DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Spring Tree Craft

There are two variations on this craft depending on which templates you print and how messy you want to get.  You can either:

1. Print the Flowers and decorate a "homemade" trunk (to make the trunk, trace your child's arm from the elbow up, including the fingers).
    
2. Print the Trunk and the Flowers and paste them together.

If you want a very well covered tree, print two copies of the flowers template.
 

Materials:

• printer,
• paper,
• scissors,
• glue,
• something to colour with,
• you will also need finger paint if you choose the first option.
   

Instructions:

• Print out the template of choice.
   
• Colour pieces, as necessary.  (For a change of pace, try using different mediums than you typically do, such as paints or pastels).
   
• Cut out the pieces.  This step may require adult assistance.  Don't worry too much about getting the tree branches cut out perfectly.
   
• Glue the spring flowers all over the tree to decorate.
   
• You can glue the entire tree to a decorated background (blue construction paper, with green tissue paper for grass and white cotton balls for clouds works very nicely!).
   

Templates:

• Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
   
• Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).
   

Flowers Template   (color)   or   (B&W)

Trunk Template       (color)   or   (B&W)

Printable version of these instructions