Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Paper Bag Fall Tree

Help your Children decorate for fall with this easy craft.


What you'll need:
-Brown paper lunch bags
-Scissors
-Glue
-Paper (Fall colors)

 The how to:

1- Cut lunch bag into half inch strips.  Start at the opening and cut half way down the bag.

2- Open bag and stand it up.

3- Hold base of bag with one hand and twist the middle of bag to create the trunk of the tree.

4- (example of finished trunk)

5- Twist two of the bag strips together to create branches.

6- (example of finished branches)

7- Rip strips of colored paper into tiny pieces and glue them all over the branches of the tree.

Done.

60 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 15, 2011 at 8:07 AM

    Hi! I'd like to use your picture to place in a lesson plan. I work for a before and after school daycare in Missouri called Kid's Country. The picture and details will be in my curriculum plan for 2012-2013. Thanks! -Shannon LaRosh, Kid's Country Lee's Summit MO

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  2. KimberlyJanuary 8, 2012 at 10:09 AM

    Cute! I've been wanting to make one of these for a while.

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  3. AndreaJanuary 17, 2012 at 6:59 PM

    My kids would love to make this. Thanks for sharing.

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  4. deeJune 2, 2012 at 12:12 PM

    I'm thinkin' VBS craft! Thanks for the idea!

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  5. SusanJune 28, 2012 at 3:41 PM

    For older students you can use it to teach adjectives. Write words on leaves to describe the trunk, the leaves, or just the tree itself.

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  6. BenJuly 5, 2012 at 9:19 AM

    Great idea! My daughter will love this! We could even do different sized ones with different coloured leaves and create a fairy forrest. Thanks.

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  7. AnonymousAugust 15, 2012 at 9:29 PM

    Hi

    I've pinned this to pinterest.

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  8. pretty pantherAugust 18, 2012 at 8:03 AM

    That such a great idea! So simple and so creative! Love that tree! :D

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  9. ScrapideaAugust 24, 2012 at 2:02 PM

    good idea !!!

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  10. AnonymousSeptember 1, 2012 at 8:29 PM

    Great tutorial with very cute results!

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  11. UnknownSeptember 3, 2012 at 9:46 AM

    did these at school from another website. The kindergarteners had a really hard time with them but the 2nd grade loved them and really got into it. As a home project any age could do it with help.

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  12. CastleofCostaMesaSeptember 17, 2012 at 10:32 AM

    Ingenius! I am thinking of making a felt or fabric version of your wonderful tree for my table top puppet of Waldorf Seasons Nature table...inspiring! Thanks! - Jzin

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  13. CastleofCostaMesaSeptember 17, 2012 at 10:34 AM

    Ingenius! I am thinking of making a felt or fabric version of your wonderful tree for my table top fairy tale puppet theater or Waldorf Seasons Nature table...inspiring! Thanks! - Jzin

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  14. ClemenciaSeptember 18, 2012 at 6:01 PM

    I love your tree, I have to make one for my classroom with my little ones :) thanks for sharing

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  15. Queen Bea ScrapsSeptember 21, 2012 at 10:25 PM

    What a cute idea. It can be used for Halloween and/or Fall. I think I'm going to try to make it.

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  16. NadineSeptember 24, 2012 at 4:35 AM

    Thank you for this cute idea. I made the trees with my sons yesterday.

    Nadine

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  17. MollySeptember 24, 2012 at 6:04 AM

    What a great idea, I love it and will do it at school with my kids.
    Lovely hugs
    Molly

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  18. VerenaSeptember 25, 2012 at 2:21 PM

    This is such an awesome idea! Thanks so much for sharing!

    Verena

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  19. Jenn HethcoatSeptember 26, 2012 at 10:00 AM

    I'd love to pin this (and maybe a million of your super cute ideas!) but I wanted to double check with you first since it isn't listed in your share buttons.

    If not... I'll bookmark!

    We have shadow boxes on our wall for each of our three kids and every season/holiday we try to put a new art project in them ... we got the shadow boxes specifically so that if a cute 3D project like this came along we'd still be able to display it!

    Thanks!

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  20. ClammySeptember 26, 2012 at 10:51 PM

    Feel free to pin this idea (or any other one on here that you like)! Thanks!

