Paper palm trees are great for budget-friendly decoration of terraces, verandas, gazebos and patios, all kinds of parties, as well as school and kindergarten events. These palm trees are easy to make and even a child can do it. But even better is that, for all their cheapness and rudimentary nature, these palm trees really look very realistic.
To you will be required:
- Long cardboard rolls of paper towels or decorative wrapping paper(for a palm tree trunk, which can be made from a wooden, metal or plastic pole/stick, and from other analogues);
- Brown paper, a lot of it - you can crumple it, you can use paper bags with at least 1 side of a single color - in general, everything that fits the definition;
- Dense green colored paper(you can glue a regular colored one in 2 layers for greater rigidity);
- Brown thin elastic bands or thin brown twine/rope;
- Stapler;
- Scissors;
- Duct tape;
- A stable decorative container in which you will “plant” your palm tree;
- Decorative pebbles or small shells;
- Sand.
1. If you use cardboard rolls as the trunk of a palm tree, you will have to glue several pieces together in length to get a palm tree of the required height. Glue it as securely as possible so that the palm tree does not suddenly bend at the wrong moment. You can even stuff the rolls inside with something hard and long at the junction. If you already have a long stem base, skip this step.
2. Using your hands, tear the brown paper into pieces with deliberately jagged edges, but wide and long enough to wrap around the base of the palm trunk in a spiral with a good overlap. Before wrapping the trunk, remember the paper with your hands for a more realistic palm tree look in the end.
3. Secure the wrapped paper to the trunk with rubber bands or thin brown rope. Place the rope and elastic bands with large distances between the turns so that the paper holds firmly, but its uneven edges can be bent to the sides. Wrap the entire trunk - bend the horizontal edges of the paper away from the trunk - this will look more like the bark of a palm tree.
4. Cut large leaves of the most common slightly elongated and pointed shape from thick double-sided green paper - 8 pieces. Don't try to make them now look like long rectangles with rounded corners, like living palm trees - this is not necessary. When you attach the finished leaves to the palm tree, they will look as expected. Fold the cut leaves in half along their entire length.
6. Take 4 of the 8 finished leaves, fold them together (in a stack) with the lower tips, but point the leaves themselves in different directions - unevenly, naturally. Fasten the folded ends 2-3 times with a stapler. Repeat with the remaining 4 sheets.
7. Crumple up a nice ball of brown paper if you made the base of the palm tree from cardboard rolls. Insert the fastened lower ends of the two “bundles” of palm leaves quite deeply inside the upper roll of the trunk opposite each other, having first coated both the ends and the inner surface of the roll with glue. Place a ball of paper tightly on top to prevent the leaves from falling out and also to cover the hole in the trunk at the top. Spread the leaves and adjust their position a little if necessary.
If the trunk does not have a hole, simply use glue at the top and bottom of the fastened ends of the leaves, then wrap them tightly with thin brown rope around the top of the palm trunk. You should also put a drop of glue under the rope everywhere.
Add-ons:
Try placing 2-3 palm trees of different heights and leaf sizes in one large - wide and deep - container;
To make this project even more eco-friendly, glue together newspaper leaves and paint them green with tempera, then cut out the resulting palm leaves.
A hand-made palm tree does not require maintenance, but at the same time is an excellent interior decoration. The master class offers you the opportunity to create two versions of a palm tree - for the desktop and for the area near the house.
If you want to decorate your interior with exotic elements, then you can try to make a palm tree with your own hands, using one of the techniques presented in this master class.
To create the simplest version of a palm tree, you will need the following materials:
Wire, the thickness and diameter of which will depend solely on your desire for the future size of the tree;
Pliers;
Sheets of paper with adhesive side;
Any material for wrapping a palm tree, here a simple pipe cleaner is used;
Make several pieces of wire of the desired length, their number should be about 8-10. The length of the wire is the height of your palm, so try to make it optimal for what you want. Attach a square of adhesive paper to one end of the wire, which will be palm leaves. Place future leaves on each wire.
Using scissors, give the squares the desired petal shape, making cuts in each of them that reach the wire.
Palm leaves must be joined together to form a tree. Now you should take a strip of pipe cleaner of any color to make it look more realistic, the most suitable would be a pipe cleaner Brown. Take all the wires with leaves in your hand and connect them using a winding brush. Once you reach the desired height of the palm, you can cut off the excess from the pipe cleaner. Leave one or two centimeters, this will later give the palm tree stability.
Set up the palm tree, giving the leaves the desired shape.
You can make a large palm tree with your own hands to place it in your yard using simple plastic bottles.
