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Origami Christmas Trees

Published on November 30, 2015 Updated on May 20, 2021 by Eden

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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!

Paper origami trees on a table with fake snow.

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.

If you want make a bunch of them, bribe your children with hot cocoa and put them to work, ha! Just kidding, but really, kids do love origami and would be great helpers with these festive origami Christmas trees. Tis the season!

Paper origami trees on a table with fake snow.

DIY Origami Christmas Trees (Step by Step)

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  • DIY Origami Christmas Trees (Step by Step)
      • Materials
      • Instructions
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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.

Paper origami trees on a table with fake snow.

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

Pictures of steps for making DIY origami Christmas trees.

Here’s a great video showing how to make origami Christmas tress as well.

One green paper origami tree on a table.

For the larger paper, we cut 4 rows on each side to create one more tier of the tree.

Paper origami trees on a table with fake snow.

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Paper origami trees on a table with fake snow.

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!


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  1. Lynn | The Road to Honey says

    December 2, 2015 at 5:31 am

    These 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!

    Reply
  2. Resa says

    December 1, 2015 at 6:39 am

    Fun fact: when paper sculpting involves cutting as well as folding, it’s called kirigami. Origami is folding and folding only.

    Reply
    • Eden says

      December 1, 2015 at 7:10 am

      Oh interesting Resa!! I’m definitely not familiar with kirigami so that’s cool to know! 🙂

      Reply
  3. sharon says

    November 30, 2015 at 12:47 pm

    oh my gosh. i think daughter and future daughter in law and i will be making these. in all colors!

    Reply
  4. Bonnie says

    November 30, 2015 at 9:10 am

    I LOVE these! 🙂

    Reply
    • Eden says

      November 30, 2015 at 12:24 pm

      Thanks Bonnie!! They’re fun to make!

      Reply

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