Make A Palm Tree Out Of Carpet Rolls

The first thing you will need to do is visit a carpet store and ask for their carpet rolls no carpet on the roll of course.
Make a palm tree out of carpet rolls. See more ideas about cardboard tubes carpet cardboard tube crafts. I used pieces of my tr fold display b. Use a pencil to draw large palm leaves on green construction paper or poster board. Its very easy and fun.
I think the best place to find it would be a hardware store. I bought a lime green umbrella and covered it with leaves made out of two shades of felt. If you can t go to the tropical regions to see all those beautiful palms bring them at your house. I did go back and reinforce the palm leaves with extra cardboard i did it just like i had the tape but i hot glued it.
Do this until you have surrounded the top of the roll with palm tree fronds. This will become the trunk of your palm trees. Staple the untwisted end to the top of the carpet roll. I wrapped by carpet roll with burlap fabric from a fabric store.
To begin the palm tree trunks you ll want to make sure the carpet rolls are cut to a height you re pleased with. Make some paper tree palms f. Twist one end of the folded paper tightly and staple. Make leaves out of green construction paper.
I bought the pre cut felt pieces sguares from hobby lobby and traced the palm leaves on them and cut them out my self. This can be done with a hand saw or electric saw. Fold the strip on the ends of the leaves over and use transparent tape to secure them to the inside of the roll or pipe. Cut out the leaves.
If the quality of the roll is substantial i simply dent and crush the roll in places to create the texture of the trunk. Then you ll set these aside and start with the brown paper bags by cutting the bottoms off of them making them open on both ends. I don t have a picture of the next phase but you will add brown paper comes on a roll. Leave some of the wire protruding from the bottom of the leaf.
Fold three sheets of the green tissue paper into thirds lengthwise. Insert floral foam into the top opening of the carpet tube making sure it is a tight fit. Then insert the leaves into the floral foam by sticking the protruding wires into the foam.