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Flat Wall Tree

Flat Wall Tree
This simple, paper, "Charlie Brown" christmas tree was made with square, black, paper envelopes and old calendars.


 
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Step 1Materials

Materials
 Materials:
- black square paper
- coloured paper
- tape
- ruler
- scissors
- pen

*For my tree I used square black envelopes (5" x 5") that I had laying around and old art calendars (7" x 7") for the hearts.

Paper Alternatves (cut into squares):
- origami paper
- card stock
- newspaper
- old magazines
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5 comments
Nov 18, 2010. 9:37 AMtwighahn says:
one could alson make origami balls of silver or gold wrapping paper
Nov 18, 2010. 9:32 AMtwighahn says:
one could use printouts of family for the origami hearts
Dec 13, 2009. 8:09 PMSGAC says:
What a great idea! If you replace those black squares that represent the area of the trunk with some more ornaments, it'll make a perfect Christmas Countdown calendar!
Nov 29, 2009. 9:04 PMVery Interesting says:
Way to save space and reuse materials. We're making a wall tree for our store as well. Good job!

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Author:Laara(Laara Photography)
Photographer and retoucher by trade.