One day my son brought home a cute project from school. A brown paper lunch bag, cut and twisted to look like a tree blowing in the wind. The teacher said she originally found the idea in Family Fun Magazine. I used the project my son brought home to recreate it and show you how easy it is too. This is a great fall craft for the kids!
Paper Bag Tree
Supplies
- brown paper lunch bag
- tissue paper in fall colors brown, red, orange, yellow
- scissors
- glue
Instructions
- Open the paper bag so that it can stand by itself. Carefully hold the bottom of the bag and twist just above the seam/fold several times.
- Use scissors to cut strips from the top of the bag down to the twisted section.
- Gather three strips at a time and twist together to form the branches. Continue twisting three strips until you run out of strips to twist. If you end up with an uneven amount, twist four together or two together at the end.
- Tear or cut small pieces of colorful tissue paper and glue a few on here and there as leaves for the branches.
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Amanda Formaro
Amanda Formaro is the crafty, entrepreneurial mother of four children. She loves to bake, cook, make kid's crafts and create decorative items for her home. She is a crafting expert and guru in the kitchen and has appeared online and in print publications many times over the years. She is also the editor for the Home & Garden channel at Craft Gossip and owner of FunFamilyCrafts.com.
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RS says
January 17, 2013 at 9:06 amApparently there are multiple ways to do this craft – at Hebrew school and at story time, my daughter did it in two different ways. (The Jewish holiday of Tu B’Shvat, the Birthday of the Trees, is on January 26 this year.)
Stephanie says
October 4, 2011 at 12:03 amMy kinders made this today and they turned out so adorably! Thanks so much for posting this!! :)
Amanda Formaro says
October 4, 2011 at 5:11 pmHow fun!
Amanda says
September 13, 2011 at 10:57 amhow cute Melissa, the kids did a fabulous job!!
Melissa says
September 13, 2011 at 3:55 amWe made them!! My youngest really took to the technique – it was right up her alley.
http://gamestoysandotheramusements.blogspot.com/2011/09/leaves-are-changing.html
Liz says
September 10, 2011 at 1:12 pmMy 2nd and 3rd graders are studying plants this fall, and this will be a great project for them. Thanks for sharing.
creativejewishmom/sara says
September 7, 2011 at 9:37 amThis is such a brilliant idea, I'm gonna make some too! Thanks so much for sharing on Craft Schooling Sunday!
June Scott says
September 3, 2011 at 1:59 amFor kids? Well, I guess I'm a kid at heart! I think this would look great tucked in amongst the pumpkins on my fall mantel! Thanks for sharing!
* The Design Confidential says
September 1, 2011 at 5:00 pmi love this! so adorable, yahoo!