Cardboard Christmas tree project
Probably a bit late for this now, but I thought my cardboard Christmas tree project was worth a quick post as it’s been mentioned on a couple of friends sites now (cheers Recycle This & The Daily Chump) so I thought it deserved a home.
Here’s some background: a couple of weeks ago, I decided it would be quite cool to make a cardboard Christmas tree out of a very large cardboard box we had left over after buying a new mattress for our bed. The idea appealed for a few reasons:
- we had a big box and it seemed a waste to take it to the tip
- going out to fetch a real tree also seemed wasteful: a waste of petrol, time and also not forgetting it being a total waste of tree
- I couldn’t face hoovering up pine needles daily
- Richard Garside & I have a related ongoing project called “Cardboard Laptop Stand” (watch this space) so making cardboard versions of things tends to seep into my mind quite readily
It took about 3 hours to make the tree, and I felt super victorious after it’s construction was complete.
Stuff you need to make your own:
a very large cardboard box- a very sharp Stanley / craft knife and cutting board
- a metal edged ruler
- a diagram of the shape of your tree
- a pen
- lots of floor space
- hair grips to secure your decorations, although they mostly stay on on their own
As I was making the tree, I took photos of each step and uploaded them to Flickr, with annotations - essentially forming step-by-step instructions on how to build your very own Cardboard Christmas Tree
