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

Cherry Tree Collage Craft

Here's a simple cherry tree craft for spring or anytime. 

Materials:

• Various colored construction paper
• red paint
• scissors
• glue
• large Q-tips

Directions:

1. Beforehand cut several simple leaves from green paper.
2. Tear one large and several smaller strips of brown paper. Glue the pieces to make a tree on a sheet of yellow paper.
3. Glue on the leaves.
4. Bind two or three large Q-tips together to make cherry shapes. Dip in red paint and dab on the cherries.

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.

Toilet Paper Roll Christmas Tree Craft

Here's an awesome recycled craft idea for Christmas. Decorate three different lengths of toilet paper rolls in a triangular formation with a piece at the bottom for a pot and make a cute Christmas tree like this. Attach to a sturdy background and hang up. Follow the link below to this great site for the full tutorial.

Modge Podge Rocks

Recycled Puzzle Pieces Fall Tree Craft

This is a really clever idea. Paint old puzzle pieces in fall colors and use them to make a cool 3D Fall tree craft like this. This one uses yarn for the tree trunk. Follow the link for more details and pictures.

Thrice the Spice

Fall Tree and Turkey Scene Paper Tube Craft

Here's a fun and simple fall craft idea that's great for Thanksgiving, too. . Use paper towel rolls and fall leaves to make trees complete with a matching toilet roll turkey. Follow the link below for the full details.


Seventh Generation

Halloween Paper Bag Trees Craft

Here's a simple idea for Halloween. Turn simple brown paper lunch bags into spooky Halloween trees like these. The trees look great with the salt dough hosts pictures above. Use this as a centerpiece at you Halloween party. Visit the site below for the full tutorial.
Spoonful

Father's Day Hand Print Tree Craft

Use hand prints to make a beautiful tree craft like this for Father's Day. I love the message, "Strong roots make beautiful leaves." Dad will love it.

Pintrest

Father's Day Money Tree Craft

Here's an interesting idea. Use real money or foreign currency and beans to make a unique money tree like this for Father's Day. It's sure to bring good fortune to your family.

handmade website

Mother's Day Family Hand Print Tree Craft

Here's a great Mother's Day craft idea. Put a new twist on the basic hand print tree craft by using handprints from each family member cut from various colored wrapping or scrapbook paper. Put a cute heart in the center. This can be a craft project for the whole family, great for homeschoolers. Follow the link below for the full details.

Toddling in the Fast Lane

Top 20 Arbor Day Tree Crafts for Kids

Just after Earth Day, there's another, often forgotten, environmental holiday just around the corner, Arbor Day. Arbor Day is for learning about, appreciating, and planting trees. Here's a round up of the top 20 most fun Arbor Day Tree Crafts for Kids. Enjoy and after the craft, get outside and hug a tree!

1. Earth Day Bulletin Board Tree Display

Shllenie McFarlane

2. 3D Paper Bag Tree Sculpture Craft

One Little Word She Knew

3. Recycled Magazine Collage Tree Craft

Momtastic

4. Recycled Forest Craft

Mum Paints Lives

5. Candy Popcorn Tree Recipe

Hungry Happenings

6. Pom Pom Tree Craft

Kaboose

7. Tree Silhouette Craft

Meet the Dubiens

8. Paper Towel Roll Cherry Tree Craft

Creekside Learning

9. Paper Towel Tree Craft

We Heart Art

10. Recycled Newspaper Tree Craft

Preschool Crafts for Kids*

11. Hand Print Bulletin Board Tree Craft

Kids Activities

12. Toilet Roll Tissue Paper Tree Craft

Projects for Preschoolers

13. Hand/Arm Print Paint Tree Craft

Preschool Crafts for Kids*

14. Johnny Appleseed Hand Print Tree Craft

Preschool Crafts for Kids*

15. Apple Tree Craft

Preschool Crafts for Kids*

16. Truffula Trees Craft

Art Projects for Kids

17. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tree Craft

Kiboomu

18. Fingerprint Toilet Roll Tree Craft

Kiboomu

19. Bubble Wrap Spring Tree Craft
Red Ted Art

20. "Five Little Squirrels" Tree Craft

Play with me

Search this site for even more Earth Day and tree related crafts.


Fingerprint Toilet Roll Tree Craft

Here's a simple and fun fingerprint toilet roll craft idea from Kiboomu. This is a fall tree, but this craft could be adapted for Earth Day Arbor Day, or anytime. Follow the link for the tutorial.

Kiboomu

Easy Truffula Tree Earth Day Craft

Here's a simple and small truffula tree craft for the table. This is a great Earth Day activity to follow up reading The Lorax. Kids and parents will love it.

Craft Jr.

Earth Day Truffula Tree Pencils Craft

Turn ordinary pencils into memorable gifts. Transform them into truffula trees from The Lorax. Your kids friends will be tickled green. Go to Crafty Ninja for the complete tutorial.

Crafty Ninja

Earth Day Truffula Tree Cupcakes Recipe

What a fabulous idea. Create cupcakes for Earth Day hat look just like the truffula trees from The Lorax. Make a whole forest of them for your Earth Day event. No one will forget them. Follow the link below for the recipe and directions.

Rook no. 17

Earth Day Truffula Trees Craft

The Lorax by Dr. Suess is one of the greatest environmental fables of all time and a classic for Earth Day. Inspired by the book and movie, you can create these memorable truffula trees from some sticks and a few other things. So cute. Go to the site below for the complete tutorial.

Art Projects for Kids

Earth Tree Bulletin Board Display

This is really creative. What do you do with all the paper plate Earth crafts? You can make a full size tree display for your bulletin board in your classroom and hang the Earths on like fruit. Great classroom idea. Visit Shallenie McFarlane on Pintrest for more great ideas.

Shallenie McFarlane

Earth Day 3D Paper Bag Tree Sculpture Craft

I thought this 3D recycled tree sculpture craft for Earth Day is so cool. This would be equally great for Halloween. Use it to set the scene for a haunted house. I could imagine afterward, you could also glue on little paper flowers or leaves for a Spring tree. Such a simple and creative idea. Let your imagination go. Follow the link below for more details.

One Little Word She Knew

Earth Day Tree Collage Craft

Use circles cut out from old magazines to make this colorful and easy Tree collage craft for Earth Day. Go to this great site, Momtastic for the step by step tutorial.

Momtastic

Earth Day Recycled Collage Forest Craft

Use various recycled materials to make this cool 3D forest/jungle collage craft. I really like the strips of corrugated cardboard for the tree trunks. Visit this creative site, Mum Paint Lives for the step by step tutorial with pictures.

Mum Paints Lives