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Slide the starred tree down onto the plain one, slot into slot, until their feet are level: the two cross at right angles, 70 mm across each way and 124 mm tall with the star.
Two flat trees that slot together at right angles into a tree that stands out in 3D, 70 mm across each way. The starred tree is slotted up from its trunk and hangs from a 4 mm hole in the star; the plain tree is slotted down from its tip.
Cut size
148 × 124 mm (5⅞ × 4⅞ in)
Size with margin
148 × 124 mm (5⅞ × 4⅞ in)
Shapes
2
Layers
2
What you need
Cardstock in one or two greens, colored on both sides (every wing shows its back): see paper and card weights for one that holds its shape
Thread or narrow ribbon that passes through the 4 mm hole
Cut both trees from green card, in one shade or two. The starred tree is slotted up from the foot of its trunk and the plain tree down from its tip; each slot is 0.8 mm wide, and its mouth opens out to start the other tree. If you resize, resize both together. The slots change with them (0.4 mm wide at 50%), so cut a test slot in a scrap of your card first and check that a strip of the same card slides in without bending.
2. Slide them together
Hold the plain tree upright. Lower the starred tree onto it from above, slot into slot, until the two feet are level. Each slot runs to the middle of its tree, with 1 mm to spare where they meet, so the trees seat all the way.
3. Turn the wings square
Turn the trees until they cross at right angles, so the four wings sit evenly. Tie a thread through the 4 mm hole in the star to hang it. If the trees sit loose, a dot of glue where the slots meet holds them square.
Two flat five-point stars that slot together at right angles into a star that stands out in 3D, 78 mm across each way. The hanging star is slotted up from the notch between its lower points and hangs from a 4 mm hole in the loop above its top point; the plain star is slotted down from its top point.
Two flat six-arm snowflakes that slot together at right angles into a snowflake that stands out in 3D, 78 mm across each way. The hanging snowflake is slotted up from its bottom arm and hangs from a 4 mm hole in the loop above its top arm; the plain one is slotted down from its top arm.
Two flat discs, each with a cap and six star-shaped windows, that slot together at right angles into a ball that stands out in 3D, 78 mm across each way. The hanging disc is slotted up from its bottom edge and hangs from a 4 mm hole in the loop above its cap; the plain disc is slotted down from the top of its cap.