Home > Craftsmanship > folk crafts

Tutorial on making a handmade Christmas tree using wine cork waste

Tutorial on making a handmade Christmas tree using wine cork waste

Quick, fun and easy Christmas craft tutorial! Use recycled old books and wine corks to make a mini Christmas tree. Are you guys a little wary of this waste recycling DIY that doesn’t require any skills? Prepare the required materials and give it a try by following the illustrated steps below!~

Materials and tools: wine cork, awl, toothpick, scissors, waste paper.

Tutorial on making a handmade Christmas tree using wine cork waste

1. Use scissors to cut the paper into rectangles of different sizes.

For a tiny Christmas tree like this, cut out a large number - lets say 20 - squares of paper, ranging from 7cm x 7cm to 2cm x 2cm.

Get ready:

20 pieces 7cm x 7cm

20 pieces 6cm x 6cm

20 pieces 5cm x 5cm

20 pieces 4cm x 4cm

20 pieces 3cm x 3cm

20 pieces 2cm x 2cm

Tutorial on making a handmade Christmas tree using wine cork waste

2. Take your awl and pierce the paper in the middle.

Tutorial on making a handmade Christmas tree using wine cork waste

3. Then starting with the smaller ones, thread them through the decorated toothpicks and rotate them so that they are not aligned. Do this for all different sizes of paper. When done, insert the toothpick into the cork.

Tutorial on making a handmade Christmas tree using wine cork waste

4. This mini Christmas tree is finished~