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Craft Tutorials | Crafts for Kids | Easy Crafts for Kids | Paper Bag Tree

Paper Bag Tree

Author by Amanda Davis on August 31, 2011 Updated on September 22, 2020

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Paper Bag Tree

 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!
 
Try our paper bag scarecrows too!
 
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Paper Bag Tree

Author: Amanda Formaro

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 Davis 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.
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Filed Under: Easy Crafts for Kids, Fall Crafts, Other Kid's Crafts, Recycled Crafts for Kids Tagged With: autumn, kid's crafts, paper bag, recycle, recycle crafts, recycled, recycled crafts, tree

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  1. RS says

    January 17, 2013 at 9:06 am

    Apparently 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.)

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  2. Stephanie says

    October 4, 2011 at 12:03 am

    My kinders made this today and they turned out so adorably! Thanks so much for posting this!! :)

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    • Amanda Formaro says

      October 4, 2011 at 5:11 pm

      How fun!

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  3. Amanda says

    September 13, 2011 at 10:57 am

    how cute Melissa, the kids did a fabulous job!!

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  4. Melissa says

    September 13, 2011 at 3:55 am

    We 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

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  5. Liz says

    September 10, 2011 at 1:12 pm

    My 2nd and 3rd graders are studying plants this fall, and this will be a great project for them. Thanks for sharing.

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  6. creativejewishmom/sara says

    September 7, 2011 at 9:37 am

    This is such a brilliant idea, I'm gonna make some too! Thanks so much for sharing on Craft Schooling Sunday!

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  7. June Scott says

    September 3, 2011 at 1:59 am

    For 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!

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  8. * The Design Confidential says

    September 1, 2011 at 5:00 pm

    i love this! so adorable, yahoo!

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