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Miniature Christmas trees and other tree projects in dollhouses, roomboxes and dioramas

Were the Christmas trees first introduced in Germany? They were introduced to England by Prince Albert, the German consort of Queen Victoria. Instead of electric light, candles lit the tree. Can you imagine how carefully that would have to be done to avoid catastrophe?

Have you heard about the Christmas Spider? See the Research section of this page.

see cones , Christmas, garlands


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Links to miniature Christmas tree projects

photo albums, blog posts, webpages

Christmas Corner - by Jaime Folkes

Christmas tree with train - by Maureen H

Easy Evergreens

Parade of Trees - 2010.The event is sponsored by Just Miniature Scale miniature shop in Greenburg, PA, and benefits Operation Santa Claus. The shop has been running the event for several years and has raised thousands of dollars for needy families during the Christmas holiday season. Inch by Inch Miniature Club of Annapolis is proud to have been a part of it for the past two years.

Cross-Stitch Tapestry - by Limanappi

Victorian Christmas Tree - by Wanna in El Paso. She made miniature nosegays, or tussie-mussie type ornaments, using very small circles cut from lace yardage, but little laser paper doilies would work well, too. In fact, using various hole punches and decorative cutting scissors you could make some intriguing doilies of your own.

Christmas Trees in Blogs

Blogs concentrating on Christmas trees or categories/labels about them in blogs

Christmas Tree Groups

Discussion groups, forums (or forum categories) and photo groups dedicated to Christmas trees.

Miniatures Christmas Trees for sale

Do you have a section for Christmas tree in your shop? Add a direct link here.

Miniature Christmas Tree Supplies for sale

Supplies needed for making Christmas tree projects.

Lycopodium - from Miniatures.com

Miniature Christmas Trees on sale

Spencer's Nook - hand made with tons of patience, love, and attention to detail. They light up. The ornaments are one of a kind. They can be made to order any way you would like.

Chenille - 1:12 trim - from Orvis

Tinsel - Solid tinsel chenille from Feather-craft Fly Fishing

Books

Books about miniature Christmas tree projects (also books with chapters about them)

Instructions for miniature Christmas Trees

Miniature Christmas tree printables

Christmas Tree Wallpapers

Wallpapers that go well with Christmas tree projects

Wallpapers - scroll down to the bottom

Other Christmas Tree Printies

Book/magazine covers related to Christmas trees

Christmas Boxes

Ornament Box

Navidad - from Todo Miniaturas

Miniature Christmas Tree Links

links to sites showing how to make items related to Christmas tree

Holly HoHo - mature lady trimming tree- by MSAT Minidolls

Trees

Beaded Tree - from DIY Network

Bottle Brush Trees - from Little Pink Houses

Christmas Tree - from Annie's minis using caspia

Christmas Tree (1:144) by Anna Carin

Christmas Tree - from Victoria Miniland

Christmas Tree - from bottle brush tree from Scott Publications

Christmas Tree in a Dome - suitable for a tabletop decoration - from Joanne Swanson

Christmas Tree from a Glue Stick - from Christmas Crafts Magazine

Christmas Tree Tutorial - by Karin Crobin, for smaller scales but useful for tabletop decor in larger scales.

Christmas Tree - from pipe cleaners, by Small Wood Village

Christmas Tree - using lycopodium, from Casey's Minis

Christmas Tree - with instructions for making tinsel

Frosty Trees - made from paper and Epspm salts, from Carolyn's Homework

Make a Realistic Christmas Tree - from About.com

Make a Spiral Christmas Tree - from About.com

Pine Boughs for Decorations - from About.com

Pine-cone Trees - from About.com

Pipecleaner Christmas Tree - from Martha Stewart

Simple and Elegant Swirly Trees From Clear Acetate Sheets and Stickers - from About.com

