Crafting with children can have MANY benefits. It’s good for hand-eye coordination, fine motors skills and you can even throw in some learning skills along the way, as well! Take for example today’s tutorial. “T” is for tree and this popsicle stick kid craft idea is the PERFECT way to reinforce that idea!

Inspired by my preschool age son {I’m trying to step up his letter recognition right now} today I’m sharing another kid friendly activity that is SUPER simple for kids and adults of all ages to pull together to celebrate the moment in time!

This Popsicle Stick Tree Kid Craft Idea has endless possibilities since you can have children decorate it for ALL the seasons {perfect to in-cooperate in to the classroom all year long!} And it’s just that – a “T”shape that we turned into a tree!

Then decorate with various embellishments to really hit the idea on the nail {in our case – red sequined apples for the fall season!} Sounds super fun – am I right?!

Now let’s grab our craft supplies and get to work on this simple to follow step-by-step tutorial, listed below!

Happy crafting my friends! Please don’t forget to share pictures of your “popsicle stick trees” with us on our Facebook community wall. I can’t wait to see what you come up with! #gluedtomycrafts

Popsicle Stick Tree Craft Supplies:

* Jumbo Popsicle Sticks {4 per tree craft}
* School Glue
* Green Craft Paint
* Brown Craft Paint
* Foam Paint Brushes
* Small Adhesive Red Rhinestone Stickers

Directions:

* First things first – pull out FOUR jumbo popsicle sticks per tree craft.
* Go ahead paint three of the jumbo popsicle sticks, completely green.
* The remaining one popsicle stick should be painted brown.
* Set them all aside to allow them to dry completely.
* When they are dry enough to touch, glue your painted popsicle sticks together to look like an “T.” Three jumbo popsicle sticks glued across the one brown popsicle stick.
* To finish off your Popsicle Stick Tree kid craft – have children add rhinestone “apples” to the newly made popsicle stick shape. You want to keep all the rhinestone stickers in the green area.
* Then let it all sit aside to let it dry completely before displaying proudly!!!
* Don’t forget to share pictures with us on Facebook!

Make it your own today: be sure to think out side the box for different seasons and fruit trees. You could switch out the paint colors for orange, yellow and red, for a fall tree or change out the red rhinestones for orange, for an orange tree! I hope those ideas inspire you!