Anyone know how I could make an artificial Palm Tree for my nativity?
Related Discussions
How to make a Christmas bow tree topper?
How do I make a bow topper for my Christmas tree?
How to make a Christmas bow with wired ribbon?
How do I make a Christmas bow out of wired ribbon for Christmas? I’d like to make pretty bows for my Christmas gifts and arrangements. I’d like it to be full and ... See more
Does anyone know what this is?
Just turn them upside down and open them, then insert a roll of paper towel and tada, you have yourself a brand new paper towel holder that is not only beautiful, but... See more
1970s sunken conversation pit
Our new house has a sunken conversation pit in front of the fireplace. It's about 6X6 and has three steps into the 'pit' and booth-like backs on each side. My adult... See more
Santa Mop Head Instructions
Does anyone know where I can find instructions for this specific Santa mop head project? I've been unable to find anything except the image in my searches. I've tried... See more
How can I re-create this vintage Christmas tree light?
My sister and I each had one of this and my mom let us keep them on in our bedroom before we fell asleep--nice memories. And the tree would spin when the lightbulb he... See more
Ideas on How to Make Realistic Tree Bark? Artificial Christmas Tree...
I would like to trim the pine needles on some of the branches to look more open and realistic but I would like to first figure out a way to disguise the metal pole to... See more
Paper towel or wrapping paper roll for the trunk, make leaves from tissue paper.
The tree needs to be between 2-3’ tall, so that it is twice as high than the tallest figures. It’s really easy if you use a yardstick or a fat dowel. You can set it in a shallow pot filled with rocks and sand. Paint the stick brown. Cut an 8” x 12” piece of brown felt or craft foam into 1” tall strips. Then cut each strip into random brown triangles. Starting at the bottom, cover the stick with glued on triangles, one row at a time. When you get to the top, go back to the bottom. Glue another row of brown triangles between the first two rows, but with the points between the points of the row above. Keep going up to the top again.
Then cut a sheet of dark green felt or craft foam into three long strips, about 2 1/2” tall. Cut a piece of medium green felt the same way. Out of cardboard, cut a 4” tall pattern of a palm leaf no wider than the strips you cut. Then use the template to trace and cut out three palm leaves from each strip. Glue the medium and dark green leaves in random order, starting about 6” from the top, going up one row at a time, to the top. If you had any brown triangles left, cut a few into rough circles to be coconuts at the top of the palm tree.
Best wishes with your nativity scene. 😇
Cut a piece of pvc pipe the appropriate height for your figures. Wrap it with green or brown or Tan garland. With green garland, make loops for the palm fronds and stuff into the top hole of the pvc. Bend the wire of the garland loops to a point at the tips so it looks like one loop makes one palm frond and arrange the loops so they hang down a little. It looks best if they are not all the same length. You can put the tree into an old Christmas tree stand and drape metallic mesh around the bottom and crush it to fit around the base. You could paint or stain the pvc pipe or wrap with Crepe paper streamers as an alternative if you can’t find tan garland.
You could check hobby shops that carry train supplies for those that have a hobby of trains. They have many different trees, etc. for the set ups the train hobbyist makes.
Party City and Oriental Trading have inflatable palm trees of various heights.
I think this will help too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQsNNu4IbAM
Make a coconut palm tree YouTube video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=edBP-__07UM