Stand-Up Toilet Roll Christmas Tree Craft

Here's a great idea for a 3D Christmas tree made from recycled toilet rolls.

Materials:

• 3 toilet paper rolls
• yellow paper scissors
• green and red paint, paintbrushes
• sparkly pipe cleaners
• decorative pom poms
• glue
• push pin, sharp pencil
• modeling clay
• bamboo skewer

Directions:

1. Cut one toilet roll in half and the other a little less than half so you have a full toilet roll and two more gradually smaller pieces for the tree and one more piece for the pot.
2. Paint the tree pieces green and the pot piece red and allow to dry.
3. Cut a little bit off the pot piece to make it smaller.
4. Use a push pin to start holes in the tree pieces and put them together with a bamboo skewer.
5. Fill the red pot with modeling clay and push the bottom of the skewer into the clay so the tree stands up.
6. Decorate the tree with pipe cleaners, pom poms, etc.
7. Cut a big yellow star from yellow construction paper and glue on top. Display your stand-up tree.

Alternative: Simplify the craft; eliminate the skewer and modeling clay and glue your tree to a sheet of paper and hang up

Easy Christmas Tree Card Craft

This simple Christmas tree card craft is perfect for preschoolers. Simple and fun to make.

Materials:

• Various colored construction paper
• scissors
• glue
• Christmas wrapping paper scraps
• Christmas foam shapes

Directions:

1. Trace and cut out a simple Christmas tree from green paper, trunk from brown, and pot from red.
2. Fold a sheet of construction paper in half to make the card.
3. Glue the tree pieces on the front.
4. Decorate with foam shapes or other materials like sequins or glitter.
5. Cut little squares from wrapping paper and glue on for presents.
6. Write a Christmas message inside.

Egg Carton Christmas Tree Ornaments Craft

Here's a really cute and resourceful recycled craft idea submitted by Adrianna at Earthy Girl.  Use egg cartons o make cute little Christmas tree ornaments.

Materials:

• egg carton
• scissors
• green paint
• pipe claners
• spangles and sequins to decorate
• glue

Directions:

1. Cut the cones out of an egg carton.
2. Paint green and allow to dry.
3. Decorate with glitter and glue on sequins.
4. Make a hole and tie a gold pipe cleaner at the top.
5. Hang on the tree.

Visit Earthy Girl for more details on this and loads of other great crafty ideas.

15 Easy Christmas Tree Crafts for Preschoolers

 

Here's a round-up of 15 great Christmas tree crafts for kids and preschoolers. Use everyday materials to create these beautiful Christmas tree crafts and ornaments. These are perfect for home or school. They'll look equally good hanging on the tree or decorating your home. You'll find the perfect one for you.

1. Paper Plate Christmas Tree Craft



Naturally Educational

2. Paper Cone Christmas Tree Craft

Busy Bee Kids Crafts

 

 

3. Handprint Christmas Tree Craft

Memetales

 

4. Footprint Christmas Tree Craft



Craft Rookie

 

5. Marshmallow Print Christmas Tree Craft



Parent Resource

 

6. Collage Christmas Tree Craft

Preschool Crafts for Kids*

 

7. Felt Christmas Tree Ornament Craft

mpm School Supplies

 

 8. Buttons Christmas Tree Ornament Craft

U.K. Lass in the U.S.

9. Popsicle Stick Christmas Tree Ornament Craft

Homeschool Journey

 

10. Plastic Straw Christmas Tree Craft

Reading Confetti

11. Recycled Puzzle Piece Christmas Tree Craft



Theme Party Palace

12. Paper Cup Christmas Tree Craft

Apartment Therapy

13. Christmas Tree Card Craft

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14. Ice Cream Cone Christmas Tree Treat

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15. Pinecone Christmas Tree Craft

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Felt Christmas Tree Ornament Craft for Preschoolers

This DIY felt Christmas tree ornament craft from mpm School Supplies is a perfect preschool Christmas craft. Just felt and buttons to create this adorable ornament. It'll look great hanging on the tree. Follow the link for this and other great craft ideas.
mpm School Supplies

Pinecone Christmas Tree Craft

Here's a simple and fun way to transform a pine cone into a little Christmas tree decoration.

Materials:

• big, open pinecone
• silver spray paint
• gold pipe cleaners
• small colorful beads
• glue
• wood base or 2 liter bottle cap

Directions:

1. Spray paint your pine cone completely silver and let dry.
2. Tightly wrap a gold pipe cleaner around the pine cone for tinsel.
3. Glue shiny little beads on the pine cone for ornaments.
4. Glue the pine cone to a small wooden base or plastic bottle cap for the trunk.
5. Option: Tie a ribbon on the top and hang on the tree as an ornament.

 

Button Christmas Trees Ornament Craft

I just love these button Christmas tree ornaments. You need some small brown buttons and an assortment of shades and sizes of green buttons. A cute star bead puts the finishing touch. Perfect little ornaments for your Christmas tree. They make great gifts, too. Check out this great blog for this and many other craft ideas.

U.K. Lass in the U.S.

Collage Christmas Tree Craft for Preschoolers

 

 

This collage Christmas tree is so pretty. Use tissue paper, glitter and other scrap material to decorate your little tree. Your kids will love it. Follow the link to this great blog for the full details.

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Christmas Tree Marshmallow Painting Craft

This Christmas tree craft is so beautiful. The secret is you use marshmallows to stamp on the tree and ornaments. The kids in your class will have loads of fun marshmallow stamping these pretty trees. What a creative idea. Follow the link for more details.

