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Hi friends,

We thought we’d revisit our kid size trees and put a Christmas spin on it, for our Kid Size Christmas Trees craft! These will be your kids’ size, their handprint will be a star on their tree, and their little thumbs will be the flickering lights. Check them out below. We even got all the brothers involved!

*Click on the photos for a closer look

What You'll Need

Craft Paper Roll
Paper Plates (1-2 per color)
Craft Paint (green, yellow, brown)
Brushes + Rinse Jar
Pencil
Scissors

Optional: Blue, Pink, Red, White, Dk. Brown, and Orange Craft Paints, White Chalk, Ruler, Wipes

The Steps

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NOTE: We’ve got a small Thanksgiving family gathering planned at my mom’s, and then on the weekend we’ll all head towards the mountains to find our Christmas tree! I can’t wait! Naomi and I usually start planning our color scheme for Christmas mid-November because, well, it’s fun, and the others don’t have much of a say LOL

PREP

Unroll your craft paper (I used regular craft and extra craft wrapping paper I had).
Have your child lie centered on the paper, with their feet as close to the edge. Mark between their feet (trunk placement), on the sides where their knees are(bottom of tree), and at the top of their head.
CUT 1 hand length ABOVE their head(star placement).
Fold the paper over, lengthwise, and create a center crease.

TREE

Open up the paper (I folded back temporarily) and with a ruler (optional), draw the bottom of the tree(triangle) by making a line from the knee mark, out to the edge, and to the fold/center line. Draw the triangle starting from the edge of the knee, line up to the head line. And draw the side of the trunk 2 inches from the crease.
(Optional)Trace over the lines with chalk and fold the paper back over. Press firmly to transfer the chalk lines onto the other side.
Open the paper up and trace the chalk lines with a pencil. (We left the center of this trunk unlined.) Repeat all the steps for multiple trees.

You can paint your tree or trunk first. We started with a white tree first.

PAINT

Add white or green paint to a plate, plus plenty of water to thin out(we used the rinse water), and paint the tree portion. Leave as a triangle or add wispy branches (further below).

We did the major painting so the little ones could just enjoy the handprint and thumbprint parts.

2. We used 2 browns to create some depth.

3. Add yellow paint + water to a plate and stamp your child’s hand (star) onto the top of the tree.

Micah’s tree

4. Then add all their desired paints onto different plates with water and have them stamp their thumbprints(Christmas lights) onto the tree.

That’s it!!!

Matthias’s and Manoah’s trees

Matthias chose lots of colored lights, and Manoah kept it simple. I was just happy Manoah humored his mom and let me borrow his height, hand, and thumb.