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  21. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2012 at 5:33 PM

    I made a family tree for english with this teacher loved it

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  22. UnknownOctober 3, 2012 at 5:01 AM

    I love this! Doing it today :)

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  23. UnknownOctober 5, 2012 at 10:34 AM

    Hey Pikadillycharm,

    I work for http://www.sheknows.com and are doing an article on cheap crafts. We came across your page (http://pikadillycharm.blogspot.com/search/label/Paper%20Craft) and was wondering if we could use your photos from it, if we link back to your site?

    Katie Owen

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  24. ClammyOctober 5, 2012 at 9:48 PM

    Thanks everyone! I am glad that so many of you are enjoying this craft! =)

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  25. ClammyOctober 5, 2012 at 9:49 PM

    Hi Katie,

    We at Pikadillycharm would be more than happy to let you use our photos and link back to us!
    Thanks! =)

    Pikadillycharm

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  26. JoséphineOctober 19, 2012 at 3:08 PM

    Bonjour

    J'ai découvert, il y a quelques temps, votre blog et j'ai été intéressée par les activités que vous décrivez. Surtout celles faites avec les enfants âgés de 3 à 6 ans.
    Ancienne institutrice d'école maternelle en France, j'ai moi-même un blog où je présente des travaux d'Arts Plastiques faits à l'école.
    J'aurais souhaité vous emprunter 2 photos pour présenter votre blog à mes collègues.
    Me permettez-vous de publier les photos " Paper bag Fall Tree" sur mon blog? Je rajouterai, bien sûr, un lien vers votre site.
    Merci d'avance.
    Toutes mes excuses de n'avoir pas écrit en Anglais, mais mon anglais n'est pas bon du tout.
    Cordialement
    Joséphine

    www.cahierjosephine.blog@orange.fr

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  27. AnonymousOctober 21, 2012 at 11:15 PM

    My son made this and then lightly painted the limbs, tree trunk, roots and grass with watercolors.

    It turned out awesome!

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  28. ClammyOctober 23, 2012 at 7:35 AM

    Hi Josephine,

    You are more than welcome to use some of our photos as long as you link back to our site.

    I'm glad that you find this post useful. Have fun with it. =)

    Pikadilly Charm

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  29. MamaGames - Alexa C.October 25, 2012 at 11:51 AM

    Thanks for permission to pin - this looks like such a great craft for my kids - easy but with stunning results! Thanks.

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  30. BishopOctober 25, 2012 at 2:46 PM

    Hi I've pinned this to pinterest.

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  31. MilaOctober 26, 2012 at 8:52 AM

    Thank You so much for this idea. I did it with my speial ed science class and they loved it. Had a great time with this.

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  32. TheresasyucNovember 2, 2012 at 9:08 PM

    For older students you can use it to teach adjectives. Write words on leaves to describe the trunk, the leaves, or just the tree itself.

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  33. PuddintaignMarch 18, 2013 at 7:10 PM

    Thanks for this super tree craft! I made one today after discovering this post on Pinterest. I have repined it, too. Thanks again.

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  34. kamykJuly 10, 2013 at 6:17 AM

    Beautiful trees:) Thanks for sharing

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  35. UnknownOctober 1, 2013 at 6:08 AM

    Lovely autumnal piece, bet the kids love it! We're looking to ways to incorporate craft like this into our learning & play ranges - working on some Halloween ideas right now!

    http://redmonkeyplay.blogspot.co.uk/

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  36. AnonymousOctober 12, 2013 at 8:30 PM

    Do you think it would work, or have you have tried, making it with leaf bags??? They would be a larger version for my classroom... I am thinking of trying it but don't want to spend the money if I don't have to!

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  37. MIlaOctober 27, 2013 at 10:34 AM

    Well organize tutorial! I linked it in my post.

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  38. MIlaOctober 27, 2013 at 10:57 AM

    Check pls,
    cltodo.blogspot.com

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  39. AnonymousOctober 29, 2013 at 9:24 AM

    This is a great idea. I brought it to my Wolf Scouts Den meeting for a holiday craft for autumn/halloween, and when the kids (7 year olds) were done with the trees, they made paperbag puppets of their costumes or favorite monsters. Thank you - all the parents have been wanting to do this forever.

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  40. AnonymousNovember 6, 2013 at 11:18 AM

    Great idea, we used real leaves from our yard!

