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Home ยป Holidays ยป Christmas ยป Woven Paper Tree Topper

Woven Paper Tree Topper

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Learn how to make a super cool tree topper out of nothing but paper and glue!
 
All you’ll need to make this gorgeous star is a sheet of 12″ x 12″ glittered cardstock, scissors and glue (hot glue works best). If you have single sided glitter paper you will need to glue two sheets back-to-back to create a double sided sheet.
 
First, take your paper and cut it into (20) 1/2″ wide strips.
 
Fold two strips in half and crease to mark the center. Line up the center marks and glue the two strips to form 90 degree angles.
 
Add four more vertical strips (two on either side of your original + shape), weaving the horizontal piece through the vertical strips. Glue at all places where the paper intersects.
 
Continue weaving until you have a grid of 5×5 woven strips (the tails should be around 4″ long).
 
This step is the trickiest to explain, so hopefully the photos will help! In each corner, take the two inner corner strips and join the tips, making a twist in each strip before gluing them together. Do this with the next interior set of corner strips as well, so that you end up with two twisted points on each corner.
 
When all your corners are twisted and joined, it should look like this.
 
Now make another!
 
Turn one of your pieces upside down and rotate it so that the tips form an 8-pointed star when placed on top of the first piece.
 
Weave the remaining tails into the points, glue down and trim the ends.
 
Voila, an easy peasy and super cheap way to add a lot of sparkle and shine to your holiday season! These also look incredible when hung in small groups from the ceiling – use white or silver paper to create a flurry of shimmery snowflakes that’s sure to impress!
 

Happy Holidays!

Don’t Forget to Pin the Paper Tree Topper for Later!

Woven Paper Tree Topper

 

 

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Comments

  1. Partycraft Secrets says

    December 21, 2011 at 2:38 am

    these are amazing – wow. I’m sooo in love with this woven gold star (reminds me of the celtic scroll patterns.) Does it take a long time? I found your blog via top mommy bloggers, and joined up. I’d love for you to help me get to 50 followers (LOL!) and visit my crafty blog; http://www.partycraftsecrets.blogspot.com

    Reply
  2. Heidi @ Mom's Crafty Space says

    December 21, 2011 at 6:22 am

    The whole project took me about an hour from start to finish ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  3. Angell @ Passionate and Creative Homemaking says

    July 20, 2012 at 2:23 pm

    Just letting you know that I featured this today on my Christmas in July blog celebration

    http://passionateandcreativehomemaking.blogspot.com/2012/07/day-20-christmas-in-july.html

    Reply
  4. happy2bestampin.net says

    November 29, 2012 at 1:17 am

    I made this today in a two tone color. I will be posting it on my blog at http://www.happy2bestampin.net and will give you full credit. Thanks for sharing.
    Kate

    Reply
  5. Grace says

    August 15, 2014 at 10:14 am

    This is so cool! I can’t wait to try it. Have you ever tried doing it with a smaller number of strips to make a smaller-sized star? Just wondering if that would work and if anyone had tried it…

    Reply
    • Nana says

      November 29, 2014 at 9:44 pm

      I tried this, gluing two sheets together, and they kept coming apart, unfortunately. However, I can see the lovely potential in the finished product with paper that is dual sided. I can’t wait to get proper paper and try again!

      Reply
      • Heidi says

        November 30, 2014 at 12:59 pm

        I’m so sorry to hear that you were having issues with your glue. For a project like this one, I highly recommend using a spray adhesive because it will dry securely while still giving you the flexibility needed to bend the strips of paper. Hopefully you’ll have much better luck with the double sided paper! ๐Ÿ™‚

      • Rozella McNitt says

        April 6, 2018 at 12:00 pm

        Where do I find double sided glitter paper? Al I find is glitter on one side and matte or foil on the other. Thanks?.

      • Heidi says

        April 9, 2018 at 10:00 pm

        I picked mine up at a local craft store at holiday time, but you can easily make your own by gluing two single-sided sheets together – just use a heavy duty craft gluestick! ๐Ÿ™‚

  6. Viv says

    December 11, 2014 at 11:24 am

    Have you tried glue dots on these? I wonder if they would work to hold it together instead of hot glue? Great job! I love this! I’m trying to make it easily printable…any suggestions?

    Reply
  7. Carolyn says

    December 16, 2014 at 3:53 pm

    Loved making these, although 14 got to be a bit tedious! LOL. Granddaughters loved using the glue gun. I even had help from 3 year old grandson. We want to try some with double sided paper that is a different color on each side.

    Reply
  8. Cucicucicoo: Eco Sewing and Crafting says

    November 22, 2016 at 1:28 am

    Gasp! This is just gorgeous! We need a new tree topper, so I am going to attempt to find glitter cardstock to try this out! Thanks for the tutorial! ๐Ÿ™‚ Lisa

    Reply
  9. Adare says

    November 29, 2016 at 11:21 am

    Would it work with 11″ strips?

    Reply
    • Heidi says

      December 4, 2016 at 12:10 pm

      Yes, it will!

      Reply
  10. Clarissa says

    November 29, 2018 at 12:13 pm

    Hi! This star is beautiful! Maybe i missed this, but how did you attach it to the top of your tree? Does the top vertical branch go on the inside or did you somehow tie it on?
    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Heidi says

      March 27, 2019 at 11:37 pm

      We just slip it over the top vertical branch of the tree!

      Reply
  11. Violet says

    December 8, 2019 at 4:27 pm

    Thank you so much for this. Love it. Used glue dots and they were perfect.

    Reply

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