DIY Felt 3D Christmas Tree Decor
Make your own adorable 3D Christmas tree decor with felt and a few other supplies folloing this simple no-sew pattern.
Made with a few simple materials, you might be tempted to grow a whole forest of these little DIY standing Christmas trees for the holidays! Grab with templates and instructions below.
Simple Pleasures for the Holidays
In my opinion, Christmas crafting is the best sort of crafting. Something about making crafts during the holiday season brings about a lot of joy.
Anything from super easy mini pom-pom garland to glittering jar candy jars are all that much more fun to make for Christmas. Not to mention baking things like these chocolate-drizzled sugar cookies; which taste all that much sweeter around the holidays!
Eco-Friendly Christmas Crafting
While we love to decorate for Christmas, we don’t like adding plastic or unnecessary waste to the landfill. So crafting with materials such as fabric, paper and wood is a great option as they will eventually break down.
These felt standing trees are a great eco-friendly Christmas craft. Be sure to use wool or recycled felt.
If you don’t have felt, you can try making this fabric Christmas tree version with scrap fabrics. Or for a completely different look, try a tabletop pine cone tree or elegant seashell tree instead!
Decorating The Felt Christmas Trees
- cut out stars, snowflakes, or baubles from colorful paper or cardboard and decorate them with paint, markers, glitter, or stickers;
- leftover ribbons or yarn can be repurposed into garlands, bows, or dangling ornaments;
- use natural elements such as pinecones, acorns, and small twigs collected from your garden or local park;
- old buttons and beads can also be turned into unique ornaments by gluing them onto your tree or stringing them together to create garlands;
- repurpose broken pieces of jewelry like single earrings or broken necklaces to add a little sparkle to your felt treesl
- place leftover fabric at the bottom of the tree as a tree skirt or arrange a cluster of three on a tree for a simple Christmas vignette.
We have this 3D tree pattern available for sale in our Etsy shop, along with loads of other fun svg files of felt craft patterns. So be sure to check out our other patterns as well for all year long felt crafting.
Pansy, Crocus and Coreopsis 
Cone Flower, Gazania and Hibiscus 
Pansies 
Succulents 
Cosmos
Materials Needed for Making 3D Trees:
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- Christmas Tree PDF template
- Felt fabric in 3 coordinating colors such as green and blue (we used felt sheets in Icicle, Rainstorm, Evergreen from BenzieDesigns)
- Fabric scissors
- Hot glue gun and clear craft glue
- Wooden dowel, 8” long
- Wood stump (1” diameter x 1.25” high)
How to Make DIY Felt 3D Christmas Tree Decor
Preparing the Materials:
Gather all the supplies needed to make these 3D felt trees from your local craft store or dollar store. Prepare the stump by drilling a hole in the center of the stump the same size as the wooden dowel.
Cutting
The pattern is available as a printable PDF pattern to be cut out by hand with a pair of scissors. Additionally, we also include an SVG file for use with a cutting machine.
Cut with Scissors 
Use Cutting Machine
Cut 6 pieces for each cute felt Christmas tree, and cut as many as you like to make a little forest!
Assembling the 3D Christmas Trees:
Working one piece at a time, apply glue to the outer edge and press another piece on top. Continue until all 6 shapes are secured, then insert the wood dowels and stump.
The full instructions with step by step photos are available in the printable PDF document.
Other Christmas Crafts You May Enjoy
- Felt poinsettia capped mason jars
- Felt nativity ornaments
- Upcycled winter centerpiece idea
- Reusable Christmas gift bags
Felt Poinsettia Capped Mason Jars 
Nativity ornaments 
Upcycled Coffee Tin Winter Centerpiece 
Reusable Gift Bag
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DIY Felt 3D Christmas Tree Decor
Materials
- Christmas Tree PDF template
- Felt sheets in Icicle, Rainstorm, Evergreen from BenzieDesigns or other coordinating colors
- Fabric scissors
- Hot glue gun and clear craft glue
- Wooden dowel 8” long
- Wood stump 1” diameter x 1.25” high
Instructions
- Drill a hole in the center of the stump the same size as the wooden dowel.
- Cult felt out by hand or by using a Cricut machine.
Assembling the 3D Christmas Trees:
- Along one side of a tree piece, apply a bead of glue along the outer edge.
- Place another tree piece on top pressing the glued edges together. Lift and fold back the unglued side and apply another bead of glue along the outer edge.
- Press another tree piece down on top to glue the edges together.
- Repeat with the other tree pieces. Fold each tree piece outwards and glue the inner edge together with the inner edge of the tree piece next to it.
- Continue until all 6 pieces are glued together.
- Insert the dowel into the wooden stump.
- Insert the top end of the dowel into the center opening and push it all the way up to the top.
