Spool Christmas Tree

I saw an idea similar to this over at Craftzine. I knew I just had to try it myself. This is a small Christmas tree made from silver pipe cleaners. To start, I wrapped a pipe cleaner around a bamboo skewer. This gave me a sturdy trunk on which to build the limbs of the tree. I then stood the little tree up in a thread spool which I decorated with papers.

Oh, I do love Christmas crafting.