Tuesday, November 27, 2018

12 Days of Christmas Ideas Day 5 Bingo Card Christmas Trees

12 Days of Christmas Ideas

I love vintage games and when I spied this BINGO set (that also included about 100 extra cards from other sets) for $2 at the thrift store, I knew it had to come home with me.

Make Christmas Trees from Vintage Bingo Cards
"What are you going to do with all those bingo cards?" was hubby's question. My reply was, "I don't know, but I will think of something."
(Last year I made THESE.)

The green colored BINGO cards inspired this project as I decided that would make cute Christmas trees.
Make Christmas Trees from Vintage Bingo Cards


Make Christmas Trees from Vintage Bingo Cards
For each tree you will need 8 BINGO cards. Free-hand draw half a tree along the straight edge on the back of a bingo card. Put two cards together face to face and cut out the half tree shapes. Repeat until you have 16 pieces or 8 back to back pieces. I flipped the cards over so I could get two half trees cut from each cards. Use white glue or a glue stick to glue the two BINGO cards together, back to back.
Make Christmas Trees from Vintage Bingo Cards
Use a stick, dowel, or thick skewer for a trunk. Hot glue the eight tree halves to the trunk. I glued four pieces opposite each other first and then added the two other halves to each side.
Make Christmas Trees from Vintage Bingo Cards
I hot glued a red bingo marker to the top. The makers would make cute ornaments too, but I am keeping it simple. The trees would also be cute with glitter either just on the edges or all over.
Make Christmas Trees from Vintage Bingo Cards
The trees need a base--I used an old wood spool and a little floral foam in a jello mold. They would be cute in mugs, glass spice bottles filled with fake snow (use some hot glue to secure), or in a wood block.
Make Christmas Trees from Vintage Bingo Cards
You can make them different heights and shapes and create an entire BINGO Christmas tree forest.

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Make Christmas Trees from Vintage Bingo Cards

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