Items Needed:
Wine corks
Large pot of water (see directions)
Dish towel
Serrated knife
Acrylic paints - red, green, silver, gold
Glitter - red, green, white, silver, gold, blue, pink
Scraps of Christmas pattern fabric
Scissors
Tacky glue
E6000 glue (odorless, clear)
Stars or snowflakes for tree toppers
Sewing pins
Ink pen
Newspaper for a working surface, cutting board
Step 1:
Boil real wine corks (not plastic) in a pot of water until they resume original size.
Step 2: Place corks on a dish towel to completely dry.
Step 3: Gather 10 corks, paint the ends of them, use glue and glitter on a few if preferred, and for some cut a circle of fabric and glue to the tops. Use a pen to trace around the cork and cut out to glue to cork end.
Step 4: Glue 4 together, 3 together and 2 together. Allow to completely dry.
Step 5: Glue previous glued corks by stacking them to create your tree.
Step 6: Cut one more cork in half and glue together as shown. This is the base of the tree. Allow to dry. Cut scrap fabric to fit around base and allow to dry.
Step 8: Glue tree to base and allow to dry.
Step 9: Glue tree topper on, and use sewing pins, gently pressed into top cork, to hold item in place to allow glue to dry.
