The first snowflakes of winter made their appearance today, and the excitement at our house is palpable. The kids are dreaming up Christmas lists, begging for hot cocoa, and building virtual snowmen in their heads. To celebrate the coming of winter, we broke out the construction paper and made a Christmas Tree Craft.
This cute Christmas tree was surprisingly simple to make. We started by cutting out 5 half circles, in descending sizes, from green paper. We folded them in half, then half again, and then one more time to create creases. I used scissors to trim the bottom to an even round edge. Then we unfolded the half circle and adjusted the creases to an accordion type fold.
We cut a brown rectangle for the trunk and folded this in an accordion fold as well. We then glued the tree pieces together by lining up the center three folds. The largest tree piece we used at the bottom and then worked our way up.
The snowdrifts we cut from a piece of white construction paper. We glued it to a sheet of blue construction paper. Then we glued the tree over the top. The snowflakes we cut using a paper hole punch. The pattern and number of flakes are different for each project which I love.
We love the final product. The kids couldn’t wait to display their trees proudly around the house. It is still a bit early for Christmas, so maybe in a few weeks I’ll let them decorate their trees by adding bits of colored paper decorations to the green boughs.
In the meantime, “Let it Snow. Let it Snow. Let it SNOW!”
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What a fun craft idea. I just imagine my 12 year old and 6 year old both doing it and how different their interpretations would be! I will bookmark this one, thank you for the idea!
You’re welcome! I love crafts that span the ages so everyone can be involved. 🙂
Wonderful craft ideas. My daughter is already excited to put her hands on this. 🙂
Awesome! I hope she loved it.
OMG!!! I can’t believe you have snow where you live. We are still wearing shorts and sandals where I live. Love your beautiful craft !
Ridiculous right?! But the skiing here is amazing. 😉
This is so cute and simple! I will be making this with my kids, they would love it!
Cute and emphasis on the simple. That’s how I roll. 😉 I hope you have a great time with the kiddos.
This is so cute and looks super simple! Great post 🙂
Thank you Kyleigh!
Very cute! I love making crafts but never seem to have ideas myself!
I’m not the biggest crafter myself, but kids LOVE crafting. I’m trying to be supportive. 🙂
These crafts are so cute. I shared your site with some friends who love to do home crafts. Thanks!
Thank you so much! I love shares.