Last-minute Kitty-safe Cardboard Christmas Tree

I realized I wanted some kind of a Christmas tree this year, but being on a tight budget this Christmas and rather spending my money on the food than a tree that I most probably forget to water (like the last two I've had this far after moving away from home).

Other than budget, there are more reasons: handling Christmas tree makes my hands red and itchy and our kitties will (especially now when our new kitty is still settling in and has moved to "jumping on to higher places than our kitchen table"-phase)  destroy the tree if we're not watching them. I also don't have enough ornaments yet to decorate a big tree (last year I borrowed some from my parents and my fiance's parents).

So as a cardboard-lover, it came to me that naturally, I'd make a tree out of cardboard that wont take much space and is easy to hang on the wall, far away from cats little paws.

Advantages:
- Great for last-minute makeshift tree
- Can be hung far away for the reach of pets and little children (great way to put your delicate glass-ornamets out and have a kid-safe tree!)
- Doesn't take much space
- You can choose the size depending on the
- You can make as many as you like (for example one for each room) with different color-schemes and ornaments!
- It looks great with self-made ornaments too!

Let's begin!

Step 1 Gather the materials:

You'll need:
- Cardboard, as big as you want your tree to be
- Wrapping paper or something to wrap it into: book-pages, note-paper, fuzzy fabric, anything!
- Toothpicks
- Something to hang it with, strong wire or ribbon glued in place
- (Additional security) Beads
- (Additional security) Hot glue-
- Tape