Make A Palm Tree Out Of Carpet Rolls

Fold three sheets of the green tissue paper into thirds lengthwise.

Make a palm tree out of carpet rolls.

Twist one end of the folded paper tightly and staple. Make leaves out of green construction paper. I bought a lime green umbrella and covered it with leaves made out of two shades of felt. Do this until you have surrounded the top of the roll with palm tree fronds.

Leave some of the wire protruding from the bottom of the leaf. See more ideas about cardboard tubes carpet cardboard tube crafts. The first thing you will need to do is visit a carpet store and ask for their carpet rolls no carpet on the roll of course. Draw a thin strip on the end of the leaf to attach to the trunk of the tree.

Then insert the leaves into the floral foam by sticking the protruding wires into the foam. This will become the trunk of your palm trees. Fold the strip on the ends of the leaves over and use transparent tape to secure them to the inside of the roll or pipe. Jul 17 2013 explore nufloors camrose s board carpet tube project ideas followed by 165 people on pinterest.

Cut out the leaves. To begin the palm tree trunks you ll want to make sure the carpet rolls are cut to a height you re pleased with. If you can t go to the tropical regions to see all those beautiful palms bring them at your house. I think the best place to find it would be a hardware store.

I used pieces of my tr fold display b. I did go back and reinforce the palm leaves with extra cardboard i did it just like i had the tape but i hot glued it. Its very easy and fun. This can be done with a hand saw or electric saw.

I bought the pre cut felt pieces sguares from hobby lobby and traced the palm leaves on them and cut them out my self. Then you ll set these aside and start with the brown paper bags by cutting the bottoms off of them making them open on both ends. I wrapped by carpet roll with burlap fabric from a fabric store. Insert floral foam into the top opening of the carpet tube making sure it is a tight fit.

Staple the untwisted end to the top of the carpet roll. For smaller trees let s cap them at 12 or so i use gift wrap rolls paper towel cardboard or even toilet paper rolls. I don t have a picture of the next phase but you will add brown paper comes on a roll.