My son and I made this awesome craft for his show and tell at school. I found it on www.easypeasyandfun.com, where you can download and print the template for free. It’s a great way to learn about the seasons of the year!
What you need:
• Four Seasons Tree Craft template
• Heavier print paper
• Colouring medium (crayons, markers, pencils…)
• Glue
• Scissors
• Optional: other materials like pom-poms, scrap fabric and puffy paint
Steps:
Print out the templates. You will need 4 trees for this craft. Thicker/heavier paper works better. Once you have your templates it’s time to get creative and colour them all. Have the kids colour one tree for each season. Let them get as creative as possible.
Once all is coloured in, cut the sheet of paper in half (along the dashed line).
Now fold the trees in half and cut them out.
Fold in half again, this time with the coloured side inside.
Take the spring tree and apply glue on one side. Take the summer tree and glue it on top of the spring one. Press down for the glue to set. Now take the autumn tree and glue it on top of the spring and summer tree. Continue with the winter tree.
Now to make a four seasons tree craft, apply the glue on the “winter” and glue the winter and the spring together.
A Few Ideas for Four Seasons Art
Spring
• cherry blossom tree with finger painting
• making flowers out of tissue paper
• making flowers with pom-poms
• drawing a bird nest with eggs
• painted pop corn
• yarn scraps
Summer
• paper mosaic with different greens
• painted pop corn
• tissue paper
• yarn scraps
Autumn
• yarn scraps
• red pom poms for apples
• tissue paper
• using pumpkin seeds for leaves
• using other seeds (corn,…)
Winter
• puffy paint for snowflakes
• cotton balls for snow
• white pom-poms for snowflakes