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November 19, 2012

Recycled Paper Christmas Tree

I love this easy recycled paper Christmas tree.  Use this simple Christmas tree craft as a fun way to help your toddler work on their scissor and sorting skills.  I also love that we were able to reuse a few pieces of junk mail.

Materials to make your own Recycled Paper Christmas Tree:

  • Junk mail – we used the ads for Christmas trees.
  • Blue construction paper
  • Scissors
  • White paint
  • Q-tip
  • Glue

Set out a small tray of white paint, blue paper and a Q-tip.  Have your child dot the white paint onto the paper to mimic snow.  Kids love new painting techniques, and Q-tip painting is always a hit at our house!

While the snow is drying, have your child cut long strips from the junk mail.  These strips will serve as the branches of your recycled paper Christmas tree.

Help your child sort their branches from longest to shortest.  Once all the strips are arranged, glue them onto your snowy background.  We added a star and a few ornaments to our tree as well.  They were also cut from the junk mail flyers.

Recycled Paper Christmas Tree Craft

 

I love how easy these trees were to make.  It always makes me happy when we can turn something that was destined for our recycle bin and turn it into art.

Here is a fun list of our favorite Winter crafts and activities.

We love creating from our recycle bin.  If you also have a passion for recycled crafts, then look no further.

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Posted in Holidays, Kid Art, Recycle, take joy in Winter and tagged Christmas, Christmas Tree, Kid Art, Q-Tips, Winter Activities.

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22 thoughts on “Recycled Paper Christmas Tree”

  1. Heather on November 20, 2012 at 12:12 pm said:

    LOVE LOVE LOVE this idea! I run a day home with just little ones and this is totally something they can do! Plus, the supplies are right in my recycle bin.
    You are awesome, i really love your blog 🙂

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    • Tammy on November 20, 2012 at 1:11 pm said:

      Thanks so much for your sweet comment! Cute free kids projects make me smile too.

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  2. maggy, red ted art on November 21, 2012 at 12:13 pm said:

    Awe so cute. We made little Christmas cards like this year and had such fun!

    Thanks for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!

    Maggy

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    • Tammy on November 22, 2012 at 11:57 pm said:

      They would make great Christmas Cards! So fun

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  3. Angie @ Simply Mommie on November 22, 2012 at 3:36 am said:

    I love to recycle stuff too, especially all those junk mail that are in abundance during this season! Thanks for this wonderful idea! Will be doing this with my 4 year old!
    Hopping by from Tuesday Tots linky 🙂

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    • Tammy on November 22, 2012 at 11:58 pm said:

      Thanks:) I love finding ways to use junk mail!

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  4. Tulip on November 23, 2012 at 12:26 pm said:

    That is awesome. It would look good on a Card too. Thanks for the idea!

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    • Tammy on November 26, 2012 at 12:07 am said:

      Cards or gift tags made this way would look great:)

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  5. Ann on November 25, 2012 at 11:01 am said:

    Really cute craft! I’m also a big fan of using materials that would otherwise be thrown out or recycled.

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    • Tammy on November 25, 2012 at 11:45 pm said:

      Thanks! I totally agree, thanks for stopping by.

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  6. Genny on November 27, 2012 at 9:46 am said:

    Thanks for sharing on Tuesday Tots! I am featuring this post, too, on In Lieu of Preschool this week: http://www.inlieuofpreschool.com/2012/11/christmas-crafts-on-tuesday-tots.html Please feel free to stop by and grab a featured button! Off to pin now. Thanks again! 🙂

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    • Tammy on November 29, 2012 at 1:09 pm said:

      Thanks so much! I love Tots Tuesday.

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  7. Jen Fischer on November 28, 2012 at 7:00 pm said:

    Another great recycled craft! I have been keeping tabs on a bunch of Christmas tree crafts since we will be camping at Christmas and thus will not have a traditional tree. I want to do some small Christmas tree crafts for the boys to bring with us and to make while we are camping.

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    • Tammy on November 29, 2012 at 1:10 pm said:

      I love that your are going Camping during the holidays! What a fun adventure for your family.

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  8. Liz Hallberg on December 1, 2012 at 6:55 pm said:

    Love this! Linked up to it in our post on how to make it a “Green” Christmas, check it out.. thanks! http://fitkidsclub.blogspot.com/2012/12/clubhouse-christmas-green-event.html

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