Craft · Fine motor skills
Crumpled Paper Fall Tree
Ages 3–8 20 minutes Easy |
Materials | | 1. Crepe paper in fall colors: red, orange, yellow, and brown | | | 2. Drawing paper | | | 3. Brown marker | | | 4. White craft glue |
Preparation: Tear or cut the crepe paper into small squares, about 1 inch. How to Play | | 1. Draw a trunk and branches on the paper with a brown marker. | | | 2. Crumple each square into a small ball between the thumb, index, and middle fingers. | | | 3. Put dots of glue around the branches. | | | 4. Press the balls onto the glue until the tree is full of colorful leaves. Add a few on the ground too, like fallen leaves. |
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Materials
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Preparation
Tear or cut the crepe paper into small squares, about 1 inch.
How to Play
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- ⭐Hand strength: Crumpling small pieces of paper with the fingertips strengthens the small muscles of the hand that are later used to hold a pencil.
Make It Easier
Use bigger squares and crumple with the whole hand. The balls can be stuck onto contact paper instead of glue.
Make It More Challenging
Crumple with one hand only, pick up the balls with tweezers, or fill the tree by color: brown at the bottom, orange in the middle, and yellow on top.
Skills Practiced
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