Materials Needed:
- Large Piece of Paper
- Construction Paper
- Glue
Instructions:
Cut 10 handprints out of green paper. Put a dab of glue towards the top of the palm edge of 4 of the handprints. Glue these side-by-side towards the bottom edge of the paper with the fingers pointing down. They can overlap a bit. This the the bottom row of tree branches.
For the next row, put a dab of glue on the top of the palm edge of 3 handprints. Glue these just above the 4 hand prints. Make they hang over the bottom row of handprints so the finger tips of the second row barely hit the other handprints where the finger joins the palm.
Continue the same way up the tree. The next row will have 2 handprints and the final row will use one handprint. Once the glue is dry, you can use a pencil and wrap each finger tip around the pencil just a bit so they all curve upwards. Use colorful scraps of coonstruction paper to cut out decorations for yooour tree and glue them on. Don't forget a big star on top!
Hand Tree Idea Shared by Maggie: Maggie used this concept to make a quilted fabric wallhanging. She traced each family member's hands on fabric, backed them with fusible webbing, and arranged them in a shape of a tree on a background piece of fabric. She used a different green fabric for each family member and spread them out on the finished project to give it a 'scrappy' look.
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