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Looking for a December craft for kids? Give this Folded Christmas Tree Card a try. Children can make their own festive card – or cards – to share with family and friends. The 3D tree folds flat and can be easily mailed.
Children can be creative when decorating their trees. I have two examples shown here. Both trees were printed on green printer paper. On the first tree, I included a triangle of wrapping paper with a small printed design for the inside. Colorful hole punched paper was used for the ornaments. On the second tree, the inside was left blank for a message. The outside was decorated with different shapes of sequins.
This craft is for elementary school aged children as it takes a little bit of skill to fold the tree.
Supplies needed for the Folded Christmas Tree
- PDF for the Christmas Tree
- Craft glue
- Scissors
- Sequins, markers or other decorations for ornaments
- Colored construction paper or printer paper
Putting the Folded Christmas Tree together
Select and print out the PDF for the Christmas Tree. Either print out on green printer paper, or print white paper, trace on green construction paper. Other options might be for a white tree then glue to a green background.
Cut the tree out on the outside, darker line. Then fold the paper on the four straight, light gray lines as shown.
Decorate the outside of the tree with sequins, or circles of colorful construction paper. Actually, children can be creative on however they choose to decorate their tree.
Note: On one example shown, I cut out a triangle of Christmas Paper and glued it to the inside of the folded tree.
Once the decorations are dry, glue the back of the Christmas tree to a folded piece of construction paper to make a Holiday card.
If you like this holiday craft, be sure to check out Holiday Ornament Cards for Kids to Print and Decorate.