To do this, you need to collect green and brown plastic bottles, take a couple of iron rods and prepare a drill, as well as a knife and scissors.
First you need to make a trunk. From each bottle we cut off the bottom with a height of at least 20 cm. The edges should be cut into teeth and bent for clarity. This will allow you to obtain a scaly structure of the palm trunk. Also, in each bottle blank, you should drill a hole equal to the diameter of the iron rod; it will serve as the base.
Now we take the green bottles and cut them in half. Next, we cut the edges of each bottle according to the shape of the leaves. We leave the necks on one half, and drill holes for the twigs at the ends of the others.
The blanks are ready, it's time to start assembling the palm tree!
Attaching palm leaves is not as difficult as it may seem. It is necessary to take an elastic rod, quite rigid, but not thick. We insert the cut green bottles one into the other, neck to neck, and on the last bottle we leave a cork, which we drill and put on a rod; at the end the rod must be bent so that the leaves do not fall off.
The palm tree made from plastic bottles is ready!
A simpler option is also possible
Summer residents who spend the summer on their plots in the fall are faced with the problem of disposing of plastic containers from all kinds of soft drinks. A plastic bottle tree can be an unexpected way to turn trash into garden decoration.
How is this possible? It’s very simple, if you carefully study the instructions on how to make a palm tree from bottles, prepare everything necessary tools, consumables, and be sure to stock up on a good mood.
Bottle palm tree: possible benefits and methods of use
As you know, plastic used for the production of food packaging does not decompose for hundreds of years when it gets into the soil. Centralized removal of this kind of waste is not established everywhere, and no one wants to litter nearby areas with plastic waste. What should a summer resident do in such a situation? Do you really have to take old plastic bottles to the city?
Don't rush! If you carefully collect bottles of brown and green plastic, in the off-season the whole family can turn this container into an unusual evergreen tree in an evening.
A palm tree made from bottles will perfectly decorate:
- local area;
- unsightly corner of the garden;
- plot next to outbuildings;
- children's playground;
- a border of earth near an open one.
A palm tree made from plastic bottles according to the instructions below can become a spectacular decoration at any party, wedding, theme evening or children's party.
Making an original decorative item will not cause difficulties even for people who are far from this kind of creativity. The main thing is to prepare everything you need before making a palm tree from plastic bottles.
What do you need for a palm tree made from plastic bottles?
What should you stock up on before starting work? First of all, the DIYer will need green and brown plastic bottles. The green ones are blanks for the foliage of the tree, and the brown ones are the future trunks of the evergreen beauty. Moreover, the height of the plant and the splendor of the crown directly depend on the amount of containers collected.
The list of necessary materials and tools for creating a palm tree from bottles includes:
- plastic containers;
- sharp stationery knife and scissors;
- durable tape;
- metal rod or plastic tube for the barrel;
- thick rope or braided wire for the base of the leaves.
When selecting plastic bottles for a palm tree, you need to take into account that trunks and leaves made from containers of the same diameter look better. If you have smaller green bottles in stock, they can be used for leaves in the middle of the crown, but small brown vessels will have to be used for tree trunks of a different type or size. Different shades of plastic are not a hindrance. They will only add vitality and brightness to the man-made plant.
Bottle palm: manufacturing instructions
Step by step description All the intricacies of creating a plastic tree will help you quickly, literally in the evening, step by step, to create a palm tree from plastic bottles of the intended height.
The process consists of three operations:
- leaf assemblies;
- creating a plastic plant trunk;
- connecting all parts and installing the finished tree.
Before making a palm tree from plastic bottles, the container must be washed and all paper and film labels removed from it.
Although there are many options for creating a plastic tree, the most magnificent long leaves with any chosen method are obtained from large, for example, two-liter bottles.
Making a palm tree crown from bottles
The bottom of the prepared green bottles is cut off with a stationery knife or scissors. It is no longer needed, and the upper half will become a blank for the sheet.
It is carefully cut towards the neck into thin longitudinal strips. The larger the diameter of the plastic bottle, the thicker and more luxuriant the green palm leaves will be.
These are not the only option for creating leaves. If you cut the top of a plastic bottle, as in the photo, into four “petals”, and then cut each of them several times, you will get beautiful feathery foliage.
The resulting fragments of leaves are sequentially strung on a strong rope or durable electrical cable. A lid must be screwed onto the first piece in order to secure the “petiole” of the leaf with a knot at the top. The last part of the bottle is screwed in the same way.
A palm tree made from plastic bottles can have a top of any size, but trees whose crown consists of at least 5–7 leaves look better.
