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Christmas Home Decor Crafts: Ruffled Ribbon Christmas Tree

Ribbon Christmas trees are a very popular handmade craft this holiday season. Here is our Bowdabra version, I used ruffled Create Ruffled Ribbon Bow with Christmas Treeribbon, a cork tree trunk, and I finished it with a Mini Bowdabra bow. Decorate your home this Christmas with these festive ruffled ribbon Christmas trees or give them as a holiday gift!

Looking for another Ribbon Christmas Tree alternative? Here is a link for the grosgrain Christmas Tree tutorial that I made last year.

Materials Needed:

  • 3 yds of 1.5 Ruffled Ribbon
  • 9″ Styrofoam Cone
  • 1.5″ in length Craft Cork
  • 4 Pins with Flat Heads
  • 5/8″ Metallic Wire Ribbon
  • Iron
  • Mini Bowdabra
  • Bowdabra Bow Wire

 

Instructions:

1. Begin with a large 9″ Styrofoam cone.

Christmas Home Decor Crafts: Ruffled Ribbon Christmas Tree

 

 

2. Next, using a craft cork twist a hole into the bottom of the Styrofoam.

Christmas Home Decor Crafts: Ruffled Ribbon Christmas Tree

 

3. Hot glue the cork into place.

Christmas Home Decor Crafts: Ruffled Ribbon Christmas Tree

 

 

4. Cut 3yds of green ruffled ribbon (ruffled should be on both sides).

Christmas Home Decor Crafts: Ruffled Ribbon Christmas Tree

 

 

5. Next, fold the ribbon so that the ruffles are layered on top of each other, iron all 3yds.

Christmas Home Decor Crafts: Ruffled Ribbon Christmas Tree

 

 

6. Attach the ribbon to the cone with a flat head pin along the bottom.

Christmas Home Decor Crafts: Ruffled Ribbon Christmas Tree

 

 

7. Start to wrap the ribbon around the cone. Slant the ribbon at an angle so that it doesn’t overlap the previous row.

Christmas Home Decor Crafts: Ruffled Ribbon Christmas Tree

 

 

8. Continue to wrap the ribbon around the cone till you are about 2″ from the top point.

Christmas Home Decor Crafts: Ruffled Ribbon Christmas Tree

 

 

9. Cut a 3″ piece of ironed ruffled ribbon. Wrap it around the point, with ruffles up. Tack in place with a flat head pin.

Christmas Home Decor Crafts: Ruffled Ribbon Christmas Tree

 

 

10. Finish wrapping the ruffled ribbon around the cone. Fold the end of ribbon in, tack it in place with a pin (inside of the fold).

Christmas Home Decor Crafts: Ruffled Ribbon Christmas Tree

 

 

11. The ruffled ribbon tree is complete.

Christmas Home Decor Crafts: Ruffled Ribbon Christmas Tree

 

 

12. To make the bow for the top of the Christmas Tree. Cut 18″ of Bowdabra Bow Wire, fold it in half, and place it into the Mini Bowdabra.

Christmas Home Decor Crafts: Ruffled Ribbon Christmas Tree

 

 

13. Cut 12″ of wire ribbon and dovetail the ends. Fold the ribbon in half, at the crease mark place it into the Mini Bowdabra.

Christmas Home Decor Crafts: Ruffled Ribbon Christmas Tree

 

 

14. Place the end of the wire ribbon into the Mini Bowdabra.

Christmas Home Decor Crafts: Ruffled Ribbon Christmas Tree

 

 

15. Fold the ribbon and press it into the Mini Bowdabra to create your first loop.

Christmas Home Decor Crafts: Ruffled Ribbon Christmas Tree

 

 

16. Continue fold and pressing the ribbon in the Mini Bowdabra to create a total of 6 loops. Finish with a small 7th finishing loop.

Christmas Home Decor Crafts: Ruffled Ribbon Christmas Tree

 

 

17. Scrunch down with the Mini Bowdabra Bow Wand.

Christmas Home Decor Crafts: Ruffled Ribbon Christmas Tree

 

 

18. While the bow is still in the Mini Bowdabra, thread the two loose ends of the Bowdabra Bow Wire through the loop at the other end.

Christmas Home Decor Crafts: Ruffled Ribbon Christmas Tree

 

 

19. Pull the Bowdabra Bow Wire tightly while the bow is still in the Mini Bowdabra.

Christmas Home Decor Crafts: Ruffled Ribbon Christmas Tree

 

 

20. Gently pull the bow out of the Mini Bowdabra. Separate the two loose ends of the Bowdabra Bow Wire and bring them around to the back of the bow. To tie off the bow, pinch the Bowdabra Bow Wire securely against the bow. Twist the bow 4 to 6 times in a clockwise direction.

Christmas Home Decor Crafts: Ruffled Ribbon Christmas Tree

 

 

21. Fluff the bow and use a pin to attach the bow to the t
op of the ruffled ribbon Christmas tree. Spiral the remaining Bowdabra Bow Wire with a pencil for fun ringlets.

Christmas Home Decor Crafts: Ruffled Ribbon Christmas Tree

 

 

22. Decorate your home this Christmas with ruffled ribbon trees or give them as a gift.

Christmas Home Decor Crafts: Ruffled Ribbon Christmas Tree

For more about the designer of this tutorial click here….

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