Make Miniature Trees for Christmas and Winter Scenes, Villages and Dioramas

This realistic Evergreen Tree can be made sized for a doll's house Christmas display, or used to decorate a Christmas village or railroad diorama. The tree is made from a bottle brush and lycopodium moss.

To decorate your tree for a Christmas scene,use any of these easy to make projects:

• Make Tiny Ornaments and Garlands from Beads
• Make Stained Glass Style Ornaments from Beads
• Make Miniature 'Glass' Bird Ornaments From Polymer Clay
• Make Victorian Christmas Cornucopias

If you want to make your tiny evergreen trees or greenery look even more realistic for your model display, add these easy to assemble cones to the trees. The cones are made from punched circles of paper, attached to wires so they can be easily positioned on the tree or greenery.

Print off these Christmas tree skirts to cover the base of your tree for an indoor scene. The skirts are available in three designs, in scales from 1:6 (fashion doll scale) down to 1:48.

If you need something quick and delicate to add to a buffet table or to decorate a mantlepiece, these trees made from lace paper doilies take only minutes to make. They fit with a range of displays and can easily be decorated with glitter or small sequins.

This method of making miniature palms has proved hugely popular. Readers have used them for everything from retirement and wedding cake decorations, to scenery for Christmas villages and gaming terrains. The trees can be made in any size you want. You can make them from painted paper, or use silk plant leaves you cut to suit your particular type of palm.

Sewing thread, paper, and sharp scissors combine to make these wonderful stand up cut paper trees for a centerpiece or a Christmas village backdrop. Use the printable templates included with the instructions or adapt the designs to make your own version.

These are a great family project or a way to showcase a collection of snowflake styles. I've shown them made with a single branched style of snowflake, along with the steps it takes to cut these snowflakes from a square of white printer paper. You can modify the technique to make trees from all types and colors of paper and snowflake designs.

Made to resemble popular winter decorations in full scale, these versions are made from recycled kraft (brown) paper hearts. The technique is simple, and can be used to make trees from 1/4 inch tall to twelve inches, it just depends on the size of heart you cut or punch from your paper.

These trees are great made from recyled or new materials. Try them made from newsprint, kraft paper, or recycled ribbon.

If you want a more modern look for your miniature forest, these spiral trees are easily shaped from any type of wired trim or ribbon. Use wired tinsel as shown here, or try gauzy wired Christmas ribbons, or recycled paper twisted around longer lengths of recycled twist ties. Sequins and tiny stars make great ornaments for these little trees.

Here's another twist on the traditional miniature tree, these can be used for any scene or occassion, just change the sticker or glitter color and style to suit. The plastic sheets can be recycled packaging material, or clear plastic from a scrapbook supplier.

If you want bare branches for a fall or winter scene, you can make them easily from paper wrapped wire and acrylic paint. These trunks and branches can be used alone, or with moss, fibers, or punched paper or silk leaves to make a range of deciduous or evergreen trees in any model scale. They work well for model railroads and nativities, as well as dollhouse landscapes.