How to Make Christmas Trees out of Hand Prints

Use hand prints to make a Christmas tree decoration.

Hand-print Christmas trees make an adorable decoration for the holidays. Involve an entire class or a few bored kids for an afternoon of Christmas crafting. You'll need lots of hand prints, so gather as many kids as you can. These hand-print Christmas tree decorations can spruce up a front door or a mantle. Let each kid put her name or a Christmas wish on her hand prints to make them a little more personal.

Things You'll Need

• Green construction paper
• Brown construction paper
• Scissors
• Pencil
• Glue
• Yellow construction paper
• Glitter glue

Instructions

1. Have each child place his hand on the green construction paper. Using a pencil, trace the hand and cut it out. Fold the hand slightly at the wrist to curl it up a bit. These hands will be the basis of your tree, so make a lot, depending on how big you want your tree to be. An average-sized tree will need about 20 hand prints.

2. Draw a large triangle on a piece of brown construction paper to form a tree template. Cut a tree trunk out of construction paper and glue it under the triangle.

3. Start gluing the hand prints to the tree. Glue them so the fingers curl out slightly like branches.

4. Glue from bottom to top in rows, making the hands overlap slightly, until you come to the top. One hand print will be the top of the tree.

5. Cut a piece of yellow construction paper into a star shape and glue it to the top of the tree.

6. Decorate the tree with glitter glue "ornaments."

References

• Enchanted Learning: Make a Paper Tree From Little Hand Prints
• Creative Kids at Home: Hand Print Christmas Tree