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How to make a Paper Christmas Tree: Craft for Kids.

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This project will benefit the development of children's motor skills and improve their cognitive skills. Suitable for kids 4-5 years of age.

Materials:
1. Green construction paper. Preferably one thick sheet for the "trunk" and a couple of thinner sheets of different shades of green, or even blue, for the “branches”.
2. A piece of a yellow construction paper for the star (optional).
3. Scissors.
4. Glue.
5. Scotch tape.
6. Paper plate or any other round object for tracing half a circle.
7. Glitter glue (optional).

Use half of a paper plate to trace a semicircle onto the thick construction paper. Cut it out. Make it into a cone and tape it securely with a piece of tape.

making a Christmas tree trunk
Ask your child to cut a few dozen paper strips out of thin construction paper of different shades. Each paper strip should be about 3 in. long and '1/2 in wide.
painting tree branches
Next, glue the ends of paper strips together forming loops.
making Christmas tree branches
Next, glue the paper loops to the trunk cone.
making a Christmas tree
Decorating the tree (optional). Cut the star out of the yellow construction paper. Glue it to the top of your tree. Decorate the “branches” with glitter glue or some stickers.
Decorating Christmas tree
The tree is ready!
Paper Christmas tree

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