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We Made A Christmas Tree Out Of A 15 Foot Paper Bag

My husband and I have started an unconventional Christmas tree tradition. With half this year gone we’re already trying to plan for this year’s! This past year we based our tree on a popular paper bag craft I saw on Pinterest where you twist and cut the ends to create branches. Instead of a miniature paper bag tree I suggested we built a giant paper bag out of Kraft paper and create a life size version. I decided the tree itself was ugly so I painted it white and made it much more festive for Christmas. Including a disco ball made from cut up CDs and pillow stuffing for snow. Here’s the result.

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Kraft paper being constructed into giant paper bag

15 foot giant paper bag

We Made A Christmas Tree Out Of A 15 Foot Paper Bag

Paper bag tree while holding miniature real paper bag tree

We Made A Christmas Tree Out Of A 15 Foot Paper Bag

Painted white to be more festive

We Made A Christmas Tree Out Of A 15 Foot Paper Bag

CD disco ball tree topper. Hung from ceiling when finished.

We Made A Christmas Tree Out Of A 15 Foot Paper Bag

Can’t forget the “snow”

We Made A Christmas Tree Out Of A 15 Foot Paper Bag

Finished!

We Made A Christmas Tree Out Of A 15 Foot Paper Bag

We were able to change the color of the tree by adding colored papers in front of the spot lights.

We Made A Christmas Tree Out Of A 15 Foot Paper Bag

CD disco ball tree topper

We Made A Christmas Tree Out Of A 15 Foot Paper Bag

We sent out a Christmas card with our two other family members because the branches ended up looking “snake like”…our family members weren’t too thrilled!

We Made A Christmas Tree Out Of A 15 Foot Paper Bag

Watch how we built it in this video!

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ANDREA LAFRANCE 3 years ago (edited)

Did you create a base? What did you do with the pole you put in the trunk?

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Rebecca Whitman 5 years ago

You two are AWESOME-keep being creative!!

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Stephanie Hester 5 years ago

How did you get the branches to stand at odd angles? I want to make one of these for my classroom this year!

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Emily Seilhamer (Post author) 5 years ago

Stephanie, I just did a tutorial video on my YouTube channel explaining in detail how to build it! We used thick metal wire inside each branch to suspend and bend them. Good Luck!

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BoredBunnies 7 years ago

Where do you get a 15 foot bag?

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Emily Seilhamer (Post author) 7 years ago

You don't lol...we had to build it from brown kraft paper proportional the the smaller bag

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ANDREA LAFRANCE 3 years ago (edited)

Did you create a base? What did you do with the pole you put in the trunk?

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Rebecca Whitman 5 years ago

You two are AWESOME-keep being creative!!

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Stephanie Hester 5 years ago

How did you get the branches to stand at odd angles? I want to make one of these for my classroom this year!

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Emily Seilhamer (Post author) 5 years ago

Stephanie, I just did a tutorial video on my YouTube channel explaining in detail how to build it! We used thick metal wire inside each branch to suspend and bend them. Good Luck!

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