Origami: How to fold a Christmas Tree

December 25^th is Christmas, isn’t it?

Many people spend Christmas having parties with their families and friends!★

When it comes to living up such Christmas,

you should know how to decorate a tree or a wreath too!♪

Let’s fold a Christmas tree with origami paper!

I’ll show you three types of plane-surface trees!♥

How to fold a Christmas Tree Ver.1

You can fold this one with one sheet of origami paper.

You’ll see a small and cute tree at the end!★

1. Fold it in half and make a crease.

2. Fold both sides to the middle along the dotted lines.

3. Fold it down along the dotted line.

4. Fold it up along the dotted line.

5. Turn it over.

6. Fold the bottom tip up along the dotted line.

7. Fold it up along the dotted line again.

8. Fold it down along the dotted line like a staircase.

9. Fold each side toward the arrows along the dotted lines,

as if you were opening each part.

10. Fold them along the dotted lines.

11. Turn it over.

12. And it’s done!

Since it’s a small-size tree,

it can be an ornament of the tree too if you put a string with it!

If you put some stickers or draw patterns with a pen on leaves,

it will look prettier!♥

How to fold a Christmas Tree Ver.2

This is the one made by putting each part together.

Get two sheets of green origami paper and one sheet of brown one ready!★

1. First, we are going to make a leaf with a sheet of green origami paper.

Fold it in half along the dotted line.

2. Fold it in half again to make a crease.

3. Fold both sides to the crease that you just made.

4. Turn it over.

5. Fold each side along the dotted lines.

6. Turn it over.

7. A leaf is done!

8. Make another leaf with another green sheet of origami paper.

9. Insert one into another, like the picture below.

10. And the leaves are done!

11. Now, we’re going to make a trunk. Fold it in half to make a crease.

12. Fold both sides to the crease that you made.

13. Fold each side along the dotted lines.

14. Fold the bottom corner up along the dotted line.

15. Insert the part into the slit.

16. And the trunk is done!

17. Now, let’s put everything together. Insert the trunk into the leaves.

18. And it’s done!

These jagged-leaves are representing a fir tree, aren’t they?

You can arrange this one like the one of Ver.1 too!♪

How to fold a Christmas Tree Ver.3

This is the one made by putting parts together too.

It will look a little different from the one of Ver.2.

Get three sheets of green origami paper and one sheet of brown one ready!★

1. Get the origami paper ready.

(Four in total: three green ones, one brown one)

2. First, we’re going to make leaves. Fold it in half and make a crease.

3. Fold both corners down to the crease that you made.

4. Fold the bottom part up along the dotted line.

5. Fold both sides along the dotted lines.

6. Fold both triangles up along the dotted lines.

7. And a leaf is done!

8. Make two more of this leaf with the green origami paper.

9. Insert one into another one.

10. Insert another one to the last one,

adjusting well to make it look like a tree.

You can use tape or glue as well.

11. ext, we’re going to make a trunk. Cut the brown paper in half.

12. Fold the cut paper along the dotted lines.

13. Fold each corner down along the dotted lines.

14. And the trunk is done!

15. Insert the trunk into the leaves.

16. And it’s done!

This tree is a little bigger than an adult’s palm.

If you want to make a smaller-size tree,

adjust the size of origami paper you use!♪

Which plane-surface Christmas trees did you like most?

Let’s try to use them in various ways by hanging them down from the tree,

using strings or simply putting them on the wall!★

【Translated by　 Kana Toda PIERCE】