Once you have your wreaths hung and your Christmas tree decorated, it’s time to give the rest of your home the Christmas makeover it deserves. We love using crepe paper for making realistic and textured botanicals, so it was a no-brainer to craft a variety of Christmas tree cones for holiday home decor. This is one of those 30-60 minute projects that is a great crafting activity for everyone in the family. The most time consuming step will be cutting the crepe leaves, and other than that you just need to do some gluing!
Our new Christmas floristic crepe collection has 10 colors, and we used 6 to create these Christmas tree cones. The line includes 3 shades of green, so we used each of those, plus Snowflake, Gold Satin and Silver Bells. You are also welcome to use the red tones too if that matches better with your holiday home decor! Once you have you crepe, you can start cutting your leaves. Download the PDF template below, which will indicate the grain of the crepe as you cut. Other than crepe paper, you will also need cones to use as the base for the trees. We used a combination of foam cones (we like FloraCraft brand) and paper mache cones (we like ArtMinds brand), both of which you can find at your local craft store.
After you have your leaves trimmed, start attaching them to your cones with a low temperature hot glue gun. There are three sizes of leaves in the template. The basic technique is to start at the bottom of the cone with the largest leaves and then work your way up to the top. Take a look at our photo tutorial for reference! When you finish your Christmas tree cones, use them to style your mantelpiece or end tables. You can also create a cute little centerpiece for your dining room table. Let the craft inspire you!
For more Christmas inspiration, check out our holiday projects here. Find all of our Christmas floristic crepe projects, and don’t forget to share your projects with us on Instagram using #DIYDreamingWithLia or #crepepaperrevival for your crepe creations. Browse our membership options to start crafting with us, or follow our social channels for daily inspiration. Enjoy! ~ Lia and the Team
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I downloaded the leave pattern do I have to use 2 more for instructions for the leaves and the cone. Using 3 of my 5 for 1 activity??? Or am I doing something wrong. I’m very new. Today’s my first day
So glad to have you here! All of the files for one project count as one download. As you download each file (pattern, instructions, etc), you should only see one project download removed from your counter. So if you started out with 5, you should see 4 total downloads left when you are done downloading all of the files for one project.
Is there a svg file for this tree?
Yes you can find it in this maker workshop along with the videos: https://liagriffith.com/craft-academy/crepe-paper-christmas/
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Hi, will this work with normal crepe paper. I live in Mexico and we don’t hace the florist crepe paper
Yes! The petals will just be a bit more delicate.
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Aww these are so sweet. Gotta make some 🙂 Thanks, Lia and team!
Thanks Sue, so glad you like them! One of my favorites 🙂
These trees are gorgeous! I love this project!!
Thanks Sarah! It’s such a fun and easy project, I’m happy you love it 🙂
Luv your stuff!!! You are such a talent! Thank you for sharing.
Aww Pam, thank you!