How to Make Cinnamon Stick Trees

How to Make Cinnamon Stick Trees

This is a cute and easy craft for a rainy afternoon with
your kids or for Christmas time. These cinnamon stick trees
make delightful decorations at Christmas time; not only are
they pretty but they smell fantastic too. Here is how to
make them.

!! Steps !!

Take a look through your cloth stash. If you already have cotton
prints in green shades, you can just use them. If not, then head out
to your local fabric purveyor and pick up a few fat quarters of
green cotton print for this project.

Cut the fabric into 3/4 inch (around 1.5 cm) strips. You will need
around 10 to 14 strips per tree, in graduated lengths.

Cut the strips into graduated lengths ranging from around 8 inches
(20cm) long up to around 12 inches (30.5cm) long.

Lay a cinnamon stick on the work space in front of you.

Tie the shortest strip of cloth onto the stick near the top end. Use
a simple over-hand knot. You may also add a dab of glue if you wish,
but this is not generally necessary.

* Tie the next longest strip below the first.

Move on down the length of the cinnamon stick, tying successively
longer cloth strips to the stick. After each tie, gently slide the
fabric strips together.

If your cloth strips are noticeably uneven, straighten them up at
this point. You can trim them shorter if you like.

* Leave around an inch of stick at the bottom to serve as the "base"
of your tree trunk.

Leave around an inch of stick at each end. The end with the shorter
cloth strips will be the top of the tree. You can either hot glue a
ribbon loop for hanging, or drill a small hole for hanging at that
end.

* Add a decorative element at the top if wished. A star, an angel,
etc., are all good choices.

* Tidy up any loose ends and place the finished cinnamon
tree on display.

!! Tips !!

* Various dried flowers and seed pods look quite nice at the top of
the tree.

* Tie a bright ribbon bow at the top in lieu of a "star".

* Use various Christmas scrap materials. The red or green plaid
fabrics seen around Christmas time work very nicely for this
project.

!! Things You'll Need !!

* Cinnamon sticks

* Scrap fabrics in shades of green

* Scissors or rotary cutter

* Embellishments such as tiny seed pods, stars, etc.

!! Related WikiHows !!

* How to Make a Snowflake Tree Decoration

* How to Make a Christmas Decoration

* How to Make a Fairy for the Christmas Tree

* How to String Popcorn on a Christmas Tree

* How to Make a Paper Christmas Tree

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