Winter Tree Art for Kids
After discovering that many trees lose their leaves as temperatures shift, we extended our learning by creating some winter tree art. The best part about this art activity is getting outside and collecting your materials!
Materials
- Small Twigs
- Construction Paper Light Blue
- White Paint
- Q-Tips
- Glue
Instructions
- Head outside for a quick search for fallen twigs and sticks. We found lots of small sticks laying on the ground near our bushes and under trees.
- After collecting your twigs, begin by designing the layout of your wintry tree onto the construction paper.
- Now that a design is in place, you can start gluing it down. Making sure that you apply glue to the part of the twig that lays flat onto the construction paper is very important!
- Allow students to repeat the steps of gluing and placing until their wintry tree is beautifully glued down. You may want to give it some time to dry before the next step.
- Use a q-tip to make it snow all around the tree! Grab the q-tip, carefully dip it in your white paint, and blot it onto the paper.
- Optionally add some mounds of “snowflakes” around the tree to make it look like it has been snowing for awhile.
Notes
This is our preferred white paint, but any white paint will work.
Looking for more winter fun? Get a full week of winter theme activities with our preschool winter lesson plans!
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