Paper cup christmas tree tutorial

Here we go: as promised I'm doing the Paper cup christmas tree tutorila. It's simple , all you have to do is to follow some tips.

You will need:
10 paper cups

Glue gun

Liquid glue

Glitter

Scissors

Step 1: For this tutorial I bought just some Hello Kitty paper cups that I painted but I prefer IKEA paper cups that I acctually also used for my firs tree and I find them more beatiful and even easier to manage with. They have really some great colors and they are cheap too. First of all cut the cup and the bottom of the cup.

Step 2: You will need 5 cups + a piece (7 - 8 cm) of the sixth cup like shown in the picture.

Step 3: Make a cone out of the cutted cup and glue it together with the glue gun.

Step 4: Do the same with the other 4 cups but making each cone bigger. You can use the hole at the top as a guide: every next cone is bigger by making a bigger hole on the top.

Step 5: Cut the white edge of the rest of the cups.

Step 6: With the hot glue apply the white edge on the cutted parts of the cup cutting them to fit the sides. This is an important step because it's here where your tree loses the look of the cups and becomes something special. Don't forget to modelate the white edges with pulling them in the hands to get them more straight. Do this step with all 5 cups. The only piece you don't need to cover with the white edge is the top hole.

Step7: Take one of the paper cups without the edge and fill it with somethig to make it stable. I used lentils here but you can also use rice or small rocks. Don't forget to close the cup with a piece of cutted cups. Glue it upsidedown. This is the trunk of the tree.

Step 8: Put the piece of the 6th cup under the widest cone to cover the side of it and cut the little triangle that it's facing out of the bottom of the tree and glue it on the trunk of the tree.

Step 9: Compose the tree by rotating the cones from the widest to the most pointed. Here you can really express your taste.
Step 10: Apply the liquid glue on all the white edges and sprinkle it with glitter to cover unprecisions and...... start decorating the tree!!!

I hope you like the tutorial and don't forget to show me your version of my paper cup tree.

I also wanted to share with you some photos of our christmas play where I'm in charge for the make up and the costumes. Here is an elf (me), Snowfairy, Mr. Cold and Santa. I hope children will enjoy with them this Sunday!