.Felt Tree Tutorial.

I'm back in tutorial mode.

Sorry it's been this long.

I finally decided to stop my real life for a day {laundry, nannying, cooking, and cleaning} to simply

c r a f t .

It was a fabulous afternoon and night.

I made these little beauties:

Felt Trees

This project was simple, quick, and actually stress free. I will write out the steps for the easy peasy way and if you are like me, the OCD "perfectionist" way :)

Materials needed for Felt Tree:

- Foam Cone 

- Colored Felt (6 pieces for large, 4 pieces for medium, 3 pieces for small)

- Glue Gun

- Glue Sticks

- Sharp, Craft Scissors

- Optional: Ruler

Preparing your Felt: 

1. Select color(s) of your choosing

2. Select the amount of sheets needed for size of your foam cone.

3. Cut the entire felt sheet into strips. If you are like me, use your ruler to measure out 2 inch strips on your felt sheet. Do this for every felt sheet you purchased.

4. Cut out your strips using your sharp scissors.

5. Using your hot glue gun, draw a thin line onto one edge of your cut out felt strip.

6. Simply fold your felt strip in half pressing down on the hot glue line.

7. Cut small lines on the folded edge of your glued felt strip. If you are like me, break out your ruler again and draw a line about one centimeter up from your folded edge and trace with a pencil. This will act as your height line while cutting small lines on your folded edge so they are all even.

8. Repeat step 7 over and over again until all of your strips have small lines cut in them.

9. Bust out your foam cone(s) and remove plastic wrap.

10. Choose one felt glued/cut strip and wrap around cone. The felt sticks to the styrofoam which is convenient and the felt also can stretch to make itself longer if you need.

11. When your glued/cut felt strip is in place, hot glue the edges onto your styrofoam cone. If you are like me, you can alternate the pattern the small cut lines making them alternate or you can keep line lined up. It will appear like this after using 3 strips:

As you get further up your foam cone, your strips will be too long. Simply cut off the excess and save it! I used mostly all of my scraps for the top area of the cone. It is important to keep all "seams" on one side of your cone so it can be the back and you are left with clean lines in the front and sides.

12. When you reach the top, it will be more challenging. Cut out a small circle from leftover felt and hot glue it in place. It will not be pointy but still look like a evergreen tree! :)

Enjoy your trees!

Happy Living--Happy Christmas Crafting

and remember

--Little Things Bring Smiles--