CHRISTMAS TREE

PAPER CHRISTMAS TREE
Make a simple 3-dimensional Christmas tree from construction paper. These trees look great sitting on the mantle or on a windowsill
MATERIALS REQUIRED
• Green construction paper
• Crayons, markers, glitter glue, or tempera paint
• Scissors
• Clear tape
• Optional: Other colors of construction paper, glue, hole punch, stickers
PROCEDURE
• Fold a piece of green construction paper in half, then cut it in half.
• Put the two pieces together, and fold them in half again.Draw half a Christmas tree opposite the fold
• Cut along the line - you should get two identical trees.
• Fold the trees in half, just barely creasing the center line (this is to mark the center of the tree).
• Cut a slit along the bottom half of the center of one tree and along the top half of the center of the other tree.
• Slip the two trees together along the slits.
• Using clear tape, tape the bottoms and tops together (pieces of tape on the bottom and at the top make the tree stand up well and stop the slit ends from flopping over).
• Decorate your tree with crayons, markers, glitter glue, or tempera paint. Or you can glue on tiny construction paper decorations or use star stickers. You can cut out tiny paper balls using a hole punch.
• Now you have a really nice 3-dimensional Christmas decoration.
• Optional: cut out a small construction paper star and cut a tiny slit in it. Put the star on the top of the tree (and secure it with some tape).
For a bigger tree: Start with two pieces of green construction paper, and fold them so they make a long, thin rectangle. Draw a tree opposite the fold. The rest of the instructions are the same

PAPER CUP CHRISTMAS TREE

MATERIALS REQUIRED
Paper cup, Scissors, A balloon stick or anyother stick, Pencil, Rubberband
PROCEDURE
• Measure 0.5cm from the rim of the cup and draw around it
• Increase the measurement of the other cups by 0.5cm, that is the second cup will be 1cm, 3rd will be 1.5cm and so on.
• Lable the cups with the tallest as 1 and the shortest as 1.
• Cut the cups into srips and don’t worry about the thickness. Irregular thickness looks nicer.
• Curl the strips with the help of a pencil. Use smaller objects to have thin full curls. Do this to all the cups
• Now pierce all the cups in the center. Now insert the cups one by one into the balloon stick
• Tie a rubber band around the stick as stopper so that the cups wont slip
• Pierce the top of the stick through the cup with the base facing outwards, starting from no.10, leaving a bit of space inbetween 2 cups.
• Now pierce a paper cup and insert the stick on to the cup, which serves a base for the tree to stand
• Now the Christmas tree is ready for decoration.