There should be a long stalk at the base of the finished palm leaves in order to later assemble and securely fasten the entire structure.
Assembling a palm tree trunk from bottles
To obtain a tree trunk similar to a natural one, you will need almost the entire bottle, except for the very bottom.
From the bottom almost to the very neck, longitudinal cuts are made on brown bottles, dividing the container into equal petals.
Only a small fragment of the bottom goes to waste
This is what the finished part of the future bottle palm tree trunk looks like.
The assembly is carried out in the same way as the green leaves of a tree were collected. To secure the palm tree in an upright position, its trunk will need a strong, rigid core. It can be made from a metal rod of suitable length and diameter or a tube.
Assembling a palm tree from plastic bottles
The finished palm leaves are attached with glue or tape to the top of the tree so that they form a uniform crown diverging on all sides.
This is what the finished tree top looks like.
The design turns out to be quite heavy. Therefore, it is advisable to secure it with such a heavy base. If it is not possible or suitable material to make a welded platform, the rigid plastic or metal base of the stem is buried at least half a meter. This kind of “root” in the hole is strengthened with brick chips and compacted after filling with soil. Large trees are best concreted.
A video on how to make a palm tree for your garden plot from plastic bottles will explain all the nuances of the creative process and help you turn your yard or corner of the garden into a real oasis with your own hands.
One of the options for making a palm tree from bottles - video
From ordinary colored paper and glue, which are found in every home, you can make many wonderful crafts that will delight you and your children. For example, a paper palm tree would be a great option for beginners who want to work with their own hands.
The process of creating a palm tree from paper is entertaining enough to interest young children. In addition, it perfectly develops imagination and fine motor skills. A voluminous origami-style palm tree or a palm tree made from pieces of wire and corrugated paper will be a wonderful interior decoration. We created detailed master class with photo and video materials, thanks to which you can easily cope with this task.
Making a voluminous palm tree out of paper with your own hands in MK
To make a paper palm tree we will need:
- Corrugated green paper;
- Plain colored brown paper;
- scissors;
- thin wire about 25 cm;
- glue.
First, overo make a trunk for our palm tree. To do this, take a wire, some corrugated paper and regular brown paper.
1) We wrap the wire with a piece of corrugated paper, this is necessary so that the brown stripes do not slide off when we stick them to the wire. And the shape of the trunk will be more durable.
2) Cut the brown paper into strips of approximately 2-3 cm. Fold each strip 6 times and create a fringe from them. To do this, make a neat cut from any edge.
3) Now glue the brown fringe to the frame of the palm tree. Apply glue to the edge of the strip and wrap it tightly around the frame so that the base is not visible. We do this 3 times to make the palm more voluminous.
Leaves.In order to create foliage for our palm tree, we will cut corrugated paper into strips of 1 cm and about 6 in length. Fold in half and cut out the leaves. We give each leaf an elongated shape, similar to a palm leaf. The leaves need to be made in 2 sizes - small ones will go to the top of the palm tree, and large ones will serve as the main part of the crown.
Now all that remains is to assemble the finished palm tree from the parts that we made. To do this - Glue leaves to the top of the finished trunk - first small, then large.
At the end, we fix the workpiece on the stand. And the palm tree, made with your own hands, is ready. You can decorate the base with small colored pebbles or sand to create a finished look.
Origami palm tree:
A voluminous palm tree made of modules made using the origami technique will also look original. For this you will need:
- 14 sheets of thick green paper,
- 16 sheets of yellow paper,
- Glue.
- utility knife or scissors
To create a palm tree using this technique, we will first need to collect the required number of modules. You will need 210 green modules and 243 yellow ones. To make the module we will use the diagram below.
After assembling the required number of modules, we begin to create our palm tree step by step.
Palm base:1) First, we need to make an island for our palm tree on which it will stand. To do this, we make up the first and second rows of each of the 9 green modules and turn them inside out.
2) On each corner of the module of the second row we put on one module of the third. In total you will need 18 green modules.
3) We assemble the fourth row by analogy with the third.
4) And in the fifth row, you will need to attach 36 modules.
Sand beach:1) Starting from the 6th row, we include yellow modules in the work.
2) It is necessary to form rows 6 and 7, each should consist of 36 yellow modules.
Trunk:1) From the 8th row, the trunk of a palm tree begins to appear.
2) Evenly distribute 18 yellow modules. We insert them into the spaces between the modules of the first and second row, simulating sand.
3) In the 9th row we distribute 8 yellow modules and repeat this action for 19 rows in a row.
