Christmas Tree Shapes Activity
Learn all about shapes while making this fun paper Christmas tree craft.
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Supplies Needed
- A4 or Letter size paper or card stock
- Crayons, colored pencils, or any water-based paint
- Scissors
- Glue stick
- Glitter glue
STEPS
1Print out the template.
Print out any of these Christmas tree shapes sets on Letter or A4 size paper or card stock.
2Color the shapes.
Color the shapes using crayons, colored pencils, or your favorite coloring material. You can also paint with any water-based paint like tempera, water color, or acrylic paint.
For a traditional Christmas tree, color the big triangle green, the rectangle brown, and the star yellow.
3Cut out the shapes.
Cut out all the shapes.
4Put the tree together.
Create a basic tree by gluing the rectangle behind the triangle, placing it at the center of the triangle's base.
5Decorate the tree with shapes.
Glue the star at the top of the tree for a classic topper. Glue the rest of the small shapes on the tree to create colorful Christmas tree baubles.
As a counting and sorting activity, sort the shapes by color or shape before gluing onto the tree. Count all the shapes as well or practice basic addition by adding the items by sorted shapes or colors.
6Make glitter glue lines.
Add some sparkle with glitter glue. Create a tinsel garland with glitter glue lines—you can make straight, zigzag, or wavy lines that run horizontally or diagonally throughout your tree. You can also decorate the small shapes with glitter glue dots, lines, or fill the entire shape with glitter glue.
7Put glitter glue on the star.
For a sparkly topper, apply gold glitter glue onto the entire star.
8Use your Christmas tree.
Once the glitter glue dries, you can use your awesome paper Christmas tree as a cute Christmas decoration. You can also decorate a large Christmas card or a holiday poster with it.
Check out variations and more crafting ideas in the section below.
More Ideas
Use various notions to decorate the tree.
Instead of paper shapes, decorate the tree with notions of various shapes like buttons, beads, plastic gems, brads, foam shapes, stickers, etc. You can also punch out small shapes from paper or foam using craft punches. Glue some rick rack, strings, lace, or ribbon to accent your paper tree.
Tape a string at the back of your mini paper tree. Hang as a pretty Christmas tree ornament.
Create a clothespin Christmas tree.
Glue a wooden clothespin at the back of your mini paper tree. This will allow you to clip the tree onto any object.
Make a standing Christmas tree.
To make your mini Christmas tree stand on its own, clip the clothespin onto a small glass, plastic bottle cap, or any object that can support the weight of the paper tree.
Place your standing mini tree on a shelf or anywhere you'd like to add some Christmas cheer.
Make a garland.
A fun way to showcase the paper trees if you are making this as a class or group is to string the mini trees together into a garland. Make sure to choose the small Christmas tree template and print them out on heavy cardstock.
In order to string the paper trees together, glue a short piece of drinking straw at the back of each tree.
Another option is to clip on some clothespin Christmas trees on a length of string.