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  41. AnonymousOctober 15, 2014 at 10:08 AM

    There are paper punches with small leaves of either a maple or an oak leaf, these would be fun to use with this tree! Doing it for a Fall Festival Craft for parents while the kiddos participate in games, etc. Thanks for a fabulous idea!!

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  42. Scouting Mom P212September 26, 2015 at 9:54 AM

    What a cool idea- I am using this for my 1st OCT Cub Den meeting as an activity. In line with the new program- I added blue cardstock words (I built a table in Word) and cut them out for the 9 points of the Scout Law. The scouts can glue them on the tree around the leaves. Love this idea. Thanks for posting

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  43. UnknownOctober 13, 2015 at 8:06 AM

    Love this! We made them at my Girl Scout meeting last week. Easy tutorial with great pictures!

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  44. gabi@madewithbluemchen.atOctober 30, 2015 at 2:48 AM

    what a nice idea! Thanks for sharing. Gabi

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  45. UnknownNovember 17, 2015 at 8:53 PM

    This is super cute! I plan on doing this with my 5th and 6th grade girls at church tomorrow to celebrate Thanksgiving. We'll make the trees then add leaves stating what they are thankful for. Thank you for sharing your fun ideas!

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  46. UnknownNovember 18, 2015 at 3:09 AM

    Hi,
    This is such good idea. I loved it... And I have included this post in my '15 Awesome Gratitude filled Thanksgiving Ideas' blog post. Do come over and check it out!

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  47. UnknownFebruary 6, 2016 at 6:27 PM

    I'm using it tomorrow with just yellow leaves and calling it a mustard plant/tree to teach the parable of the mustard seed. Thanks for a great craft!

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  48. BaigonJune 17, 2016 at 4:39 PM

    Awesome post!This is a great idea! I am always looking for great 're purposing' ideas. I have tons of magazines that are larger like rolling stones that are not worth anything. I could make some gift bags out of those i'm thinking. Thanks for sharing!

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  49. Serviced Apartments London LadyAugust 2, 2016 at 3:52 AM

    The petals really make it don't they? Gorgeous tutorial!

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  50. UnknownAugust 30, 2016 at 11:10 PM

    Nice Information! I personally really appreciate your article. This is a great website. I will make sure that I stop back again!
    paper bags

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  51. Renee COctober 4, 2016 at 6:23 AM

    Thanks so much for sharing. I plan to pull some of your ideas into a children ministry lesson on "Reaping the Harvest."

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  52. UnknownOctober 15, 2016 at 6:33 AM

    Hi, I'd like to share your lovely craft with my kids in Sunday school. I really like your idea, Thank you so much :-)

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  53. SherOctober 21, 2016 at 11:11 PM

    Thanks so much for a wonderful idea, I do before & after school extended day program and can't wait to make this with the kids ��

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  54. UnknownNovember 1, 2016 at 1:52 AM

    So creative.we are paper bags suppliers.

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  55. legendNovember 2, 2016 at 2:21 AM

    wow, beautiful! My child would like this! I will make this kind of tree with him.

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  56. NatashaNovember 28, 2016 at 8:29 AM

    Oh I loved this! I just made one for my crafting post and linked back to your post here and your blog, so thank you for sharing. I've now got a nice autumnal tree on my windowsill! - Tasha

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  57. Emily SeilhamerDecember 11, 2016 at 10:07 PM

    I work in activities at a nursing home and my residents loved this craft! My husband and I also have an unconventional Christmas tree tradition so this year we made a life size version out of a 15 ft paper bag. I wanted to thank you for the inspiration! This won't let me upload a picture but here's a link to our Christmas album and the time lapse video we made while building it. Enjoy and Merry Christmas!
    Emily Seilhamer

    https://www.facebook.com/emily.sherry.73/media_set?set=a.10208216714762803.1073741853.1450304465&type=3&pnref=story

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Fcku1nVJs&feature=youtu.be

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  58. BrookeMarch 7, 2017 at 8:20 AM

    This is really cute! Good job! I'm not as crafty as you but I saw some good mottos about Autumn that would be wonderful touch to add on the leaves of the trees. I'll leave them here and let me know what you think! Autumn Slogans

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  59. BrookeMarch 14, 2017 at 7:29 PM

    Super cool crafts, it would be even more fun to add some Fall riddles to the mix I think. If you want I can share some I found here with you: Fall Riddles

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