Most of these books would end up in the recycle bin otherwise.)
This same tutorial can be done using old maps or any other type of paper.
Step 3. Rip book pages into thin strips.
The strips should be shorter than the height of your styrofoam cone.
The cone we used was 5" tall, so our strips were 4" long or less.
Step 4. Coat part of a styrofoam cone with Mod Podge using a foam brush.
Step 5. Lay strips of book pages onto the Mod Podge layer.
Step 6. Brush another layer of Mod Podge on top of the paper strips.
(If the paper starts to slip and move around on the cone, wait until the base coat of Mod Podge dries before brushing a coat on top of the paper.)
Step 7. Continue to cover the outside of the styrofoam cone with book page strips.
Step 8. Let it dry.
Step 9. If there are any gaps in the paper where the cone shows through, repeat the process.
Brush on a layer of Mod Podge, press book page strips onto it, and then brush a layer of Mod Podge on top to seal it all in.
Let dry.
When the cone is completely covered in book pages and the Mod Podge is dry, your cone tree is done!
These book page cone trees would look lovely as part of a Christmas decor scene, but they hold their own for winter decor too!
You can make them different sizes by using varying sizes of styrofoam cones.
I think you could even make these using handmade paper cones, which would be even cheaper and give you more flexibility on the sizing!
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