Let your kids go wild exploring their creativity and adding their own personal embellishments with today’s Colorful Paint Splat Tree kid craft idea!!!

Recently I partnered up with some awesome bloggers to share with you a few different crafts and activities to go along with the book Tree: A Peek-Through Picture Book by Britta Teckentrup.

Through a hole in the book’s cover, an owl invites you inside to meet a majestic tree and all its forest inhabitants during the changing seasons. With clever peekaboo holes throughout, each page reveals a new set of animals playing and living in the tree—baby bears frolicking in the spring, bees buzzing around apples in the summer, squirrels storing nuts in the fall, and finally the lone owl keeping warm during the winter chill—until another year begins. . . .

As you can see, our craft is not only perfect for fall BUT you can easily change out the colors in the craft, to represent ANY season {just like in the book!}

I hope we inspire you our simple DIY tutorial! Find the full step-by-step below! And don’t forget to read the book in honor of your creation!!!

Happy crafting, my friends! #gluedtomycrafts

Paint Splat Tree Supplies:

* Paper Plates {small or large – I used large}
* Brown Cardstock
* Scissors
* Tulip Puffy Paint {in ANY color you like, I went with a fall scheme red/orange/yellow}
* Owl Stickers {similar}
* Stapler
* Baby Wipes
optional – glitter, sequins, rhinestones etc.

Directions:

* Please make sure you have a good working area that can get dirty because paint will squeeze out of the sides of this craft!!!
* First fold your paper plate in half {one per tree that you want to make.}
* Unfold and squirt some paint on one side of the paper plate {I like the Tulip Puffy Paint for this particular step since it’s in a nice controlled squirt bottle} Be sure to keep the paint inside the paper plate and not place too much down.
* Once the paint is down, go ahead and fold/squish your paper plate together again. Be sure to rub your hand all over the folded piece, so the paint will cover your the inside nicely {paint WILL more than likely squeeze out the sides, so be sure to pay attention to that and clean up with baby wipes!}
* Now carefully unfold your piece to reveal your colorful TREE design inside.
* To finish the Paper Plate Splat Tree – cut/staple a tree trunk piece out of the cardstock to the the center of the paper plate. Then add an owl in the tree to really tie it together!
* Set aside to let it dry completely before displaying proudly.
* If you like – you can also add glitter on top of the wet paint for an even more fun look!