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    How to Make Mini Christmas Trees with Paper Cones and Yarn

    Nov 30, 2022 | Updated Oct 26, 2023 | By Laura | This post may contain affiliate links | Leave a Comment

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    How to Make Mini Christmas Trees

    Learn how to make mini Christmas trees by first creating a paper cone out of cardstock, and then wrapping it with yarn of your choice!

    Christmas trees are a staple of holiday decor; the bottle brush tree being one of the most popular. If you want to DIY a collection of Christmas trees and don't want to spend a fortune, yarn-wrapped paper cones are perfect for you!

    You can use paper cones as the base to make chunky yarn-wrapped trees or use your favorite fabric to make DIY fabric cone Christmas trees.

    Today, we're going to make mini Christmas trees, using cardstock to make different-sized paper cones, and then using a glue stick to wrap them in yarn.

    Let's get to it!

    How to Make Mini Christmas Trees

    How to Make Mini Christmas Trees with Paper Cones and Yarn

    Step 1: Gather Supplies

    Supplies Needed:

    • Paper Cones - make cones with cardstock, or you can use styrofoam cones instead.
    • Hot Glue Gun and Glue
    • Scissors
    • Glue Stick
    • Yarn

    Step 2: Make paper cones out of cardstock and hot glue.

    You can vary the size of the paper cone by using full, half, quarter, and â…›-sized pieces of cardstock.

    cardstock to make paper cones

    cardstock to make paper cones

    yarn to wrap around paper cones for mini christmas trees

    Step 3: Coat the paper cone liberally with a glue stick.

    Start wrapping the yarn along the bottom edge of the cone and move up toward the top.

    put glue stick on paper cone to make mini christmas trees

    wrap yarn around mini christmas trees

    Step 4: Glue the yarn into the hole at the top of the cone to finish the Christmas tree.

    Once you get to the top of the paper cone, finish the tree by tucking and gluing the yarn down into the hole at the top.

    christmas trees

    Repeat with different-sized paper cones and different colored yarn.

    yarn wrapped mini christmas tree

    how to make yarn wrapped mini christmas trees

    The result is a collection of trees you can use on your mantel or use as part of a cute Christmas village!

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    yarn christmas trees

    diy christmas trees wrapped in yarn

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    All you need to make mini Christmas trees are cardstock, glue, and yarn; the cardstock becomes paper cones, and the yarn is glued onto the cone with the glue stick!

    Make different-sized paper cones, and choose different colors of yarn, and you are able to create a beautiful collection of Christmas trees.

    How to Make Mini Christmas Trees

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    Laura Radniecki is a crafter, writer, and photographer from small-town Minnesota. A lifelong maker, she shares easy step-by-step craft tutorials. She's a wife to her high school sweetheart, mama to their son and daughter, dog mama to their 2 brother + sister toy poodles, and a part-time RV snowbird in Florida.

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