Art and Craft: Trees

Hi! How are you today?

I am back here for the first kids activity post for this blog. I hope that I can share an activity each week. Hope you'll like it. 😁

Week 1: ART AND CRAFT WITH KIDS

Topic: TREES

PROJECT A

Proir to this particular project, we dyed some strings.

The next day, I thought it would be nice to make a picture out of it. So we made this.

Materials: Coloured strings, glue and pencil to sketch the picture beforehand.

A Garden

PROJECT B

This is one of my son's earliest art and craft projects.

We made a city for him to play with. Here you can see some trees along the road.

We simply rolled some papers to make the trunks and then crumpled green coloured papers for the leaves.

My City

PROJECT C

This is another 3D tree that we made.

We painted a toilet roll for the trunk. You can also wrap it with brown paper. It would be less messy and quicker.

Next, we put some skewers across the toilet roll for the branches.

Then we cut some green papers and folded them over the skewers to make the leaves.

Lastly, we put some orange stickers on the leaves as the fruits.

A 3D tree

PROJECT D

For toddlers who loves to cut with a scissors or those who loves to tear papers, you can help them work on a collage.

Young toddlers would be eager to give this a try!

PROJECT E

As for those who love to paint and do not mind getting a little messy, finger printing can create a masterpiece.

Even toddlers can create such a masterpiece. It's fingerprinting. My son did this when he was 3.

PROJECT F

Or for those who are keen on using the paintbrush, they can also use it to paint wonderful pictures of trees.

It's up to you to choose either a theme to work on or just go freestyle!

Four Seasons

The life cycle of an apple tree

Happy art and crafting! 😄

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