“Plant” a tree for Tu B’Shvat!
With Tu B’Shvat just around the corner, we needed to do a tree project! We used toilet paper rolls to create a 3D tree on our page. I keep a stash of these rolls around so when an idea strikes, we aren’t stuck without materials. The kids enjoyed this one. The blue blobs all over are apparently “rain” and the red splotches are some kind of fruit.
We painted it after we glued it down, but the whole time I was debating if we should have painted the whole tube first and cut it into leaves second. If you did do it that way, the edges of the leaves wouldn’t get painted but it would be neater and possibly easier. If you try it the other way, let us know how it went!
Toilet Paper Roll Trees
Time:
Active: 15 minutes
Drying: 15 minutes+
Age: 2-7
Materials:
2 toilet paper tubes, or 1 paper towel tube
paper
paint
glue
scissors
Process:
Cut one of the tubes in half. This will be your trunk.
Fold the second tube in half and flatten, so a football shape is created. Cut thin stripes off the tube. These will be your leaves. We found kid scissors not to be strong enough to cut through the tube, so we carefully used large “grown up” scissors.
Arrange your pieces on a sheet of paper to your satisfaction. Then glue them down. We found the most effective way to glue the leaves was to pinch them together until they were essentially flat. One person held the leaf in this position while the other squeezed out a thin layer of glue. Then when you let go of the pinch position, both sides of the leaf have glue on them.
Let the glue dry for as long as you can bear to wait. 15 minutes should be enough.
Paint! Make sure to get all the sides and inside each leaf.
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