How to Make Artificial Palm Trees
Palm trees are great decorations for beach parties, luaus or even in a play room. It is nearly impossible and expensive for most of us to grow our own palm trees. If you've always wanted a palm tree, you can now create your own for your special occasion.
Things You'll Need:
- Brown newsprint
- Brown grocery paper bags
- Pot to plant your tree in
- Double sided tape
- Pliers
- Tissue paper
- Large cardboard tube
- Wire hangers
- Light and dark green paint
- Floral foam or Styrofoam
- Wire cutters
- Scissors
- Secure the base of the cardboard tube in the pot filled with floral foam or Styrofoam.
- Wrap crumpled brown paper around the cardboard tube. Attach with double-sided tape.
- Make the palm fronds. First, bend a wire hanger until it is straight; use the pliers if needed. Cut off the hook with the wire cutters.
- Lay two pieces of tissue paper on top of each other. Apply the glue down the middle of the paper and place the wire on the glue. Leave approximately four inches of wire sticking out to create the stem.
- Add more glue on top of the wire and two more sheets of tissue paper.
- Fold the tissue paper in half along the wire to create a rectangle.
- Cut the ends of the rectangle off diagonally so you have a trapezoid shape, with the bottom being of shorter length than the top.
- Cut the tissue paper layers up to the wire, forming strips. Then trim the fronds.
- Insert the ends of the wire into the floral foam.