Tissue Paper and Yarn Tabletop Trees

Tissue Paper and Yarn Tabletop Trees will liven up your traditional Christmas decor with a refreshing pop of color. This kids’ Christmas craft is easy to make and works up relatively quickly, so if your holiday party is coming up fast you won’t have to rush to find pretty homemade Christmas decorations. Tissue Paper and Yarn Tabletop Trees are perfect Christmas centerpieces, but you can also use them to decorate your room for the holidays.

Materials:

• Mod Podge ® Gloss, 8 oz.
• Mod Podge ® Glitter - Hologram Gold, 8 oz.
• 3 Styrofoam trees – different sizes
• Scissors
• Tissue paper – pink; pale green and turquoise
• Yarn – raspberry; olive dark turquoise
• Wax paper

Instructions:

1. Cut the tissue paper into small random shaped squares.
2. Apply the squares to the Styrofoam tree with Mod Podge.
3. Topcoat with a layer of Mod Podge. Add additional layers of tissue. Allow for dry time between layers.
4. Cut the yarn into 3 to 5 feet long pieces. (Use more yarn for a fuller wrap and less yarn for an open look.)
5. Pool some Mod Podge Glitter onto a piece of wax paper. Saturate the yarn in the Mod Podge Glitter.
6. Wrap the wet yarn around the cones. Allow to dry.