Meet Joy, the Baby Christmas Tree! Joy may be the smallest Christmas tree, but she shines just as bright as the rest because of the joy inside her! For Joy, every day is Christmas! Now you can make your own cute tree for Christmas this year with this simple tutorial!

Materials You Need:
-Worsted-weight yarn (4-ply) in green, brown, and a small amount of yellow. (The U.K. equivalent is Aran, and AUS/NZ is 8 ply.) I used Caron Simply Soft in the color “Spring Sparkle”. This particular color is no longer available, but they do offer a darker color, “Dark Sage Sparkle“. Hobby Lobby’s Metallic I Love This Yarn also offers a sparkly green color, “Jelly Bean“. For the brown, I used Caron Simply Soft in the color “Chocolate“. For the yellow I used Impeccable Solid Yarn by Loops & Threads in the color “Gold“.
-G (4 mm) crochet hook
-7.5 mm black safety eyes
-Fiberfill (or your stuffing of choice)
-Bent tip tapestry needle
-Scissors
-Stitch marker
-Cardboard
-Straight pins
-Black embroidery floss
-Premade pom poms (0.28 in./7mm) I purchased mine at Hobby Lobby. I used around 15 on my tree
-Fabric glue

Abbreviation Key:
Abbreviations are in U.S. terms.

sc – single crochet
st/sts – stitch(es)
sl st – slip stitch
dec – decrease (join the next 2 stitches together)
inc – increase (2 single crochet in the next stitch)
BLO – back loops only
FLO – front loops only
R1 – round 1
rep – repeat
** – repeat the group of instructions between the asterisks the number of times indicated.
Note: All rounds are worked continuously (that is, vs. joined rounds.)