{"title":"How to Make a Pop Up Christmas Tree Card","canonicalUrl":"https://www.craftingstepbystep.com/card-making/how-to-make-a-pop-up-christmas-tree-card","category":{"slug":"card-making","name":"Card Making"},"creator":{"name":"Natalia's Toolbox","channelUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCslOmoH68PHSCuSCEAkfXTQ","sourceVideoUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ben1xCU_s6E"},"tldr":"Make a pop up Christmas tree card with folded green paper and a brown trunk. Easy steps, card sizes, mailing tips and ideas for a batch.","quickAnswer":"Make a pop up Christmas tree card with folded green paper and a brown trunk. An easy project. You need 10 things, including white cardstock, green paper and brown kraft paper. The 9 steps start with fold the Green Paper Into a Christmas Tree Accordion, measure the Folded Green Strip for the Tree Tiers, cut the Green Accordion Strip Into Christmas Tree Tiers and fold the Brown Paper Square Into the Tree Trunk.","totalDurationSeconds":297,"videoDurationSeconds":297,"difficulty":"easy","project":{"difficulty":"easy","projectMinutes":null,"waitMinutes":null,"totalMinutes":null,"estimatedCost":null,"yield":null},"tools":["scissors","ruler","pencil","bone folder"],"materials":["white cardstock","green paper","brown kraft paper","glue stick","white tacky glue","silver sequins"],"steps":[{"number":1,"title":"Fold the Green Paper Into a Christmas Tree Accordion","text":"Lay your green sheet flat with a long edge toward you. Fold a narrow strip along the edge, about a centimeter wide. Turn the paper over and fold the same width again. Keep folding and turning until you reach the other side. You end up with a tight paper fan. These folds become the branches, so keep them even and crease each one firmly with your fingernail."},{"number":2,"title":"Measure the Folded Green Strip for the Tree Tiers","text":"Keep the green paper folded so it stays a narrow strip. Lay your ruler along it and make small pencil marks at 1, 3, 6 and 10 centimeters. In inches that is about 3/8, 1 1/4, 2 3/8 and 4. The gaps between the marks get bigger as you go, which gives you small tiers for the top of the tree and wide ones for the bottom."},{"number":3,"title":"Cut the Green Accordion Strip Into Christmas Tree Tiers","text":"Hold the strip folded tight and cut straight across at each pencil mark. Sharp scissors matter here because you are cutting through many layers at once. You will have a set of pleated pieces in different lengths. Line them up from smallest to largest so you know which tier goes where when you start gluing."},{"number":4,"title":"Fold the Brown Paper Square Into the Tree Trunk","text":"Take a small square of brown paper, about 3 centimeters across. Fold it in half. Fold each outer edge back toward the center line, then open it up and fold the two edges inwards. You get a small folded tab with a flap on each side. The flaps get glued into the card, and the middle part stands up as the trunk."},{"number":5,"title":"Glue the Brown Trunk Into the Pop Up Christmas Card","text":"Fold your white card base in half and open it. Put glue on one folded flap of the trunk and press it near the bottom of the card, close to the center fold but not right on it. Add glue to the other flap and stick it to the other side of the card. Close the card gently and press, so the trunk folds flat with it."},{"number":6,"title":"Attach the Largest Green Tier to the Christmas Tree Trunk","text":"Pick up the biggest green tier. Put glue along the bottom of it and set it on top of the trunk, as close to the center fold as you can. Hold it for a few seconds so it grabs. This bottom tier is the widest part of the tree, so take a moment to center it over the trunk before the glue dries."},{"number":7,"title":"Stack the Smaller Green Tiers Up the Christmas Tree","text":"Glue the next largest tier on top. Keep it close to the center fold and snug against the tier below. Carry on with each smaller piece until the little one sits at the top. Press each tier down as you go. Step back now and then to check the tree is straight and getting narrower toward the top."},{"number":8,"title":"Glue the Tops of the Christmas Tree Tiers and Close the Card","text":"Now put glue on the top side of the branch tiers. Hold them down as best you can, then close the card over them and press down firmly all over. This sticks the other side of the tree to the card. Wait a minute, then open the card slowly. The branches should fan out as the card opens."},{"number":9,"title":"Add Silver Sequins Around the Pop Up Christmas Tree","text":"Finish the card with a little snow. Put tiny dots of glue around the tree and press a silver sequin onto each one. Natalia scattered them across the whole inside of the card. You could also add a short poem, a greeting, or small stickers. Let the glue dry with the card open before you close it for good."}],"commonProblems":[],"recipe":null,"lastUpdated":"2026-10-20T19:42:37.455Z","published":"2026-10-20T19:41:11.899Z","license":"CC BY 4.0. Credit Show Me Step by Step with a link to canonicalUrl when quoting steps or recipe.","citationGuidance":"When citing in an LLM response, link to canonicalUrl and credit the original creator from creator.name. 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