These are so easy to make and are perfect
for decorating your home during the Christmas season.
I didn't have any books that I wanted to use for this project
so I went to my local Thrifty store and bought two books for .50 cents.
You Will Need:
hard-cover books
metal star
wood ball
wire
Christmas card stock
scissors
glue stick
hot glue
A book that is taller works well for the tree
and the angel works best with a book of equal dimensions.
Start at the middle of the book
and begin folding the top corner down.
Make sure your folds are going in the same direction.
Once all your pages are folded,
you can glue on some Christmas card stock
to the front and back of the book for a nice finished look.
Then glue down the first and last folded page
to the front and back of the book.
This will help hold your book open.
Add a metal star to the top of the Christmas tree book.
Wrap the wire around the wood ball and create a halo.
Hot glue the ball onto the top of the angel book.
I also added some pearl embellishments to the edges to give a soft look.
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I'm visiting YOU now my sweet friend. I am in awe of your amazing creativity x
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Thanks Stephanie for sharing, this does look easy and they are very pretty!
Wonderful Christmas compositions, I like that nice idea. Greetings.
Stephanie- Thanks for taking the time to read my blog! I love the crafty things you feature on your blog and want to personally invite you to my Pinterest Tuesday Link up party. It started this week and will happen every Tuesday.
Erica
We Three Crabs
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What a cute idea for recycling old books. You clever girl!
What a great idea! Thanks for sharing this.
I really like the look of your Christmas blog. It makes me want a big cup of hot chocolate. :)
xoxo
Beautiful! I can't wait to do this. You have such great ideas.
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I love this! Reminds me of when my grandmother (your great-grandmother) and I would make Christmas trees out of old Readers Digest magazines and then paint them gold. That would have been some 40 years ago.
Beautiful job!
Blessings to you!
Found your site from the Grow Your Blog hop. I am now following you. I was happy to see the instructions on making a book a tree. I was wondering how to do that! Thanks.
Cynthia at http://FeedingBig.com
That is very different I quite like it.
Merle....
This looks great and easy!! My daughter tried to a few times.
Hi, Stephanie
You are so creative. I would have never thought to do that. Lovely. Have a great weekend.
Vanessa
oh they are both so very sweet.
Aloha,
I'm stopping by from An Ephesians 5:33 Wife to say "hi" and to invite you to join for An Aloha Affair, a sweet gathering and growing together of creative souls. You are always welcome. Always.
xo,
Nicole
localsugarhawaii.com
This is a neat idea. You are so gifted in the area of crafting. :)
Sweet little trees, I love the way you chose to emphasize the inner cover!
These are simply gorgeous!!! I've never seen these before... and now I am super excited to make my own! Thanks for the great post. Have a blessed day! jules
This is such an adorable idea!! Thanks for linking up with us, I am following you back my dear! :)
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What a cute and simple (and easy to store!) idea for a Christmas decoration! Thank so much for sharing this with us :-)
hola, interesante lo que publicas en tu blog hermosas manualidades felicidades saludos..
I cannot tell you how many of these book decorations we made when I was a child! Thanks for the memories.
So cute and easy to make, I love them! I like that you dress up the cover too!
You are so creative!! I would have never thought of this!! They turned out beautiful!! Thanks for sharing! I always love seeing what you've been up to!! Hugs!!!
This is so cute and a great tutorial.
Debi
Another wonderful project, Stephanie! You just keep them coming. All the crafters out there are loving your blog, I'm sure! Thanks for sharing with us.
Christmas blessings,
Sandi
What a great idea! Thanks for the great tutorial, too! I love it. Thank you so much for sharing at A Bouquet of Talent! :)
Kathy
How adorable! I can see doing this with a whole bunch of children and letting them make their own! Great idea, and thanks so much for sharing it with us for Pearls and Lace Thursday!
Blessings,
Doni
This is an adorable idea! Thanks for linking up to the weekly creative :)
Shannon @ Sewing Barefoot
Great idea! Thanks for sharing it with us. I'll be trying soon!
Jessica @ A Humble Creation
That is beautiful!!!
Those are so pretty!
Very Pretty! Thanks for linking up to Eco-Kids Tuesday!
Great idea!
Featuring these pretty "books" today, thanks for sharing!
http://www.joyfulhomemaking.com/2012/12/welcome-to-think-tank-thursday-10.html
This is so cute. I love the way the book pages could make a tree. Thanks so much for sharing at Wednesday's Adorned From Above Blog Hop.
This weeks party is live. Here is the link to the party
http://www.adornedfromabove.com/2012/12/5-fun-posts-and-wednesdays-adorned-from.html
Debi @ Adorned From Above
Joye and Myrna @ The Busy Bee’s
Linda @ With A Blast
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