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Make a life-like tree using colored rice and paper! Add decorations with pom poms and get into the holiday spirit.

Gather Tools and Materials

 
Construction Paper
Rice
Pom Poms
Craft Glue
Food Coloring
Hand Sanitizer
Plastic Bag
Craft Sticks
Scissors
  • Rice Tree
  • Rice Tree
  • Rice Tree
If you could be a tree, would you be a Christmas tree?


Let's Get Started!

 

1
Make green rice.

Put two handfuls of rice, two squirts of hand sanitizer and two drops of green food coloring into a plastic bag. Shake it up!
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2
Let the rice dry.

Lay out the colored rice on a piece of newspaper and let it dry for 25 minutes.
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3
Fold paper.

Fold a piece of green construction paper in half hot dog style (long-ways).
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4
Cut a tree.

Cut a zig-zag pattern so that when you open up the paper it looks like a tree. Careful not to cut the fold!
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5
Glue on rice.

Spread glue all over one side of your green paper and sprinkle the colored rice on top.
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6
Draw a star.

Draw a star onto a piece of yellow construction paper.
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7
Cut the star.

Cut out the star.
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8
Glue the star.

Glue the star on the top of your tree.
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9
Glue pom poms.

Glue pom poms all over the tree. These are ornaments!
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10
Add a trunk.

Glue two or three craft sticks at the bottom of your tree.
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