Yarn Wrapped Cardboard Christmas Trees

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree, I’d never know you were made of cardboard! This easy to make DIY Christmas Tree Decor can be made with just a few supplies from your craft stash, and just a couple of bucks. You can use yarn, ribbon, twine, or anything you can wrap around, so get to wrapping!

Red, white, and grey yarn and ribbon wrapped cardboard Christmas trees with star toppers and a wood dowel trunk with wood round base. Easy, affordable, DIY Christmas decor made with recycled material.

Welcome to Day 8 of our Manda Panda Countdown to Craftmas! This the first year that I am starting a tradition of 24 days of Crafty Christmas lives from Dec. 1 to 24 over on my Facebook Page. Make sure to check out the Spanish Moss Christmas Tree we made for Day 6!

Cardboard is KING! Thats my motto! Anytime that I want to make something and I don’t have the wood version of it, cardboard is my go-to and you wouldn’t even be able to tell!

Take these Yarn and Ribbon Wrapped Christmas Trees for example. If I didn’t tell you, would you have any idea at all that they are made with cardboard? Nope, didn’t think so!

You gotta love a good recycled craft. So I bring to you this adorable recycled Christmas craft for you to make and add to your holiday decor this year. You can whip up a few of these for almost no money at all, and in about 10 min a piece.

But the best part of these Cardboard Christmas Trees is that they can be made in any style under the sun! You see I made 3 different ones here, but this is just the tip of the iceberg of what you could do with these easy to make trees!

Farmhouse style? Check! Vintage? Check! Rustic with twine? Check! You name it, they could be made!

If you want some inspiration for a rustic version of this craft, check out these Rustic Foam Cone trees and you can adapt these cardboard ones for that style.

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Supplies Needed to Make Yarn Wrapped Cardboard Christmas Trees

A roll of red yarn and white chunky yarn sitting together on a table.

How to Make Yarn Wrapped Cardboard Christmas Trees

I made these Yarn Wrapped Cardboard Christmas Trees on video, so you can WATCH it or click on the picture right below.

Amanda holding the completed project on a Facebook live thumbnail.

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First, cut the cardboard into tall triangles of whatever size you want. I decided to make 3 different sizes as a coordinating set. My biggest was about 12″ tall with the stand and my smallest was about 7″.

Glue your wooden dowel to the back of the cardboard BEFORE the next step, so that it is covered up by the yarn once you wrap them.

Next, wrap them in your yarn or ribbon using a dot of hot glue to secure at the beginning and the end.

Decorate them as you wish! For the white yarn wrapped tree I glued on red ruby gemstones, and a red foam star on top.

White chunky yarn wrapped Christmas tree with red ruby gem ornaments and a red foam star tree topper.

For the red yarn tree, I glued on white pom poms and a galvanized metal star on top.

Red yarn wrapped Christmas Tree with white pom pom ornaments and a metal star topper.

The ribbon wrapped tree already had a pattern on the ribbon, so I decided to keep this one simple with just a white foam star on top.

Grey and white snowflake ribbon wrapped Christmas Tree with a white foam star topper.

The ribbon wrapped tree was a little trickier to wrap since my ribbon was 2″ thick. You may have to do a bit of folding and crimping and gluing the ribbon on the back in order to get it to look flat and good in the front. Don’t worry about that, theres no back of the craft police!

The back of the grey and white snowflake ribbon Christmas Tree showing that the ribbon is folded and glued flat in the back.

Finish these adorable cardboard Christmas Trees off by gluing a small wood round to the bottom of the dowel as the base.

Are you going to make some Yarn Wrapped Cardboard Christmas Trees? Shoot…are you gonna make anything for Christmas?! If you do, I’d love to see it! Pop on over to our free Craftspiration Facebook group, and join in on the fun by posting a pic of your Tiered Trays, DIY’s and crafts. I just love to see all your creative and crafty creations.

The Cardboard Christmas trees staged on a bookcase with a white yarn Christmas present tower.

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