Compliments of the season to the Diyhub community, and I am excited to be participating in this DIY Christmas contest.
It's that time of the year a lot of people across the world look forward to. The holiday means a lot to people, most especially me, who take it as an opportunity to relax and create beautiful memories with my family. In addition, it's a perfect opportunity to put smiles on people's faces, and all of these are the essence of this festive holiday.
I have been thinking hard about the contest and really wanted to do something really creative. It took me time to settle on one of the ideas I came up with. I hope you all love it.
Materials used.
Green & White Cardboard
Scissors
Evostick glue
Colored candy
An empty bottle of wine
Carton
An empty can
Procedure
I started by ensuring the wine bottle is clean and dry since I will be doing a lot of work on it.
- I folded my cardboard just like the image below and cut out the long rectangles. I folded it three times so I can cut 3 rectangles at once; that saves time.
- After cutting out the long rectangle, I rolled the rectangle up from one end to another.
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- I repeated the same procedure for the rectangular shape and might be doing more of the rectangles if these three pieces won't be enough.
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- I started cutting the rectangles on one side after stretching them again and did that from one end of the rectangle to the other.
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- I moved on to applying Evostick glue on the bottle, starting from the bottom, and I started wrapping the rectangle around it.
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- I kept applying the Evostick glue upwards on the wine bottle and wrapping the cardboard around the bottle until it was completely covered.
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- I moved from wrapping the wine bottle to attaching my colored candy on it, and this must be done carefully.
- I applied a tiny bit of Evostick on different point on the tree and gently placed the colored candy on it.
- I repeated the process until the candies were clearly visible in the bottle wrapped with cardboard.
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- I also covered the bottle cork as well before moving to the next stage of my craft.
- There is no Christmas tree without a star on it, so I went on to make a star from a drink can. I cut a can open and drew a star with a needle on the can.
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- I cut out the star and applied Evostick glue on the back of the star.
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- I placed a short broom behind the star as well and allowed it to dry properly.
- I created a hole in the bottom cork and inserted the broom holding the star.
- The star sat comfortably on the bottle, and my Christmas tree is set.
I wasn't satisfied with just the tree sitting there, so I made more designs to boost the beauty of the tree.
I drew a Christmas tree on a carton and cut it out.
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- I also cut out the same tree size on the green cardboard and glue them to the carton. I put them aside to dry properly.
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- I cut out a big rectangle from the carton and covered it with a white cardboard of the same size.
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- I opened the bottom of the Christmas trees, applied Evostick glue on the bottom, and placed them on the white rectangle card.
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- I waited till they properly dried before arranging some colored candy on the white card. I applied Evostick glue on the candy and arranged them on the white card.
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- After they have all dried, I placed my bottle Christmas tree on a space I left open on the white card, and my Christmas tree craft is ready.
- To add more beauty, I placed a light bulb beneath the bottle tree, and it turned up my craft.
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I hope you enjoyed going through the process with me. Let me know your thoughts about this simple craft.
All image are mine
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This is very creative of you man, I have never thought about using that bottle for something like this. This shows how creative the human mind can be
Thanks man, there are actually so many things we can do with the bottle especially when it is the transparent ones. Glad you like this, happy new year in advance.
Your Christmas 🎄 tree came out beautiful,and your process is well detailed for anyone to follow.
I wish you are lovely season 😊
Thanks a lot mama, glad you like it. I should probably have one delivered at your doorstep...
Cheers and compliments of the season to you.
Awwww, you are welcome 😊 I could have cherished having one if not for the long distance between us.
Your Christmas tree looks fabulous, thanks for creating this beautiful piece and for sharing it with our beautiful community.
The contest actually inspired me, thanks for coming up with that and compliment of the season to the diyhub team.
Very creative! Adding the light bulb was a great decision. It made the design more stunning.
I thought the light bulb would light things up and it did. It was fun spending time on the project.
muy bonito y creativo!
very nice and creative!
Thanks a lot.
This is truly beautifully and creative 👍. I can see you put in alot of effort. Well done
Thanks mama, glad you liked it.
Welcome 🤗
Te quedo muy bonito felicidades
The shape of the bottle helped a lot to make the tree a precise and delicate size, it looked great! ✨👏🏼 for next year I would like to decorate my house with many Christmas trees. I just need several bottles of wine.😅
Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas! 🎄