4 Sustainable Tree Decorations to Make

Step 1: Draw some shapes for the decorations on some card and cut out.

Top tip: You could do circles, loose lemony shapes, leaf or diamond shapes.

Step 2: Draw your design on the decoration in pencil and then fill in with pen.

Top tip: Simple spots, stripes and stars are all quick, easy and work beautifully.

Step 3: Using the screw hole punch, punch a hole in the top of the decoration, roughly 0.5cm from the edge works well.

Step 4: Cut a 20cm length of yarn and then thread it through the hole and knot the ends together to finish.

Step 1: Use the template below to help you cut out your tree/star/letter shape and then use it to draw around before cutting out of card.

Yarn wrapped decorations template.pdf

Step 2: Use the screw hole punch to punch out a hole for hanging.

Step 3: Cut roughly a 20cm length of yarn and thread through the hole and knot to fasten.

Step 4: Wrap the yarn around the tree shape firmly and use a few dots of hot glue to keep it place.

Step 5: Stick on the stars and press firmly in place.

Step 1: Draw a round shape onto the cardboard and cut out.

Step 2: Using a ruler, measure and draw a line, marking half the circle. Then half that, and then once more, so that you end up with 8 equal triangles. Then measure roughly 0.5cm from the edge of the circles and mark it. Cut little slits where these marks are. If using a screw hole punch use this on the circles to punch holes instead.

Step 3: Punch a hole in the top of each circle for hanging.

Step 4: Leaving a little tail of yarn at the back (approx. 3cm long), wind the yarn through the slits making different shapes as you go.

Top tip: Vary how many times you weave the yarn through the slits in the card to get a textured finish.

Step 5: When using the hole punched pieces of card, thread the yarn onto a darning needle and lace through the holes to create patterns.

Step 6: Tie the ends of the yarn together at the back and trim.

Step 7: Cut a 3m piece of yarn and then thread the decorations on at 10cm intervals. Knot the decorations onto the yarn to keep them in place.

Step 1: Print out the star template and then cut it out - the dotted lines show the direction that the shapes will be glued at.

Tree topper decoration template.pdf

Step 2: Draw around the template shapes and neatly cut out.

Step 3: Paint every other shape using the colours and leave to dry.

Step 4: Use a glue gun to glue the edge of the shapes together to form the star. Then, glue gun some twine along the edges of the star.

Step 5: To make a slot for the tree top to go in, glue a toilet roll to the back of the star.