DIY Christmas Tree Pull Card

Create a festive Christmas tree pull card this holiday season. This interactive card is fun to make and fun to receive!

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s the eighth day of my annual series “12 Days of Holiday Crafts” and I’m excited to share a new interactive Christmas tree pull card. I love creating handmade cards for the holidays – especially when they are interactive! 

This festive card transforms easily in seconds. Pull the green insert from the card to change an evergreen tree in a wintery scene to a fully decorated tree in seconds. The back of the insert is white and perfect for writing a holiday greeting on. 

The card measures 5″ x 7″ and will fit in an A7 envelope. Below are the instructions for assembling the card plus directions for setting up the cut file in Cricut Design Space.

Christmas Tree Pull Card

Supplies Needed

• Free SVG cut file, PDF pattern and Printable – Fill out the purple form at the end of this post to get the free files.
• Cardstock in blue, green, white and a scrap of brown paper
• Scor-Tape, 1/4″ double-sided tape
• Red and white Baker’s twine
• Paper trimmer or scissors
• Snowflake sequins
• Cricut Cutting Machine
• Cricut standard mat
• Cricut tools
• Cricut Brayer

Cut the Printable Pieces

Part of this card is a printable with two of the card pieces on it; the Christmas tree and the “Merry and Bright” greeting. After printing this page on white cardstock, cut both pieces out with a paper trimmer or scissors. The printable also includes a small rectangle, which can be used to cut the brown tree truck out if you are not using the SVG cut file.

Cutting the Cardstock Pieces

The rest of the card is made from cardstock. These pieces can be cut by hand with the PDF pattern or cut with my SVG cut file. Below are directions for cutting them with a Cricut Cutting machine. 

Start by uploading the cut file into Cricut Design Space and insert it into a new project.

The black rectangle in the cut file is a score line layer. If your machine does not have a scoring tool, delete this layer. If your machine does, like my Cricut Explore, go ahead and change the operation of this layer from cut to score using the operations drop down menu.

After the layer has been changed to score, the black rectangle will become dashed score lines. They now need to be “attached” to the blue cardstock. Select both layers and then select “Attach” at the bottom right of the layers panel. 

The layers will move to the top of the layers panel and appear as attached. The file is now ready to be cut! Make sure to insert your scoring tool. 

Below are all of the 6 pieces needed for the card cut from both the SVG cut file and the printable. 

Assemble the Card

Step One: Fold the blue card along the score lines. Use a bone folder to create crisp fold lines.

Step Two: Apply double-sided tape to the back of the brown truck, “Merry and Bright” greeting, white insert card, white Christmas tree piece and finally on the tab of the blue card. Make sure the adhesive you use is not visible through the triangle cut-out.

Step Three: Apply the truck and greeting to the front of the blue card under the triangle cut out. 

Step Four: Place the Christmas tree printable on the inside of the card so it will be visible through the triangle cut-out. Make sure to center the tree on the back of the card.

Step Five: Close the card using the adhesive tab. I found it helpful to leave the card overnight under a stack of books to help flatten it out,                                                                                                                                                                                       

Step Six: Finally, add snowflake confetti to the front of the card with a glue pen. 

Create the Insert

Step Seven: After the card has been assembled, the last step is to create the insert. Adhere the two insert layers together, making sure to line up the small holes on the same side. Slip a small piece of red and white Baker’s twine through the hole to help the insert be easily pulled out from the card.

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Slide the insert into the Christmas tree card and the card is finished!

The insert can easily be pulled in and out of the card transforming the tree with decorations. 

The back of the insert is white and perfect for adding a holiday greeting or sweet message to. 

The card can will fit an A7 envelop so it can be sent via snail mail or gifted in person. 

I hope you enjoyed this fun, interactive card! I hope you will continue to join me for the ninth year of my series “12 Days of Holiday Crafts“. I’ll be back tomorrow with day 7 and a new fun DIY holiday craft. In the meantime, you can also visit my Christmas craft page for over 100 DIY holiday craft ideas! 

Get the Free Christmas Tree Pull Card Files

Fill out the purple form below with your first name and email address! The free file will be sent straight to your inbox! If you have already filled out the form below, don’t worry – you won’t be added to my list twice! This freebie is for personal use only. I hope you enjoy crafting something special. Please let me know if you have any questions :)