Parent Resource

Puzzle Piece Christmas Tree Ornament Craft

This creative Christmas tree ornament craft from About.com uses painted puzzle pieces glued together into a Christmas tree with button decorations. Follow the link for the tutorial and more pictures. Great craft idea.

About.com

Handprint Christmas Tree Craft

Here's another great variation on the hand print Christmas tree craft. This one uses handprint cut outs on a brown triangular base and decorated with hearts and glitter glue. Don't forget the star. This is a great craft for home or school. Make a huge tree on the bulletin board for your whole class. I also saw a version that included head shots of all the students. Follow the link for the full tutorial.

Memetales

Craft Stick Christmas Tree Ornament Craft

These craft stick Christmas tree ornaments are a really simple craft to do with the kids or your class. They'll look great hanging on your Christmas Tree.

Materials:

• green craft sticks or Popsicle sticks(or paint your own)
• glue
• brown paper or felt
• scissors
• sequins, spangles, dazzle stars, sparkly stickers etc.
• ribbon or plastic cord

Directions:

1. Color your sticks green beforehand or buy colored ones.
2. Glue three craft sticks together in a triangle.
3. Cut a small rectangle from brown paper or felt and glue to the back.
4. Glue spangles and other decorations on the front.Bu a sparkly star on top. Allow to dry.
5. Tie a ribbon or cord on top to hang on the tree.

Homeschool Journey

 

Paper Plate Christmas Tree Craft

This paper plate Christmas tree craft is fabulous. Make a cone out of a paper plate, use coffee filters on the outside, and decorate. This is a great simple craft for preschoolers or homeschoolers. Follow the link for a full, step by step tutorial. Great looking Christmas tree craft!

Naturally Educational

Paper Cone Christmas Tree Craft

Here's another great craft from Busy Bee Kids. This paper cone Christmas tree craft is easy and fun for an preschool class. The top is a green paper cone and the base is a brown paper cylinder. Follow the link for the full tutorial.

Busy Bee Kids Crafts

Waffle Cone Christmas Tree Cookies Recipe

This ice cream cone Christmas Tree cookies recipe is such a simple and great idea. Coat waffle cones in green frosting and stick on the candies. Follow the link for the full recipe and more great ideas.


Little Nummies

 

Christmas Tree Craft Stick Ornament Craft

 

This is a beautiful and fun Christmas Tree ornament craft made from craft sticks.

Materials:

• 1 jumbo craft stick or tongue depressor
• 5 craft sticks/Popsicle sticks
• green and brown paint
• paintbrushes
• yarn or ribbon
• gold and silver pipe cleaners
• scissors
• glue
• colorful sequins

Directions:

1. Cut 1 craft stick in half.
2. Cut about an inch off each end of two more craft sticks.
3. Paint the jumbo craft stick brown and all the smaller craft stick green and allow to dry.
4. Glue the green craft sticks across the front of the brown one to make your tree as shown. Allow to dry.
5. Glue colorful sequins on the green branches for ornaments.
6. Bend a short length of silver pipe cleaner into a star and glue to the top.
7. Glue lengths of gold pipe cleaner on the tree for tinsel. Allow everything to dry.
8. Loop and glue a piece of yarn or ribbon to the back to hang up. Secure with a bit of tape.

Source: Kaboose

Christmas Tree Drinking Straw Collage Craft

This is a great looking and fun Christmas tree collage craft made from drinking straws.

Materials:

• various colored plastic drinking straws
• scissors
• glue
• sheet of construction paper(blue is nice)

Directions:

1. Cut colored drinking straws into various lengths. Make a triangle or pyramid shape with green and red.
2. Glue the tree in place on construction paper.
3. Glue on smaller pieces for the ornaments, tree base, and star.

Source: Reading Confetti

Christmas Tree Recycled Puzzle Craft

 

I love this really original Christmas Tree Craft recycled from old puzzle pieces.

Materials:

• old puzzle pieces
• cardboard
• glue
• gold spray paint
• ribbon

Directions:

1. Cut a simple Christmas tree shape from cardboard.
2. Glue on old puzzle pieces.
3. Spray paint everything gold.
4. Glue a ribbon on the back to hang up.

 Source: Theme Party Palace

Christmas Tree Handprint Craft

Here's a fun Christmas tree hand print craft with paint and buttons.

Materials:

• white paper
• green and brown paint
• paintbrush
• colorful buttons, sequins, or spangles
• glitter
• cardboard or foam
• glue
• scissors

Directions:

1. First paint a brown trunk on white paper.
2. Starting from the trunk, print green hand prints in a pyramid shape to make the tree as shown. Sprinkle wet paint with glitter. Allow to dry.
3. Glue buttons, sequins, or spangles on for ornaments.
4. Trace a star on cardboard or foam. Cover in glue and glitter. Allow to dry.
5. Cut out the star and glue at the top of the tree.

Source: All Free Christmas Crafts

Easy Christmas Snow Globe Bottle Craft

This is a super easy idea for a Christmas snow globe craft from a 2 liter plastic drink bottle.

Materials:

• 2 liter bottle with cap
• paint and paint brushes or permanent markers
• glitter
• water

Directions:

1. Fill an empty, washed 2 liter bottle with water.
2. Add about 1-2 tsp of glitter and screw on the cap.
3. With paint or permanent markers, draw the outline of a Christmas tree in green. Then draw different colored ornaments inside, a star and base. Finally, Fill in with green. Allow to dry after each step.
4. Shake up the bottle and watch the snow fall.

Source: The Examiner