• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Positively Splendid {Crafts, Sewing, Recipes and Home Decor}

Handcrafted. Splendidly.

  • Home
  • Blog
  • + Handmade
    • Crafts
      • Craft Gift Ideas
      • Holiday Crafts
      • Home Decor Crafts
      • Kids’ Crafts
      • Paper Crafts
      • Quick and Easy Crafts
      • Wearable Crafts
      • Wreaths
    • Gift Ideas
      • Budget-Friendly Gifts
      • Gift Wrapping
      • Gifts for Dads and Grandpas
      • Gifts for Kids
      • Gifts for Men
      • Gifts for Moms and Grandmas
      • Gifts for Neighbors
      • Gifts for Sports Fans
      • Gifts for Teachers
      • Gifts for Women
      • Quick and Easy Gifts
    • Kid-Friendly Projects
    • Sewing
      • Sewing for Children
      • Sewing for Men
      • Sewing for the Home
      • Sewing for Women
      • Sewing Techniques
      • Sewn Accessories
      • Sewn Gifts
  • + Home & Garden
    • DIY Home Decor Projects
    • Helpful Tips
    • Home Decor Crafts
    • DIY
    • Home Tour
    • Mantels and Tablescapes
    • Organization
    • Outdoor and Garden
  • + Holidays & Seasons
    • Spring
    • St. Patrick’s Day
    • Summer
    • Teacher Appreciation
    • Thanksgiving
    • Valentine’s Day
    • Winter
    • Back to School
    • Christmas
    • Easter
    • Fall
    • Fathers’ Day
    • Graduation
    • Halloween
    • Independence Day
    • Mothers’ Day
    • New Year’s
  • + Printables
  • + Recipes
    • Soups and Stews
    • Appetizers and Salads
    • Breads
    • Desserts
    • Food Crafts
    • Main Dish

Fabric Yo Yo Christmas Tree

December 12, 2018 By Amy @ Positively Splendid

FacebookTweetPinYummlyPrint

Fabric yo yo’s are such a wonderful scrap-busting project. I love to make them for all sorts of cute craft projects! Today, I’m sharing an adorable Christmas craft idea made with fabric yo yo’s. This adorable fabric yo yo Christmas tree is a snap to make with my printable templates, and these are such a fun little Christmas craft to make to decorate your home or give as a gift. Continue reading for all the details!

This post contains affiliate links.
Fabric Yo-Yo Christmas Tree Tutorial and Templates
Fabric Yo Yo Christmas Trees

Fabric Yo Yo Christmas Tree Supplies


  • Fabric Yo Yo Christmas Tree Templates << Click link for free download

  • Fabric scraps in assorted Christmas colors
  • Sewing shears
  • Thread
  • Hand sewing needle
  • Small pot or container (my galvanized containers came from Hobby Lobby, but miniature flower pots work great, too!)
  • Styrofoam
  • 1/4″ wood dowel, trimmed to 9.5″
  • Wood star embellishment
  • Hot glue
  • Ribbon

Download and print the fabric yo yo Christmas tree templates (linked above). Using sewing shears, cut a circle using each template.

Fabric Circles

Fold each circle into quarters, and make a very small snip at the center of each circle at this center point. This will be the opening through which you thread the finished yo yo on to the wood dowel later on.

Fold fabric circle

Use my fabric yo yo tutorial to make a yo yo with each fabric circle.

Make a Fabric Yo Yo

Seriously, aren’t fabric yo yo’s just the cutest? I love using these little guys for so many projects, and they are the perfect way to use up scraps from your fabric stash, or small fabric cuts like fat quarters.

Fabric Yo Yos

Cut a piece of styrofoam that fits into your tree container, and press your dowel through the center of the foam piece.

Fabric Yo Yo Christmas Tree Tutorial

The next step of the process reminds me of the stacking toys my kiddos used when they were babies! Starting with the largest yo yo and working your way to the smallest, thread each yo yo onto the wooden dowel through the small snipped holes you made at the center of each one.

Keep stacking…Fabric Yoyo Christmas Tree Tutorial

…and stacking…

Fabric Yoyo Christmas Tree Craft

…and stacking until you have created an entire little tree with your yo yo’s! Serious cuteness going on here, y’all.

Fabric Yo Yo Christmas Craft

When you have added all of your yo yo’s, use hot glue to attach the star on the exposed part of the dowel at the top of your tree. Tie a bow of coordinating ribbon around the container, if desired.

Your little fabric yo yo Christmas tree is all finished!

I am absolutely smitten with these little trees. They look so great displayed alongside my bottle brush tree collection. (I’m obsessed with bottle brush trees at the moment. More on that in my Bottle Brush Christmas Tree Wreath post.)

Fabric Yoyo Christmas Tree

Isn’t it awesome that something so adorable can be made with fabric scraps? Yay!

Fabric Yo Yo Christmas Tree

 

Christmas Tree Made of Fabric Yo Yos

More fun Christmas sewing ideas for you!

Christmas Tree Gift Card Holder

Fabric Christmas Tree Softie Sewing Pattern

20+ Christmas Sewing Projects

Christmas Sewing Ideas - 20+ great projects to make for the holidays!

Amy @ Positively Splendid
Amy @ Positively Splendid

Having grown up in a home brimming with sewing notions and paintbrushes, Amy has a deep love for all things creative. On any given day, you’ll find her knee-deep in her latest creative endeavor, with projects ranging from sewing and crafts to home decor and kid-friendly ideas. Amy believes that everyone, regardless of skill level or experience, possesses the ability to create something beautiful, and Positively Splendid was born of her passion for helping others harness their innate creative potential.

EVEN MORE GREAT IDEAS JUST FOR YOU!

FacebookTweetPinYummlyPrint

Filed Under: Christmas, Christmas, Crafts, Easy Sewing Projects, Free Patterns, Hand Sewing, Holiday Crafts, Positively Handmade, Positively Seasons, Sewing, Sewn Gifts, Tutorials Tagged With: Christmas, Crafts, Sewing, Tutorials

Previous Post: « Santa Pants Treat Bags
Next Post: Red Velvet Swirl Brownies »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Beverly says

    December 12, 2018 at 12:15 pm

    That is one sweet little tree! I will be making one of these for sure!

Primary Sidebar

PS Search

Search this website

Seasonal Inspiration

Hocus Pocus Wreath
Ghost Plushies
Paper Pumpkins
Fabric Yo-Yo Pumpkins

Copyright © 2025 · Positively Splendid · All Rights Reserved. · Privacy Policy

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies and other tracking technologies to assist with navigation and your ability to provide feedback, analyse your use of our products and services, assist with our promotional and marketing efforts, and provide content from third parties. To find out more, as well as how to remove or block these, see here: Our Cookie/Privacy Policy

 

Loading Comments...