We have a fun cereal box craft idea to share with you today! Grab some empty boxes, pretty paper and glitter paint to make a pair of decorative Christmas trees.
Upcycled Cereal Box Christmas Craft
Looking at these decorative triangle Christmas trees, could you guess they were made from cereal boxes? In all honesty, I wasn’t sure how this cereal box craft was going to turn out but I’m pretty happy with the results. I had one goal and that was to turn an empty cereal box into something pretty for Christmas.
These handmade ornaments are so much fun to make and will beautiful on your Christmas tree year-after-year. Or make a set of these festive Christmas ornaments to give as gifts to coworkers and neighbors.
This easy Christmas craft idea is also a fun way to spend an afternoon crafting with friends for the holiday season.
Materials Needed:
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- Cereal Box, empty
- Christmas Tree Template, 2 sizes
- Paper scissors and/or paper cutter
- Hot glue gun and clear glue sticks and/or glue stick
- DecoArt Galaxy Glitter Paint, Gold
- Paintbrush
How to Make Christmas Trees using a Cereal Box:
Print of Christmas Tree template.
Then open cereal box and lay flat and use the Christmas tree pattern to cut out two shapes.
Use the pattern to also cut out four shapes in decorative scrapbook paper in any color or pattern of your choosing.
Glue the scrapbook paper triangle shapes on to both sides of the cereal box triangle shapes.
If using hot glue, work in small sections and quickly. Press down on the paper to sandwich the hot glue in between so it is flat.
Make sure the slits in the center match up. You can also trim them after the pieces are all glued together.
Stack the pieces together to form the tree shape.
Glue any open edges that were missed when first glueing.
Lastly, using a good amount of glitter paint on the paintbrush, apply clumps of glitter to the edges of the trees. Leave it to dry and add more if wanted.
Make two different sized trees using the additional tree pattern and style as part of your holiday decorating.
What do you think? Did I succeed in making something pretty with this upcycling craft?
More Crafting with these Cereal Box Ideas
Believe it or not we actually have other crafts we’ve made by upcycling cereal boxes! Check out this awesome DIY owl pinata for your next party and this DIY pencil box for back to school crafting.
DIY Owl Pinata 
DIY Pencil Case
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Christmas Tree Cereal Box Craft
Materials
- Cereal Box empty
- Christmas Tree Template 2 sizes
- Paper scissors and/or paper cutter
- Hot glue gun and clear glue sticks and/or glue stick
- DecoArt Galaxy Glitter Paint in Gold
- Paintbrush
Instructions
- Print of Christmas Tree template.
- Then open cereal box and lay flat and use the Christmas tree pattern to cut out two shapes.
- Use the pattern to also cut out four shapes in decorative scrapbook paper in any color or pattern of your choosing.
- Glue the scrapbook paper triangle shapes on to both sides of the cereal box triangle shapes.
- Stack the pieces together to form the tree shape.
- Lastly, using a good amount of glitter paint on the paintbrush, apply clumps of glitter to the edges of the trees.
- Make two different sized trees using the additional tree pattern and style as part of your holiday decorating.