There are two variations on this craft depending
on which templates you print and how messy you want to get.
You can either:
print the Flowers and decorate a "homemade" trunk (to make
the trunk, trace your child's arm from the elbow up, including
the fingers)
print the Trunk and the Flowers and paste them together.
If you want a very well covered tree, print two copies of the
flowers template.
Materials:
printer,
paper,
scissors,
glue,
something to colour with.
You will also need finger paint if you choose the first option.
Instructions:
Print out the template of choice.
Colour pieces, as necessary. (For a change of pace, try using
different mediums than you typically do, such as paints or pastels).
Cut out the pieces. This step may require adult assistance.
Don't worry too much about getting the tree branches cut out perfectly.
Glue the spring flowers all over the tree to decorate.
You can glue the entire tree to a decorated background (blue construction
paper, with green tissue paper for grass and white cotton balls for
clouds works very nicely!)
Templates:
Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template
on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).
