Recycled Cone Tree

OK, so I have way too much
stuff. If I had less stuff, there
would still be decorations and
ornaments that would be
missed if I didn't pull them out.

Still, I was thinking of low cost
or even no cost, crafty stuff.

So, removing a box from
the recycling bin, I cut
a quarter circle from it.

Forming a cone from it
was a bit tricky for a person
like me with perfectionist
tendencies. 

I used a piece of tape to hold it together.
(The tip of the cone was a little more
satisfactory after I pinched the
stiffness out of it.)

You could leave the cone plain
cardboardy brown.
I decided to wrap leftover
yarn around mine.
Good old Elmer's school
glue holds pretty well and
is a snap to clean up.

I spread mine out with a dampened
paintbrush, but a piece of left over
cardboard works very well and
requires no clean up.
The brush will never be the
same, again, I have heard,
so I would never use a good
brush for this.

Eat Violets!
(Et voila)
I could add a top.
I could decorate around
the bottom.
I could add beads or glitter
or both.

Well, it was fun,
anyway. :)