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EVERGREEN BRANCHES
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Set out some green paint a paint brush and some large sheets of paper. |
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One at a time have children come up and put on a paint shirt. |
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Then have them paint a hand green and press it on a piece of paper. |
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Have the child continue painting hand prints across their paper, overlapping the prints to create an evergreen branch. |
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When their paintings are dry, give your children some small colorful paper circles to glue onto their evergreen branches for tree bulbs. |
Extension: When the tree bulbs are dry, let your children smear glue on each bulb and sprinkle on some glitter.
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EVERGREEN TREES
You will need some heavy green paper and some small safe scissors for this activity.
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Cut the green paper into 6” x 9” rectangles. |
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Fold the rectangles in half lengthwise. |
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Then cut across each rectangle (left bottom to right top) to create a triangle. |
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Give each child a paper triangle. |
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Have children keep their triangle folded then fringe the unfolded side, cutting from the outside edge towards the center fold (at an angle upward). |
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Have the children open their triangles and bend the cut “branches” out a bit, then stand up their trees. |
Extension: Let your children spatter-paint white snow onto their trees.
Extension: Have your children glue their trees onto sheets of construction paper or pin them onto a group bulletin board.
Extension: Wrap bottom branches towards the back and tape them together to create a finger hole, to create a tree finger puppet. Add a smiley face on the front of the tree puppet. |
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SACK TREE
Here is a great idea sent in by Sara Bishop from Otterbein, IN.
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Tear or cut out large pieces of brown paper sacks. |
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Then, crumple the pieces and staple them on a bulletin board
in the shape of a tree. |
Note: You could also cut long paper
strips for the branches and twist them if you like.
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| Sara says, “The best part of the
tree is that you can use it all year long” |
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For Fall - make paper leaves decorated with
glitter or water colors. |
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For Winter – add snowflakes and snow. |
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For Spring – create tissue paper blossoms. |
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For Summer – decorate with beautiful green leaves. |
| Note: Check out “The Surprise Tree”
at the Story Station for more tree fun. |
INDIVIDUAL PAPER SACK
TREES.
These trees are great for older children, four and up to make. |
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Give each child a brown lunch sack and some
scrap sheets of paper. |
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Have the children crumble up two or three sheets of paper
and stuff it in the bottom of their sacks. |
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Then have them cut down about four inches, all the way around
their sacks about one to two inches apart. |
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Then, have them carefully twist each strip into an interesting
branch. |
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Help children twist the sack in the middle to close it up. |
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Branches can be decorated with small leaves or blossoms glued
on. |
| HAND AND ARM PRINT TREES |
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Let your children paint their hand and arm with brown paint. |
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Then have them make a print on a piece of white or light blue paper. |
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