Tinsel Tree - from Puchicollective

Tinsel Tree - from Collectors Club of Great Britain

Tree Angel - treetop angel- by MSAT Minidolls

Tree Skirt - from Anlaby Dollshouse Minis, Viv Garforth

Tree Skirt - from go make something

Tree Skirt - from Dancing Violet Designs - needlepoint pattern

Vintage Bottlebrush Trees - from Little Pink Houses

Waterless Snowglobe Tutorial - from Tip Junkie

Ornaments

Angel Charms

Beaded Angel - from Nostalgie in 1:12

Bear and Snowman Ornaments - Scott Publications, Kids Corner

Christmas Cornucopia - About.com

Christmas Miniature Ornaments Made from Beads - About.com

Christmas Ornaments - Scott Publications, Kids Corner

Christmas Ornaments - Dutch PDF

Christmas Trees - from My Minis by Dorothy

Christmas Tree Angel - beaded ornament by Wilhelmien

Christmas Tree Ornaments - from Small Wood Village

Easy Garlands and Trims - from Little Roomers, using guitar strings

Frosted Christmas Tree Decorations - by Jane Harrop, January 2011 Supplement of AIM online

Garland - from Les Minis de Mamiblue

Glass Bird Ornaments - from about.com

Kerstboombal - from Anna's Poppenhuis

Ornaments and Box - from Mia's Twinkle Miniatures

Ornaments in Box - from Preigelwerk

Ornaments in boxes - from Amberatti blog spot

Ornaments and Box - from Sudene

Paper Bells - Dutch PDF

Paper Chains - from Casey's Minis

Snowflakes - from about.com

Stained Glass Ornaments - from About.com

Tree Ornaments - from Maureen Heuchert

Tree Topper - angel bear

Videos

YouTube videos about miniature Christmas tree

Paper Christmas Tree - by Lizzie Stabek

Research/ Inspiration

Antique Christmas Lighting - Christmas Lights museum

Christmas Spider - from Sandbenders

Legend of the Christmas Spider - from Kraftmstr

The Legend of the Spiders Web - from Finn Valley

Tips/Hints

Paper garland - Make a 30” long chain for one 6” tree. Cut strips of red, white & green construction paper 1/8” wide. Cut these strips into 7/8” long pieces. Take one piece and glue ends together, overlapping slightly. (if you overlap too much you will have an oval.) Take a second piece of another color, slide one end into the first completed circle. (Use a G crochet hook for this) - slide the hook into the first circle and then glue those ends together. Repeat with the alternating colors.
Popcorn garland - use packing Styrofoam with small beads stuck together. Pull small pieces from the Styrofoam so they resemble scale size popcorn. Touch up with.pale yellow paint. Thread the "popcorn" onto the thread, alternating with red seed beads Use to decorate an "old fashioned" Christmas tree.
To make garlands for decoration, take some green chenille stems - pipe cleaners (lovely because they can be bent into shape) using some white acrylic paint, dab here and there along the tips of the green, bend into required shape and decorate with beads, tiny red ribbon bows and glitter of choice to create the mood. Glue to your project and add any other pieces you want.
Needling Ya - uses for those RL tree needles from Littleroomers
Tinsel - think the tendency of lamé to ravel is a pain? the threads look exactly like a scale version of old-fashioned tree tinsel.
Tiny angels can be made with flower trumpet beads or paper cones, with tiny bead heads, wings either cut by hand or punched and fuse wire halos, use 'snow' to give the wings a feathery look and also around the bottom of the cones, or alternatively use sequin circles and glue to the back of the bead head for halo. Glue an open 'book' or hymn sheet to the front in gold or silver colours to match halo and trimmings.
Alternatively they can be made from gold paper. White, gold or silver snowflake peel-offs would also work nicely using a similar method to the stars, they might need a bit more glue on them if wire is down the centre, can also make tree ornaments with them.
A tiny but very slim painted cone could be used slide a bead down the cone when dry as far as it will go and glue in place to make one of those modern spires for the top of the tree. Can paint with gold, silver or metallic paint and add some glitter or other tiny decorations. Something like one of these. If not putting on a tree, the top of a toothpick would work well and you could stand them on your market stall with other designs and colours.
Using the cone idea again paint red, add a face, add white flocking face to create a beard and add arms painted red with pink hands or black gloves trimmed with flocking and you will have a Santa topper. This one will give you some ideas. In the smaller scales just use paint to give details.