 |
 1. |
Cut 3 to 4 triangles of increasing size from green construction paper or craft foam. You may also use felt paper or corrugated paper for a more novel texture. Little kids may need help in cutting these (relatively) big shapes. |
 |
2. |
Cut a rectangular shape from brown construction paper for the tree's base (or trunk). |
 |
3. |
Glue the triangles together to form a Christmas tree, with the largest triangle at the base and the smallest on top. |
 |
4. |
Flip the tree over and glue the brown rectangle at the base to make a trunk for your Christmas tree. |
 |
5. |
For the tree's trimmings, cut out circles, bows, stars, candy canes, and other shapes from different colors of construction paper. |
 |
6. |
There are endless ways to decorate these shape trimmings:
a.) A no-fuss way is to draw designs on them with crayons or oil pastels. Metallic crayons can do wonders, if you have them. |
 |
|
b.) Make glittery trimmings by applying glue on the entire shape and then sprinkling with glitter. I like using a paint brush to spread the glue and glitter- it's less messy and avoids getting the glitter all over you. |
 |
|
c.) Use glue and glitter to make stripes or other patterns on the shapes. |
 |
|
d.) Finer and detailed glittery designs can be better achieved with glitter glue (they usually come in nozzled squeeze bottles). |
 |
|
e.) Combine a variety of decorative materials like beads, small buttons, ribbons, sequins, small punched out shapes (use a craft punch), and gem-style stickers. |
 |
7. |
Allow your Christmas trimmings to dry thoroughly (glittery glue would take an hour or two to dry) before gluing them onto the paper tree. |
|
Comments