We've been folding Christmas trees from old magazines. These are so much fun to make. Dave remembers making these as a kid from old TV Guides. You can spray paint them green, or gold, but I think they are rather nice plain. Little flecks of color show through, and since this one is made from last year's seed catalog, it's especially good. Little bits of spring, poking through the winter.
Crisp folds are important for this project, but some of us had a slightly more...organic approach.
Grab a thick magazine, 200 pages or so and let's get started!
First take a moment to break the spine, so the magazine lays flat. You may also want to remove the cover if the paper is thicker than the rest of the magazine.
1. Fold the top left corner into the spine of the magazine to make a diagonal fold. Crease neatly.
2. Fold in again to the spine. The shape it makes will look sort of like a neck tie.
3. Turn the magazine over and fold the bottom triangle up. Remember the tree will have a flat base and this is the fold that levels the bottom.
4. Tuck the triangle inside the fold.
I prefer to do folds 1 and 2 for the entire magazine, and then turn the magazine over to do the remaining folds. Pretty soon you'll have a table full of recycled (and recyclable) holiday trees.
Happy folding!
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