CHRISTMAS RIBBON FOAM CONE TREES

Instructions

Gathered Ribbon Tree

1. Remove ribbon from roll. Starting at one end, find the wire on one of the edges of the ribbon and start to pull the wire to gather the ribbon.
2. Trim away the excess wire, leaving a short length of wire next to the ribbon. Fold and twist that wire around so it does not come undone and undo the gathers.
3. Anchor the start of the gathered ribbon to the base of foam cone by with at least 2 pins at different angles. Slowly wrap the ribbon around the base of the base, pinning the ribbon every few centimetres to secure. Once the raw edge of the start of the ribbon is covered, start to angle ribbon upwards to wrap around the next layer of gathers, ensuring the top edge of the previous layer is covered.
4. Once cone is wrapped with ribbon as per desired, trim away any excess ribbon, and tuck and fold in any raw edges under and pin to cone.
5. Cut a 12cm length from the excess ribbon and excess wire. Gather the ribbon through the middle and twist the wire around middle gather to secure. Shape ribbon into bow shape.
6. Secure bow to the top of cone using the wire used to secure bow together with pins, angling downwards into cone.