Palm leaves:1) Now we need to make branches for our palm tree. In total, we need 6 identical leaves for this. To assemble one sheet you will need green modules - the first 2 rows should consist of 6 green modules each. The modules of the second row are put on backwards compared to the first. We make the third row as follows - 2 green modules are each put on one of the corners of the previous row. In total, you need to collect 12 rows in this way.
2) The remaining five leaves are collected in the same sequence.
We complete the creation of the palm tree by gluing the leaves to the top of the trunk.
Our original palm tree made in origami style is ready.
Video on the topic of the article
We have selected for you several visual and useful videos lessons on the topic of creating a palm tree from paper, which may be useful and we invite you to watch them.
Together with my son, we agreed to make a palm tree from plastic bottles for the garden. It turned out that there are a considerable number of ways to implement the idea. Wanting to get the best specimen, we tried several schemes for assembling an exotic plant, which we will tell you about.
When we started installing a palm tree from plastic bottles, we fully realized the main problem: a huge amount of containers is needed! It must be taken into account that all this abundance of bottles must be washed, cut and collected with your own hands. The scissors gave my son calluses. During the work, three ways to solve the issue were discovered:
- make a small tree;
- use technology with less material;
- paint transparent bottles.
As a result, we decided to make a medium-sized tree. Only three bottles were painted. We achieved the use of containers almost without scraps, that is, 90%. 35 brown and the same number of green plastic bottles were used for the entire product. We provide a description of the creation of what you see in the photo, as well as a diagram for assembling a small and large tree with your own hands. We made a man under a tree from plastic bottles earlier.
A man-made palm tree and a “local resident” created earlier Assembling a trunk for a medium-sized palm tree
Let's start assembling the tree from the trunk. It requires a metal tube that easily fits into the neck of the bottle in diameter. The tube should be 50cm longer than the palm tree: this part will be in the ground.
We used a 150cm long tube entirely to assemble the barrel. For installation on the ground, reinforcement 1 m long was driven into the ground 50 cm deep, onto which the tube of the supporting structure of the palm tree was placed. Below are step-by-step instructions and a diagram for assembling crafts for the garden. The step numbers here and below correspond to the numbers in the pictures:
The result was a palm tree trunk. The diameter of the tree is not the same due to the use of different bottles, but this is how it happens in nature.
Small palm tree trunk
We know that there are uneven projections of branch remains on the surface of the palm tree. At a short distance they are clearly visible, so for a small tree would be better suited barrel of a different design.
A small palm tree may have a different trunk design A small palm tree can be installed in the country house right next to the wall of the house. In this case, you need to perform the following steps step by step:
Technology for making a trunk for a large palm tree
There is a third way to make a palm tree trunk. If we want to make a big tree For a dacha close in size to a natural one, the examples already discussed will not be suitable due to the disproportionately small diameter of the trunk and the fragility of the structure. In this case, you will have to cut off the very bottom parts of the plastic bottles, and then drill them and fasten them with screws or nails to the log. Of course, you will need a lot of containers.
Option for making a natural sized barrel Master class on making a crown for a medium-sized palm tree
Now let's take care of the crown of the exotic tree. To assemble it, we also chose a design that makes full use of plastic bottles. The bottles vary, and we pre-divided them into five groups for the five branches of the tree, trying to keep each set roughly the same. To assemble the crown, you need to follow these steps step by step:
Like the trunk, the crown of a palm tree can be made different ways. It is very convenient to choose the desired option based on the size of the tree. Returning to a medium-sized sample, you can create a fluffier crown. However, in this case you will have to cut the bottles in 5mm increments, that is, do three times the amount of work with your own hands. In addition, in this case only the top third of the bottle is used, which will require three times more starting material.
Making a crown for a small tree
Now we will present a master class on making a crown for a small palm tree. This craft is good for beginners. In this case, it takes noticeably more time to work with each detail, but noticeably fewer bottles will be required, and the tree crown will have more natural look at a short distance to a small tree.
This crown will only require a few bottles. Step-by-step instruction will be as follows:
Other options for making an artificial tree crown
Options for palm tree crowns with different leaves Note that palm leaves can be cut using different patterns. If you awaken your imagination, you can come up with something new and make your own palm tree from plastic containers.
Please note that the crown shown in the photo below is a good fit for making a large tree.
Having already had some experience, we understand that this option will require a large amount of source material. As you can see, only the lower parts of completely identical bottles, strung on wire, are used here.
To prevent individual links from entering each other, the upper part of each workpiece is cut and bent inward.
We hope that you will get the best palm tree from plastic bottles. The video below will help you clarify the missing details.
