How to Make a Yarn Christmas tree in 3 easy steps

Making the cone is the easiest craft ever! If you are making the yarn trees in different sizes like me, you just need to decide the sizes because that’s what you will use to make the cones.

Let’s say you are making one of the trees at 10″.

Get your cardstock, position yourself on one of the corners. Make a small dot right on the corner. Then from that dot measure 10′ on one edge.

Then move the ruler an inch keeping the 0 on the ruler on the dot and mark your 10″ again.

Repeat this process until you get to the other edge of the cardstock.

You will notice that you have a semi-circle there.

Now, cut through the dashed line you created.

Then you will roll the cardstock making sure your rounded edges stay as aligned as possible and the gap at the top of the cone gets almost closed.

Wrapping the cardstock to create the cone for the yarn christmas tree

Apply hot glue all along the outer edge and then a little bit on the inner end corner.

There you go!

You got yourself a pretty tree form.

Make more as you need.

I know most tutorials start from the bottom but I found that the small gap we get at the top of the cone when we make it, is the best and neatest way to apply the glue and start the wrapping.

DAB A LITTLE GLUE NEAR THE TIP

Insert the tip of the hot glue tool into the tip of your cone and dab a small drop of glue. This will help you get a clean start of the tree

ATTACH THE YARN

After applying a bit of hot glue right inside the gap at the top of the tree, press the end of the yarn onto the glue as shown below.

START WRAPPING THE CONE

Begin wrapping the cone with your yarn. Be careful with those few first wrap loops. Be sure to keep them neat and tight!

Every 2-3 loops apply some more glue and keep wrapping until you get to the bottom of the cone. Wrap, making sure each line of yarn is snug against the other.

GLUE YARN TO THE BASE

Apply a line of glue to the base of the cone, peel back the yarn a bit, and add a little blob.

Wrap around the base a few more times, applying some more hot glue as you go.

TRIM AND GLUE THE END

For the very last bit, cut the yarn at an angle.

Pull up the yarn a little bit from the base, just enough to expose some cardstock. Put a tiny bit of glue on the cut end, and then press it into place.

Voila! You’ve done it!

This last step is completely optional.

I made some decorated trees and some I left alone because I think they look so cute!

So, I used twine, neutral and red, and cute wooden stars.

I applied a dot of glue on the tip of the tree and glued the end of the twine. Then immediately applied some hot glue to the back of the star and put it on top of the tree and twine end.

Then I started going making loops around the tree the same way I would if it was a real tree.

When I got to the bottom, I cut the twine, applied another dot of glue, and tuck the twine end between two loops of yarn.

Tada!!! You got your first yarn Christmas tree!