This Paper Christmas Tree Craft is the perfect Christmas project for kids to make during the holiday season. With just a few materials and a short amount of time, they’ll be able to decorate it as they wish!

Tis’ the season for a crafting session with the kids. This Paper Christmas Tree Craft will surely put everyone in the holiday spirit. Maybe start with a little Christmas music in the background to get everyone in a creative mood. It’s also the perfect tree craft for the kids to practice their cutting skills and ultimately decorate their tree just how they would like. Once they’re finished they can gift it to someone special, use it as a gift tag or hang it on the refrigerator for everyone to see.

What can y0u do with your Christmas Tree Craft?

The kids will want to show everyone how creative they can be when it’s time to decorate their tree. After the cutting of the tree foliage, it’s almost time to decorate it. It would be extra special to send it as a Christmas card to a loved one, maybe Grandma or Grandpa. It can become a display in the home, a gift tag, or maybe they’ll want to give it to a friend at school or in their preschool group.

What do you need to make this Paper Tree Craft?

The materials are things you’ll most likely already have at home. All you need is colored cardstock/papers, glitter paper, scissors, glue and beads.

What can you add as additional embellishments?

Get creative with your decorations! You can add more glitter, pom poms, gems, maybe even cut out some presents to be put under the tree.

Christmas Tree Craft – Materials:

Green and Brown Cardstock
Glitter Paper for Star
Scissors
Glue
Beads

INSTRUCTIONS

Yield: Paper Christmas Tree Craft

PAPER CHRISTMAS TREE CRAFT

This Paper Christmas Tree Craft is the perfect holiday project for kids to make during the holiday season. With just a few materials and a short amount of time, they'll be able to decorate it as they wish!

Prep Time 10 minutes

Active Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Materials

Green and Brown Cardstock
Glitter paper for star
Scissors
Glue
Beads

Instructions

1. Cut different sizes of circles out of green colored papers as 7cm, 6cm, 5cm, 4cm, 3cm and 2cm. Cut two circles in each size.
Fold each circle in half.
Cut the stem out of the brown paper.
Glue the stem onto a sheet of paper.
Glue the folded circles as foliage. Glue smaller circles on the top of the stem and gradually larger ones at the bottom.
Cut tiny paper circles and decorate the tree with these circles and beads.
Cut a star from the glitter sheet.
Glue it onto the top of the tree.
All done! It's time to display or gift your tree.