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Monday, December 14, 2009

Unusual Christmas trees

I saw this photo on the Bonnie Hunt Show today and then here online
I decided to look for more Christmas trees made out of books.


I found this one here. It's a display at a library. My own library made something similar from red books last year and I wish I had taken a photo.

These are from shredded paper and folded pages of books, photos found here.
Aren't they clever? Look here for even more photos of beautiful trees created from recycled materials. Have you ever had your own tree made from something unusual?
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14 comments:

  1. HollyDecember 14, 2009 at 10:49 PM

    I love this!! I feel inspired now! Thanks :)

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  2. AnonymousDecember 14, 2009 at 11:19 PM

    I could do that! (Well, the tree in the second pic I could do). And I'd be environmentally conscious!

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  3. GinaDecember 15, 2009 at 12:01 AM

    Now those are just too cute! I wonder if our local store would be up to the challenge.... *ponders*
    Thanks for the inspiration!

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  4. KayeDecember 15, 2009 at 7:17 AM

    This is really cool. You come up with the most clever stuff. The people who made these displays must have a lot of imagination.

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  5. MollyDecember 15, 2009 at 7:57 AM

    I am not creative enough to put up any other tree than an artificial one from the box --- but I thoroughly enjoyed all these lovely trees. Thanks for the holiday cheer!

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  6. bermudaonionDecember 15, 2009 at 7:58 AM

    Very creative!

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  7. Tales of WhimsyDecember 15, 2009 at 9:19 AM

    I LOVE the second tree! Cute post :)

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  8. LibraryGirlDecember 15, 2009 at 9:56 AM

    These are great fun! Although since my one-year-old's favorite past time is pulling all the books off the bookshelf, I don't think a tree of books would last long around here!

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  9. AnonymousDecember 15, 2009 at 1:35 PM

    What fun trees. I wish I had that much creativity.

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  10. cindysloveofbooksDecember 15, 2009 at 2:21 PM

    Those are too cute. Thanks for sharing them. Wonder what son would think of a book tree for Christmas next year? LOL

    Happy Holidays

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  11. UnknownDecember 15, 2009 at 2:38 PM

    Really cool pics! Love how the books are set up to resemble trees. I don't think I could do to my books what it takes to make the tree in the first photo! Poor books! lol But the book stacked in the photo at the library is nice! And the shredded paper trees with the stars on top are very cool. I would make some of them but I have no doubt my cats would eat them or bat them around until they were a shredded mess!

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  12. UnknownDecember 15, 2009 at 7:36 PM

    I love all of these. Although, I don't know where I would put all of the extra books if I tried to empty my shelves enough to do the first one!

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  13. LuanneDecember 15, 2009 at 7:44 PM

    Fun!!

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  14. Sandra StilesDecember 16, 2009 at 6:24 AM

    This reminded me of when I was a child and we would take old reader's digests and fold the pages to make stand up trees then spray paint them green and glue on glitter, sequins etc. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

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