Snipped Christmas tree card
Snipped Christmas tree card
Can you believe its just under 10 weeks until Christmas? where has that time gone?! I haven’t uploaded many crafts lately as my two little people have been under the weather. So, prepare yourself for some last minute Halloween craft ideas and a sleigh load of Christmas ones too!
I love this Snipped Christmas tree card, not only does it look super sweet but its fun for little ones to make too; My son loves any crafts that involve using his scissors – they make him feel all grown up and he enjoys the challenge of trying to follow lines.
You will need
1 sheet blue card
1 sheet green card
Yellow paper
Brown paper
Scissors
Glue stick
Multi coloured paper to decorate
First, take your piece of green card and fold it in half.
Use your pen to draw a triangle Christmas tree shape on the front of your card. Your tree will need to be around 3cm shorter than the height of your card. This is so that when you mount it you will have space to stick your star and tree stump!
Take one of your triangles and glue it on to your folded background card.
Note: you can see I positioned mine high on the card. I had to move it down later on to add my star. Try and leave a 1cm gap between the tip of the tree and the top of the card.
Cut your second triangle into 5 or 6 strips.
Take your scissors and make snips about two thirds of the way up each strip. Make sure you don’t accidentally snip too far as it can be tricky sticking the pieces back together. A great way to avoid this is to draw a line on the back of the paper for your little one to cut up to.
Now you need to stick your strips down onto your first triangle. Apply glue to the belt of the strips and position them in their matching place on the tree. By flattening the snips down you can check that the pieces are just touching; but not overlapping.
ting from the bottom is easier. Be sure not to glue the snipped pieces.
To make your Christmas tree come to life, cut out a yellow triangle for the top and a red or brown rectangle for the stump and glue them down
If you wish to add some decorations to your tree; simple cut out some multicoloured circles and stick them to the flat parts of your tree.
Did you enjoy this snipped Christmas tree card craft for kids? why not check out my freestanding hand print Christmas tree?
