Christmas Trees:
Step #1: Hot Glue corks together into tree shape. (Some of the corks came apart-synthetic corks will need to be glued together with E6000 or a different stronger adhesive.)
Step #2: Let the kids paint their trees green. We painted them three times. the first time we used a light green, the second time we used a dark green, and the third time we used a combo of both and added in glitter. We painted them three different times because our kids didn't fully cover the corks the first time or two and we really wanted them to be coated well and completely green!
Step #3: For the stump we used a 1 inch circular wooden stick that we cut down to size. We had the kids dip them in glue and then we used sand to cover the glue in order to come up with a realistic looking tree stump. Glue stump to tree.
Step #4: Let the kids decorate the tops of the corks (the front of the tree.) We used lots of different bling and sparkly mini pom-poms.
Cards:
Step #1: I cut out a bunch of Christmas trees on my cricut and gave each child a Christmas tree and a bottle or two of glitter glue. I let them go crazy with the glitter glue.
Step #2: I gave each child a piece of paper folded in half and a green and red marker. I let them color all over the outside of the card and then they glued on their Christmas trees.
Step #3: Each child told me what they wanted to write on the inside and I wrote it for them. They each tried to sign it with their name.
Packaging:
Step #1: Cut colored cardstock to 4 inches by 4 inches.
Step #2: Fold in half.
Step #3: Stamp a Christmas sentiment on white cardstock.
Step #4: Punch out sentiment using 1 1/2 inch circle punch.
Step #5: Punch out scalloped circle 1/2 inch larger than your circle punch. (Mine was 2 inches)
Step #6: Adhere sentiment onto scalloped circle together and onto the colored cardstock.
Step #7: Using a lunch paper bag, put your Christmas tree inside and staple on bag topper.
Step #8: Tie with ribbon or baker's twine.
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