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May Tree
Instructions for making a fun tree full of flowers by tracing your arm.

Materials Needed:
  • Large Piece of Paper
  • Crayons
  • Misc. Supplies (see suggestions below)
Instructions:
On the large piece of paper, trace your hand and forearm all the way up to your elbow. Make sure your fingers are spread apart. The tracing of your forearm will be the tree trunk and your fingers will be the branches! Color it in with brown crayons (you can also use paint or markers).

Using the misc. supplies, cut out leaf and flower shapes and glue them all over your tree's "branches"!

To make your leaves and flowers, try some of these suggestions:

  • Construction Paper
  • Tissue Paper
  • Cardboard
  • Crepe Paper
  • Wallpaper Samples
  • Scrap Material
  • Buttons
  • Felt
  • Pieces of Real Leaves and Flowers
  • Anything else you can find!

You can also use paint to make the leaves! Pour a little paint on a paper plate, dip your finger in it, and then make fingerprints on the tree branches! Then you can make flowers for your tree using any of the items above.

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