1Gather 4 sheets of paper.

Gather four sheets of paper together. Green is the traditional Christmas tree color but you can also use other colors like white, silver, gold, or pastel shades. Align the papers at the edges.

2Fold in half.

While keeping the sheets aligned on all four sides, fold them in half.

3Draw a Christmas tree.

Draw half of a Christmas tree along the paper's folded edge.

4Cut along the tree outline.

Cut the paper along the Christmas tree outline. If the paper is too thick or if you have difficulty cutting through all 4 sheets of paper, cut out the trees individually or by pairs. To make sure that all 4 trees end up identical, use the first tree as a pattern for making the rest of the Christmas trees.

5Unfold the trees.

Open up the folded pieces to reveal four identical Christmas trees.

Instead of doing all the steps above, you can print out any of these Christmas tree templates to come up with four trees.

• Templates 1 or 2 - print out 1 copy
• Template 3 or 4 - print out 2 copies
• Template 5 or 6 - print out 4 copies

Cut out all four trees. Fold each tree in the middle.

6Decorate the trees.

Decorate the inner surface of each tree by doing any or all of these ideas:

a.)   Drawing or Painting

An easy way to decorate the trees is to use your fingers or a cotton swab to apply colorful paint dots.

Draw sparkly lines, dots and shapes with glitter glue.

You can also add raised lines and shapes using puffy paint. The paint's small nozzle will allow you to make finer details. Avoid making any puffy paint shapes along the tree's middle crease.

b.)   Gluing stuff

Glue small materials like sequins, paper or foam shapes, rhinestones, tiny pom-poms, and small bows. Remember not to glue anyting along the tree's middle crease.

If you want to glue heavier materials like buttons or beads, use cardstock or thick paper to make the Christmas trees in the previous steps.

7Glue the trees by pairs.

Once the glue and/or paint dries on the trees, fold each tree in the middle again to emphasize the crease.

Join the trees by pairs by gluing together half of their undecorated sides.

8Glue a craft stick.

Create a tree trunk by gluing a craft stick along the middle of one of the paper tree pairs. If you want a colored tree trunk, paint the craft stick beforehand.

9Assemble the Christmas tree.

Glue both paper tree pairs together, aligning them at the edges. You now have a four-cornered three-dimensional Christmas tree.

10Make a pot.

Make a Christmas tree pot with any of the materials below. Fill the pot with sand, clay, salt dough, or a piece of Styrofoam. Carefully plant the craft stick tree trunk into the pot.

1. Metal bottle caps - e.g. perfume cap
2. Plastic bottle caps - e.g. liquid laundry detergent cap
3. Tea light tins

4. Paper cup - paint and trim to the desired height
5. Air dry clay or salt dough - shape into small pots and let them dry completely
6. Small glass jars or cups
7. Others (not in photo) - candy tins, yoghurt cups, small basket

11Add some pot accents.

Add some accents to the pot if you like. You can glue a ribbon around it or put some stickers.

Another idea is to cover the dough or clay inside the pot with a thin layer of sand, confetti or glitter.