What to make a cone for a Christmas tree

You can find a lot of ideas on how to make a tree by your own efforts and almost every one of them involves the use of a cone.It, in fact, is the basis - a Christmas tree, which in the future will be decorated according to your preference.Let's consider how and from what to make a cone for a Christmas tree.

Styrofoam cone

If you decide to work with a foam base, you can purchase it in specialized stores, but be prepared for the fact that it costs not cheap. It is much simpler to make such a blank by our own efforts.

You will need:

• A piece of foam.
• Knife with a nail file.

The manufacturing process does not take a little time. Follow the algorithm:

1. From a piece of foam cut a rectangle of the required size, these are the estimated dimensions of the cone with a small margin.
2. Further, in all four corners, it is necessary to perform slices at an angle to form the future cone.
3. Now it remains to trim the workpiece until you get the most accurate workpiece.

IMPORTANT. Cut off the foam a bit so as not to spoil the part. Your movements should not be sharp, but smooth and a little persistent.

Cardboard or paper cone blank

To get a decent result, you need to choose a good and beautiful cardboard. From the tools, prepare the following:

1. Pencil and ruler.
2. Compass and scissors.
3. PVA glue and adhesive tape, it may be more convenient for you to work with a stapler.

When you have everything ready, you can proceed directly to the manufacture of your workpiece. The process is quite simple:

• First you need to make a circle on cardboard. Take a sheet of cardboard and on it using a compass, draw a circle of the diameter you need, cut it out.

NOTE. The height of the product directly depends on the radius of the circle drawn by you, therefore, the higher you want the tree, the larger the radius of your circle should be.

• Now the circle must be divided into four sectors. They should be the same, draw them directly on the workpiece with a pencil.

REFERENCE. To make the sectors smooth, you need to draw two perpendicular diameters through the center or fold the workpiece in half, first horizontally, then vertically.

• One sector needs to be deleted (cut it).

REFERENCE. You can cut a piece of a larger size, in which case the dependency applies: the narrower the segment, the wider the cone, and accordingly, vice versa.

• Now you can roll the workpiece into a cone and overlap the lateral edges with a stapler, adhesive tape or glue. The stapler will most likely be more reliable.

REFERENCE. If there is no compass, it can easily be replaced by taking a pencil and a rope. To do this, measure the radius you need on the thread. With the finger of one hand, fasten the edges of the thread in the center, and on the other side of the thread with a tied pencil will make your homemade compass. As a result of several actions you will be able to get a good circle.

We described the manufacturing process for a cardboard blank. As for the use of paper, the manufacturing algorithm is the same, but only you get a softer product.