• Print the Christmas tree on thin cardstock, thick paper, or watercolour paper. Alternatively, print on copy paper and glue it onto thick cardstock.

Decorate – optional

• You can decorate your Christmas tree with colours, cutouts, paper tape, etc., or wait to decorate until the tree is cut out.

Cut

• Cut out the Christmas tree.

  If using thick paper or cardstock, use a craft knife or scalpel.

  You can also cut out the hole in the centre, but it is unnecessary.
• You can cut the trees from different colours of paper or cardstock and arrange them in small groups in the window.

  You can decorate them with snow or Christmas decorations.

Hang

• If you want to hang the trees freely in the air, you can do it in several ways.

  You may need to glue two trees together using thick paper or very thin cardstock.

  Start by making a loop of sewing thread, which you glue between the two trees.

  If you use decorations, make one end of the thread long enough to reach down into the hole in the centre and tie a small knot.

  The knot is to secure the decoration that you glue around the thread.

  You do not need to glue the trees together using thicker cardstock or other heavy materials.

  You can instead use a needle to sew thread through the top of the tree and the decoration in the hole in the centre.

Template

• If you want to make your Christmas tree from another material, use the print as a template.

  Print the tree on the thickest cardstock possible or glue your print onto cardboard.

  Cut out the tree so you have a template to trace around.

  You can then create your Christmas tree from any material.