Fun and Easy Christmas Tree Craft for Kids

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This Christmas tree craft takes craft to the next level. What might be even more fun than making it is playing with the tree when you’re done. He’s the cutest little character. Create a story or put on a puppet show. You’re probably going to make more than one to celebrate the holiday season!

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A completed Christmas tree craft made with green paper, colorful beads, pipe cleaners, and a star topper, perfect as an easy craft for kids and a festive Christmas tree craft.

Fun Facts About Christmas Trees

Christmas trees started as a German tradition in the 16th century.
The huge tree at Rockefeller Center in New York City started as a tradition in 1931. These days it can be as tall as 100 feet and have 50,000 lights.
Christmas trees around the world are decorated in very different ways, like in most of Brazil, sometimes pine trees are decorated with little pieces of cotton that represent falling snow.
Franklin Pierce, the 14th president, is often credited with bringing the Christmas tree tradition to the White House in the early 1850s.

To learn more interesting facts about Christmas in this article from Fun Kids.

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How to make a Cute Christmas Tree Craft

This adorable Christmas tree craft is perfect for kids of any age. For little ones, simply pre-cut the tree shape and let them do all of the decorating. You may need to help with putting the arms and legs in place.

Every time we demonstrate a craft, it’s meant to be a starting place for your own creativity. Yours should not look exactly the one you see here. Choose your own colors, designs and even change up the shape. Add extra elements (like cotton snow or cut out paper bows) with things from your craft bag. The only limit is your imagination!

SUPPLIES FROM THE BAG

Paper plate (9-inch coated)
Crayons
Googly eyes
Black Sharpie marker
Scissors
Scrap yellow construction paper
Glue stick
Elmer’s glue
Pony beads
Tape
2 Green pipe cleaners
Christmas tree outline template

To make crafting with your kids actually do-able and fun (like it should be), we always stick to a list of basic supplies that fit into one bag for all of the crafts that you see on this site. We never stray from the master list so that once you fill your bag, you’re ready to craft along over and over again, even when time and money is tight. Now let’s craft some memories!

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Step-by-step Instructions:

Step 1: Use the Free Printable Template

Turn your paper plate over so the it is bottom up.
Color the bottom of the plate green. You only need to color the center and not out to the edges.

Step 2: Cut Out the Tree

Cut away the sides of the plate.
Then use the template to cut out a tree shape from the center of our green colored plate. You can also skip using the template and freehand draw the tree instead.

Step 3: Add Some Details

Use your crayons to add more details to the Christmas tree. *Don’t worry about adding decorations. We’ll do that in another step.

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Step 4: Cut Out the Christmas Star

Grab your scrap of yellow construction paper and the star section of the template.
Place the star on top of your paper and cut it out.

Glue the start to the top of your Christmas tree.

Step 5: Add the Cute Face

Place some googly eyes onto your tree in the top third.
Then grab your Sharpie marker and draw on a smile.

Step 6: Glue on the Ornaments

Place dots of Elmer’s glue on the Christmas tree where you’d like the ornaments to go.
On each dot of glue, place a colorful pony bead.
Set it aside and let the glue dry.

Step 7: Give Him Some Arms and Legs

To create the arms and legs, turn the tree over so that the back facing up.
Place a pipe cleaner horizontally across the center of the tree and secure it in place with some tape.
Fold the second pipe cleaner in half and place it so that the ends are pointing out the bottom of the tree.
Secure that pipe cleaner with tape also.

Step 8: Roll Up the Hands and Feet

Last, curl up the ends of each pipe cleaner to form feet and hands.
Keep curling until the arms and legs are the desired length and fold up the feet to a 90 degree angle.
Position the tree’s arms and legs in a fun pose.

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Can I Use Other Paper to Create This Craft?

Absolutely! We use the paper plate because you’ll need a sturdy paper. Construction paper will work, though will not be as durable. You can also print the Christmas tree outline directly onto some cardstock, color it and cut it out to create your sweet holiday characters. We’ve included 2 per printable so that you can craft away!

Can I Decorate the Tree with Other Things?

This is your holiday craft, and you should really make it your own. Some other things that we have in our bag that would be good to use for tree decorations include bits of tissue paper, washi tape for tinsel, hole punch paper dots, bits of cotton for snow, bits of pipe cleaners or just coloring it with crayons and markers.