The Martha Stewart Show

Paper Trees, 1

The Martha Stewart Show

Academy Award-winning actress Mary Steenburgen joins Martha to craft paper evergreen trees. Part 1.

Paper Evergreens

Tools and Materials

Adjustable circle cutter
Green card stock, frompaperpresentation.com
Bone Folder
Scissors
Wooden skewers
Hot-glue gun
1 1/8-inch (for small trees) and 1 15/16-inch (for large trees) wooden spools, by Woodworks, fromcraftparts.com
Gold beads, fromtohoshoji-ny.com

Paper Evergreens How-To

1. For large Christmas trees, use an adjustable circle cutter to make 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-inch-diameter circles from green card stock (for small trees, omit the 6-inch circle).

2. Fold each circle in half 4 times with a bone folder. While circles are folded, snip off the tip of each piece, forming a very small hole in center.

3. Place smallest circle on the pointed end of a wooden skewer (we used 12-inch skewers), letting the tip poke through the hole in circle. With a hot-glue gun, dab underside of circle, where paper and skewer meet. Hold for 10 seconds to secure.

4. Working 1 at a time from smallest circle to largest, slide remaining circles onto skewer; secure with glue.

5. Insert bottom of skewer into a spool; remove, and cut skewer to desired height (we cut ours to 6, 9, and 10 inches), keeping in mind that only spool should be visible beneath standing tree. Return skewer to spool; secure with glue. Add a dot of glue to top of skewer, and attach a gold bead.

Resources
On the show, Martha added glitter from Martha Stewart Crafts to these charming evergreen trees.

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