Hi, everyone! It’s Aimee from The Elephant of Surprise. I’m so pumped to be here visiting Vanessa’s blog, and sharing a little crafty, Christmas goodness.
If you can sew a straight line, you can make these Christmas tree mobiles in a snap. Hang a couple in a window, or a whole forest over a dessert table at your next party. Totally versatile. And easy. Let’s get started!
Supplies: Paper in various greens and brown, scissors, paper cutter, thread, and sewing machine.
Step 1: Cut your paper into strips of the same thickness. I like mine about an inch thick.
Step 2: Stack as many strips as you want, then trim the edges so they get successively longer as you go down. Adding one or two shorter strips at the bottom before the stump will help the tree hang straight once it’s sewn.
Step 3: Using your sewing machine, sew a straight line down the middle of each strip. To easily find the middle, I like to fold my strips in half. Feed each strip one at a time, keeping them touching one another.
You can leave extra thread on the end to hang your trees, or you can hole punch the top piece and use other string. I used green bakers twine on mine.
Thanks again, Vanessa for having me! Here are a couple of my other simple holiday ideas. I hope you’ll stop by the The Elephant of Surprise and say hello.
