DIY Trees: Crochet Your Own Christmas Decorations

How to Make a DIY Christmas Tree

If you want to add a hand­made charm to your Christ­mas decor this hol­i­day sea­son, why not cre­ate your DIY Yarn Christ­mas Tree? In this step-by-step guide, we’ll show you how to cro­chet these adorable lit­tle Christ­mas trees using var­i­ous tech­niques and stitch­es, includ­ing sin­gle, dou­ble, and more. Whether you’re a cro­chet pro or a begin­ner, this free pat­tern for cro­chet Christ­mas tree orna­ments is enjoy­able and fes­tive. Pre­pare to infuse your home with the sea­son’s mag­ic as we embark on this cre­ative jour­ney.

To begin this cro­cheted Christ­mas tree project, you’ll need a few essen­tial mate­ri­als, such as green worsted-weight yarn and a hot glue gun.  You can choose dif­fer­ent sizes for your trees, but let’s start with a pri­ma­ry size for now. Here’s how to get start­ed:

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I will show you how to make these Christ­mas trees. I use cones from Michael’s, yarn, a hot glue gun, and some dec­o­ra­tions. Okay, so it’s pret­ty easy and fun to do. Okay, so let’s get start­ed.

These are the cones that I’m going to use; I got them from Michael’s. They’re about three to four dol­lars apiece. I will place some hot glue on top, then coil the thick yarn (it’s like a sparkle Lion Brand yarn) and twist it on the cen­ter. Then, wrap it around, and I will grad­u­al­ly add a hot glue gun. You don’t want to do too much, but you’ll need enough so it sticks to your tree.

Anoth­er way to use the glue gun is in sec­tions. Take your glue and place it in sec­tions so you’re not over-glu­ing. That’s anoth­er way, too, if you have too much glue on there. So this is what it looks like when it’s fin­ished, and I will add some dec­o­ra­tive gems to the tree with the glue gun.

For the small tree, I will take fun fur and reg­u­lar yarn and chain about 400 chains or so to wrap around the small tree. This will make the tree cute and fuzzy, so you’re just going to yarn over and pull through and con­tin­ue, depend­ing on the size of your tree. It did take more than a few hun­dred chains to cre­ate the fuzzy yarn with the reg­u­lar yarn.

So, I did this the same way: I start­ed on the top and coiled the yarn togeth­er. Then, I added glue going in the oppo­site direc­tion this time. It does­n’t mat­ter which direc­tion you do it in, and I’m just plac­ing the glue around with the yarn each time I wrap it around it so it has some­thing to stick to. Keep wrap­ping it around until you reach the bot­tom and the tree is com­plete. It looks cool when it’s fin­ished.

This is how this one turned out, and I like it. It’s charm­ing, and I love the red for the hol­i­days. So this is both of them. I did­n’t add any decor to the white one yet, but I will lat­er. The red one is enjoy­able with that fun fur. I hope you enjoyed this demon­stra­tion, and thank you for watch­ing.

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Weave in the ends using a yarn nee­dle and cre­ate a hang­ing loop at the top.

You’ll have a delight­ful col­lec­tion of cro­cheted Christ­mas trees ready to grace your hol­i­day dec­o­ra­tions in no time. Whether you dis­play them as rus­tic tree orna­ments, flat cro­chet Christ­mas trees, or cone Christ­mas trees, these hand­made cre­ations will sure­ly become your favorite hol­i­day dec­o­ra­tion. You can make them in dif­fer­ent sizes and col­ors of yarn and even use them as bauble cov­ers or as part of your Christ­mas bauble col­lec­tion.

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With this free cro­chet pat­tern for rus­tic tree orna­ments, you can cre­ate charm­ing cro­chet Christ­mas tree orna­ments in dif­fer­ent sizes, from lit­tle Christ­mas trees to taller ones, using a vari­ety of cro­chet tech­niques like sin­gle cro­chet, dou­ble cro­chet, and puff stitch. Begin with a mag­ic cir­cle and work in con­tin­u­ous rounds to shape your cro­chet tree, adding orna­ments, tiny stars, or bauble cov­ers for a fes­tive touch. Exper­i­ment with col­or changes and green worsted-weight yarn to make unique cro­chet Christ­mas tree pat­terns. Whether you craft flat cro­chet Christ­mas trees or three-dimen­sion­al cone Christ­mas trees around foam cones, these lit­tle trees are the per­fect addi­tion to your Christ­mas decor.

Our step-by-step guide and video tuto­ri­als, avail­able on our YouTube chan­nel, pro­vide easy-to-fol­low instruc­tions for cro­chet­ing the tree base, and you can adapt them to dif­fer­ent sizes and fun pat­terns. You can even cus­tomize the tree with LED lights or rus­tic touch­es. Once com­plet­ed, these cro­chet Christ­mas tree orna­ments will become your favorite hol­i­day dec­o­ra­tion and make a thought­ful hand­made gift, mak­ing your hol­i­day sea­son even more fes­tive. For sup­plies like wood­en rounds, Red Heart Super Saver yarn, and darn­ing nee­dles, you can vis­it our Etsy shop, and don’t for­get to use our affil­i­ate links for hook sizes and oth­er essen­tials. So grab your yarn and hook, fol­low our step-by-step instruc­tions, and have much fun cre­at­ing cro­chet Christ­mas tree dec­o­ra­tions you can cher­ish this year and the next, adding a touch of mag­ic to your Christ­mas decor.

Get cre­ative with this easy cro­chet Christ­mas tree project, and you might dis­cov­er that it’s not just a one-time craft; you’ll be mak­ing more next year and shar­ing them with friends and fam­i­ly. Check out our YouTube chan­nel for a step-by-step guide for those who enjoy video tuto­ri­als. Feel free to vis­it our Etsy shop for fun pat­terns and find the per­fect hook sizes, wood­en rounds, and oth­er mate­ri­als to make these cro­chet Christ­mas tree orna­ments your own.

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