Ornament of Christmas Tree from Sticks

Who loves the irony of hanging a Christmas tree on a Christmas tree? I do! For this year's woodland Christmas theme, I had students collect sticks from campus to break or bend into a triangle, which I hot glued with a small stick being glued at the bottom for a trunk. 

Students wrapped the tree frame with green yarn and placed wooden buttons to the top. these buttons were decorative, like ornaments on on the ornament, but they were also structural. Gluing them on the corners helped strengthen the entire ornament.

Ribbon or twine, looped, or tied, with our without beads, topped off each tree, as a hanger. Some students used yarn sparcely, while others wrapped and wrapped. Some kept their yarn going zig zagging horizontally, while others went every which way. Every option brought a charming, homey results.

It doesn't take long for young people to make this quick decoration or gift.