We’re smitten with these origami Christmas trees!! A festive and creative Christmas craft that you can use to decorate with for the holidays. Below is our step by step guide with photos and a link to a DIY video!
They look super charming on a shelf, you can make a garland from them or tie them to a present. And, all you need is a piece of paper and some scissors. Super easy.
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DIY Origami Christmas Trees (Step by Step)
Materials
- Letter-sized paper in shades of green, blues and white.
- Scissors
Tip – you can buy the large square sheets of paper to make the big trees.
Instructions
Fold top corner of the paper to align with the opposing side of the paper.
2. Cut the bottom of the paper off so that you are left with a square paper folded into a triangle.
3. Fold that in half into a smaller triangle.
4. Open the triangles and fold down to create a square x 2
5. Open the sides of the squares to create a tall triangle x 4
6. Trim off the bottom triangle.
7. Cut 3 rows on each side, spaced evenly.
8. Fold down the bottom three flaps
Here’s a great video showing how to make origami Christmas tress as well.
For the larger paper, we cut 4 rows on each side to create one more tier of the tree.
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Let us know if you make these in the comments below! We also love to see what you make, so tag us on social @sugarandcharm with your photos!
Happy holidays!
Bonnie says
November 30, 2015 at 9:10 amI LOVE these! 🙂
Eden says
November 30, 2015 at 12:24 pmThanks Bonnie!! They’re fun to make!
sharon says
November 30, 2015 at 12:47 pmoh my gosh. i think daughter and future daughter in law and i will be making these. in all colors!
Resa says
December 1, 2015 at 6:39 amFun fact: when paper sculpting involves cutting as well as folding, it’s called kirigami. Origami is folding and folding only.
Eden says
December 1, 2015 at 7:10 amOh interesting Resa!! I’m definitely not familiar with kirigami so that’s cool to know! 🙂
Lynn | The Road to Honey says
December 2, 2015 at 5:31 amThese Origami (or kirigami 🙂 ) trees are absolutely adorable. How cool would it be to decorate an entire tree with them? I guess I better get folding!