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Description: Hi! :D I based this video on Martha Stewarts ”Pipe cleaner dekorations: Christmas Tree”, marthastewart.com/265414/pipe-cleaner-decorations-christmas-tree But with some changes! :D You will notis my them if you check out Martha Stewarts tutorial ^^ Happy holiday! :D Hope you enjoy this video! :3 First of all, You need: *Pipe cleaners in different sizes, Green: 9 x 2,5cm 24 x 4cm 21 x 5cm 12 x 6cm 9 x 7,5cm 3 x 10,5cm 3 x 12,5cm 3 x 15cm 3x 30,5cm (as long as they come in the package) Pipe cleaner, Silver: ca 30cm (as long as they come in the package) Floral wire 1,6mm Glue, I use 3 different in this video. Hobby, UHU power all purpose adhesive and 3D Clear Gloss (but you can use any other glue you see fit, as long it's all purpose and clear when dry) Wire, thicker and thinner. Make sure the thicker one is not bigger than the beads hole! Beads in any color, I use red and white in 8mm Seed beads, silver or the color of your choice If you want: small pendants for jewelry, I found some small stars Pliers - Flat, round and a cutter/nipper Ruler Scissor, smaller one A stand, wooden spool or of your choice, I use a wooden rod 4cm diameter and 2 cm thick Fabric/paint to cover the stand, I use black faux leather Electric drill with big enough drill bit for the ”tree stem” to fit Marker Something to cover the table, I use a small cutting board Star template (If it is to much of a hassle, cut one out in thicker paper/cardboard and cover it in glitter ;) ) Iridescent cellophane If you want: Small Christmas lights, mine is for gingerbread houses :3 Some Christmas wrapping and twine to cover the battery pack ^^ *Before we begin, cut out the different sizes of Pipe cleaners! :) 00:00 To make the 6 ”stars” you need to bind 3 pipe cleaners together as so: 00:05 with some thin wire. The different sizes of pipe cleaners to use for this step are: 3 x 2,5cm. 3 x 5cm. 3 x 7,5cm. 3 x 10,5cm. 3 x 12,5cm. 3 x 15cm. 00:23 Skip the smallest (2,5cm) star and start at the 5cm star 00:26 Don’t forget to secure the wire, clamp onto of it with a flat plier so it doesn’t flap around later 00:34 Time for som branches 00:38 Fold them in middle and twist them over the end of the star, clamp it in place with plier 00:40 Do the rest the same way, the shortest pieces at the edge and then longer and longer the further in you go, place them at an even distance The different sizes of branches for each star, soon to be "snowflakes": 2,5cm - none 5cm - 6 x 2,5cm 01:01 7,5cm - 6 x 4cm 01:02 10,5cm - 6 x 4cm, 6 x 5cm 01:04 12,5cm - 6 x 4cm, 6 x 5cm, 6 x 6cm 01:06 15cm - 6 x 4cm, 6 x 5cm, 6 x 6cm, 6 x 7,5cm 01:08 Twist the 3 longest (30,5cm) pipe cleaners around the the flower wire rod for about 4cm 01:14 Place the biggest (15cm) snowflake onto and twist for around 2cm 01:23 And place the (12,5cm) second biggest snowflake and repeat till your done with them all. (10,5cm-7,5cm-5cm-2,5cm) 01:44 The floral wire is really hard to cut, so if you have trouble cutting it, use something to make a dent in the metal (I use my hardware scissor, my cutting plier actually broke thanks to the wire :P) and then use a plier to sort of twist it of 01:46 Cut of the excess pipe cleaner Time for the stand. If you have a wooden spool or something like that, use that. I didn’t have any, so I used a piece of wooden rod 01:59 Drill a hole in the middle 02:05 and if you can, don’t go all the way through, that way the glue will stay inside the stand :) Instead of painting the stand, I decided to cover it in faux leather 02:08 but you can choose a different textile, to paint or just keep it as it is ^^ Don’t forget to cut the hole open 02:42 Glue the tree into place, let dry :) 02:46 Time for some decorations 02:54 Take the thicker wire and the round plier and make a loop 02:57 Flatten it out with the flat plier 03:06 Cut into right size 03:12 - 03:20 Glue into place 03:27 Make as many as you want 03:36 Make a template for a star 03:42 Take the thicker wire and start to trace the template as such 03:45 (If it is to much of a hassle, cut out a star in thicker paper/cardboard and cover it in glitter ;) ) Twist the ends together and cut of the excess 04:31 Glue the star and place it on the iridescent cellophane 04:46 Glue some extra on the outside of the border 04:56 You want as little glue on the inside and let it dry (I use the 3D Clear Gloss here, I find it to stick better to the cellofan) Cut out 05:04 Time to decorate Glue the star into place 05:20 Bend the glitter pipe cleaner to make it more authentic, glue it into place 05:44 Place out the ornaments, make sure to glue them all, you don’t want them to fall of and disappear! 06:14 I found this Christmas light for gingerbread houses and used it to lighten up the tiny Christmas three 06:47 I turn the battery pack into a Christmas present 06:49 DONE! 07:08 Music by Tchaikovsky