Awesome Christmas Craft

I have a fun surprise for you today!   Shannah from Just Us Four is here to share an awesome Christmas craft!

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Hi everyone!  I’m Shannah from Just Us Four and I am so excited to be here guest posting for Emily. I’m a HUGE fan of Nap Time is My Time so it is definitely an honor to be sharing you one my latest projects today.

Now that Thanksgiving is over, our house is in full force Christmas decorating mode.  One of the recent items we’ve added to our Christmas decorations is a new tree!  It is super easy to make and only takes a few supplies.
What will you need?

• Scrapbook or other similar paper.  Double sided works best!
• A styrofoam or paper mache tree.
• Paper cutter or scissors
• Straight pins

Ok, got all those things?  I figure most of you lovely ladies have a lot of those items in your everyday craft supplies!  The first step is to cut your paper into strips.  Using my paper cutter, I made mine all 3/4″ of an inch wide.

Now, take your styrofoam (or paper mache if that is what you chose) tree and get ready to pin the pieces on.  I simply folded mine, without creasing and then used the straight pins to attach them to the tree form.

Once you get a layer done, just do the next layer and move along up the tree form.  I used different paper for each of my layers.

Once I had all of the layers on the tree, I added a cupcake topper as my tree “star”.

I also wrapped the very top of the final layer with a piece of ribbon to cover up the little pins that showed.  It looks like one little pin just won’t go into hiding though…oops!

This little Christmas tree will probably live on my island in place of the current straw decorations.  I love how all the layers work together!

Thanks for reading!  I hope you will stop by and visit me over at Just Us Four.  A big thanks to Emily for having me as a guest blogger here on Nap Time is My Time too!  I am definitely honored as I am huge fan.

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Super cute and easy!   Love this craft idea, Shannah!   Thanks so much for sharing with us!   You can connect with Shannah via Facebook,  Twitter, and Pinterest.