Munchkins and Mayhem

Munchkins & Mayhem

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Showing posts with label trees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trees. Show all posts

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Tissue Paper Fall Trees



Makes and takes makes what she calls a stained glass version. 

Get the instructions here:
http://www.makeandtakes.com/stained-glass-tissue-paper-fall-tree


The resourceful mama uses a paper plate and toilet paper roll.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.theresourcefulmama.com/fall-tissue-paper-tree/

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Autumn Pine Cone Trees


Yellow, orange, red and green tissue paper is squished into balls and glued onto a pine cone to make an autumn inspired tree with kids craft room.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://kidscraftroom.com/pine-cone-craft-autumn-trees/

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Clover Trees


Foam sticker shamrocks are stuck onto a styrofoam cone to make a St. Patrick's Day tree with lolly jane.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://lollyjane.com/st-patricks-day-shamrock-tree/

Monday, January 19, 2015

Popcorn Trees


To celebrate popcorn appreciation day, first paint it.  Then, after painting the popcorn, if it's not all eaten, popcorn can double as leaves for trees.


Paint on the ceiling creates a tree template and lets the kids glue the popcorn on the branches.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:

http://paintontheceiling.blogspot.com.au/2011/11/popcorn-tree.html


Serving pink lemonade uses plain popcorn and a paper cut out for the tree trunk.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.serving-pink-lemonade.com/2009/04/popcorn-popping-on-apricot-tree.html


Squish ideas for preschool paints her tree trunk.

Get the instructions here:
http://squishideasforpreschool.blogspot.com/2012/02/march-ideas-color-green-trees-grass.html


Craft penguin paints her tree trunk as well.

Get the instructions here:


Craft ideas for kids uses pasta for the tree trunk and branches.

Get the instructions here:
http://craftsideasforkids.com/easy-crafts-for-spring-make-3d-spring-tree.html


Mama musings sketches her trunk with colored pencils.

Get the instructions here:
http://momamusings.com/index.php/2012/05/spring-blossom-tree-art/


Happy hooligans makes a fall tree by coloring the popcorn with paint powder the kids create by shaking it up in plastic zipper bags.

Get the instructions here:
http://happyhooligans.ca/popcorn-trees/

Friday, January 2, 2015

A Wintery Tree Playdate




Kids can start the play date and create their own pretty colored winter trees with mary making using white circles for snow and wintry color tissue papers. 

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://marymaking.blogspot.com/2009/11/colorful-abstract-winter-trees.html 

 
Next, check out Carole Gerber's Book Winter Trees full of the subtle charms of trees in winter. On a walk through a forest, a boy observes the branches, shapes, and various barks. He and his dog make snow angels, watch animals quietly eating, and tap a maple tree for syrup.  In a simple poetic form, seven trees are described: sugar maple, American beech, paper birch, yellow poplar, bur oak, Eastern hemlock, and white spruce. Readers get a sense of what they look like from a distance ("the egg shape of the maple tree/the taller oval of the beech…" and up close ("the peeling bark of paper birch/feeds hungry hares that eat their fill").  The illustrations mix prints, watercolor, and collage, and are tweaked with digital enhancement. 

The book is also available on Amazon.


Next have the kids create their own tree snacks using chunks of cheese and grapes and a celery stick for the trunk.


If the weather is not too cold complete this cute winter scavenger hunt.

Get the template here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_QY0YTOrC2-vwC712v_T8wHHLHCMTydJ8n3w-yEk-Rk/pub


Sunday, December 14, 2014

Gum Drop Xmas Trees


Styrofoam cones and colorful gum drops make cute Christmas trees with the crafty crow.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://belladia.typepad.com/bella_dia/2007/12/advent-day-11-i.html


Craft elf wraps hers up in cellophane and gives it as a gift.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.craftelf.com/Christmas_Gumdrop_Christmas_tree_craft.htm

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Cotton Ball Snowball Tree


Cotton balls and long branches turn into delicate and festive snow ball trees.  Craftaholics anonymous uses pompoms and places them into a clear pom pom filled jar.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.craftaholicsanonymous.net/snowball-trees

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Spooky Pipe Cleaner Tree


Fuzzy black pipe cleaners turn into a spooky tree for Halloween decor.  Play trains show how.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://play-trains.com/halloween-pipe-cleaner-trees/

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Tissue Paper Trees



A nation of moms uses twigs and smaller pieces of tissue paper for their version adding more branches.

Get the instructions here:
http://anationofmoms.com/2013/06/tissue-paper-tree-craft-for-kids.html


Our big earth draws on the tree trunk and branches and uses white and pink tissue balls to make the buds.

The website is no longer available.

Monday, June 16, 2014

Mini City Trees


Create a mini forest or park or even tree lined street with this mini tree crafts.

You will need:
- Cardstock
- Brown paint
- Cardboard
- Green foam sheets
- Green felt
- Glue
- Green tissue paper

Cut cardboard into a trunk shape with a slit in the top and cut a small square to place the trunk in to make it stand.  Paint the trunk brown.


Next cut several branches and paint them brown too.  Gluing them onto the trunk.


Next cut out green leaves from the foam sheets and felt and glue onto the trunk.  Add tiny pieces of torn tissue paper to the bottom of the tree and the board you will place it on to make grass.

This tutorial is originally from artylil, which is unfortunately no longer live. 


Ukkonooa makes many different types of trees.

Get the instructions here:
http://ukkonooa.blogspot.com.es/2014/06/metsaleikit-cardboard-woods.html

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Dressing up a barren tree


Dilly dali art paints a tree with chalk to dress it up during the winter months and give it some color.  She calls it a rainbow tree.  This could make a good science experiment too.  The kids can predict how long the chalk will last. 

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.dillydaliart.com/2012/03/art-and-play-nature-way-trees.html

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Winter Tree Craft


Meet the dubiens takes tape and makes a tree and then paints the background in pretty blues.  When the paint dries she removes the tape for a pretty tree silhoutte.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.meetthedubiens.com/2011/01/winter-tree-silhouette.html


Inner child fun uses more background colors.

Get the instructions here:
http://innerchildfun.com/2009/11/stunning-winter-tree-silhouette.html

Monday, September 9, 2013

Paper Tube Autumn Tree


Paper towel rolls make great tree trunks in this cute craft from easy preschool craft.  They cut the roll on the top to make branches and add torn colorful tissue paper leaves.  They even cut a hole out of the trunk and paste a cute critter inside. 

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://easypreschoolcraft.blogspot.com/2012/02/paper-towel-roll-spring-fall-summer.html


One plus one plus one equals one adapts a fall tree project from jennwa to crease a cute fall leaf tree using a paper cardboard tube and craft leaves and paint.

Get the instructions here:
http://jennwa.blogspot.com/2008/10/paper-towel-roll-fall-trees.html

Monday, August 19, 2013

Paper Redwood Forest


Juggling with kids use paper, paint, tissue paper and glue to make a mini Muir Woods.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.jugglingwithkids.com/2013/02/booking-across-usa-california_25.html
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