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Craft Tutorials | Recycled Crafts | Cardboard Tube Crafts for Kids | Cardboard Tube Coiled Christmas Tree

Cardboard Tube Coiled Christmas Tree

Author by Amanda Davis on December 8, 2013 Updated on January 15, 2019

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Cardboard Tube Coiled Christmas Tree @amandaformaro Crafts by Amanda

 

Today I will show you how to make this fun coiled Christmas tree ornament from an ordinary cardboard tube. You can even leave off the sequins and paint them several different colors to use as a decoration you can hang from the ceiling!

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If you’re looking for other fun Christmas tree crafts for your kids, try this adorable felt Christmas tree that is just the right size for kids.

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Cardboard Tube Coiled Christmas Tree

Supplies

  • 1 cardboard tube from a toilet paper roll
  • Green acrylic craft paint
  • String or yarn
  • Sequins
  • White craft glue

Instructions

  • Paint the inside and outside of the cardboard with green paint. Allow it to dry for about 40 minutes. The tube will still feel a bit flexible but it should be dry enough to handle. Start from the bottom and cut into the tube, cutting it into one really long strip, about 1/2-inch wide. Coil the cardboard around your fingers, making one end wide (bottom of the tree) and narrow and tighter at the other end (top of the tree). Manipulate the cardboard until it's in the shape that you want.
  • Carefully push the smaller coiled end into the larger coiled end until it is flat. Place an object on top of it to hold it down (a stack of paper plates, a small paperback book, etc) and leave it there for about 30 minutes. Pull the small end up and out of the large end to create the tree shape. Attach a string hanger to the top of the tree and glue sequins on as ornaments.

Expert Tips & FAQs

Be sure to do your shaping within the first hour of painting the cardboard as it needs to be pliable in order to shape it. Allowing it to dry fully in the position you choose will harden the cardboard and allow it to keep its shape. If the ornament stretches out too much for you, simple coil it up again as noted in step 2, place a book or stack of paper plates on top and let it sit overnight. The overnight drying time will allow it to stiffen up more.

I originally made this project for Kaboose, which was then bought out by Spoonful. Spoonful has since closed and the instructions were taken down. I am putting the instructions here until such time that Spoonful projects are redirected to a new home. At that time I will remove the instructions and link directly to the project on their site.  

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Amanda Davis is the crafty, entrepreneurial mother of four children. She loves to bake, cook, make kid's crafts and create decorative items for her home. She is a crafting expert and guru in the kitchen and has appeared online and in print publications many times over the years.
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  1. Tina Gambino Evans says

    November 29, 2014 at 5:09 pm

    The link for this at spoonful does not work. How do I get the directions?

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    • Amanda Formaro says

      December 2, 2014 at 9:52 am

      Hi Tina! I’ve updated the post and the directions are here now :)

      Reply
  2. Margaretmarymurphy says

    December 16, 2013 at 6:44 pm

    Love your crafts, some great ideas I intend to try out, thanks for sharing.

    Reply
    • Amanda Formaro says

      December 18, 2013 at 6:21 am

      Thank you Margaret!

      Reply
  3. jet says

    December 12, 2013 at 6:58 am

    this is cute and brilliant!!! Love it. t hank you for the sharing and great tute;-D

    Reply
    • Amanda Formaro says

      December 13, 2013 at 6:05 am

      Thanks so much Jet!

      Reply
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