Kick those holiday boredom blues to the curb with today’s Colorful Q-Tip Painted Christmas Light Covered Palm Trees kid craft idea!
There’s even a free “Wishing You A Beachy Christmas” printable below, to get you started within a matter of minutes!
This holiday beach themed DIY is perfect for the littlest crafters in your home to recreate and send warm wishes to those far away!
Christmas is coming and we’re getting in the spirit with this fun, easy craft idea. All you need are some q-tips, paint, and our FREE palm tree printable!
Get creative with your color choices and have a beachy Christmas season!
To recreate this beach themed Christmas tree paper craft idea, all you need is some inexpensive q-tips as your paint brushes, various colors of craft paint, cardstock paper, our free provided printable and a black Sharpie marker. That’s it – super basic materials you probably already have on hand!
Then after drawing some simple squiggly lines all over the printed palm tree design, hold the q-tip with your fingers {like a pencil} dip one end in some craft paint and then press it the lines, to create a simple dotted “Christmas tree light” design, all over the palm tree. Repeat over and over again until you have the look you like!
Then when you are done, the cleanup is just as easy. Throw away your used materials and display your paper & q-tip painted Christmas palm tree masterpieces on the fridge, so they can shine bright for ALL to see!
Like I mentioned before, this is a great holiday craft idea for children in the preschool and kindergarten age range but I highly encourage the older ones to participate too! My personal favorite of this paper craft idea that each one can have a different and unique look to it!
Ready to recreate it? Check out the full tutorial below, as well as grabbing the free beachy Christmas printable file listed in the supply list, to make this craft go super quick! I just know you are going to love the ease of this one!
Happy crafting, my dear friends. Don’t forget to share pictures of your children’s colorful Q-Tip Painted Christmas Palm Trees with us on our Facebook page to admire! #gluedtomycrafts
RELATED CHRISTMAS KIDS CRAFT TUTORIALS ON GLUED TO MY CRAFTS: Christmas Camper and Snowman Shooting Star
Craft Supplies:
- Free Dotted “Beachy Christmas” Palm Tree Printable {grab it on box.com}
- White Cardstock Paper
- Color Printer
- Small Paper Plate
- Q-Tips
- 3-4 Different Colors of Craft Paint {any colors you like!}
- Black Sharpie Marker
- optional – stickers, glitter, small jewels for sparkle
Directions:
- First things first – grab our free Wishing You A Beachy Christmas Palm Tree printable, listed above in the supply list.
- Next find it on your computer, right click it and print the file on a single sheet of white cardstock. Print as many as you like but only use our file for personal use only please.
- Now that you have the printable printed, go ahead and grab your black Sharpie marker so you can draw “light strands” all over the leaves of the palm tree. Just a few squiggles will do.
- Next up – squirt all your colors of craft paint on your small paper plate {but keep each one separate!}
- Add ONE q-tip to each paint color.
- Take each q-tip and make dotted “Christmas light” prints along the squiggle lines you just drew.
- Repeat until your Christmas palm tree is well LIGHT!
- Add any other embellishments you see fit.
- Then display their custom one-of-a-kind dotted Christmas palm tree piece proudly for all to see!
- Discard the paper plate with the leftover paint and the used q-tips.
- Now pair your finished craft with our —> Paper Plate Christmas Camper
Make It Your Own:
Instead of using q-tips for a paint dotted Christmas light pattern, you can be BOLD and use school glue & GLITTER instead! After you draw the light strands on with the black Sharpie marker, make small dots of glue next to the lines and SHAKE glitter on top for a different look & feel.
ADD OUR PAPER PLATE PALM TREE TO YOUR CRAFT PLANS TODAY AS WELL!
Make crafty memories worth sharing this holiday season, with these unique ideas from us! We hope you give them a try!
Before you leave to recreate our Q-Tip Painted Christmas Light Strands On Palm Tree post, be sure to check out our popular Crinkle Paper Reindeer, Handprint Joy Keepsake and Christmas Ornament Snail craft posts!
Colorful Q-Tip Painted Christmas Light Covered Palm Trees
Supplies:
Instructions:
- First print out our provided printable, in color, on a single sheet of white cardstock paper. You only need one print per craft.
- Now that you have the printable printed, go ahead and grab your black Sharpie marker so you can draw "light strands" all over the leaves of the palm tree. Just a few squiggles will do.
- Next up - squirt all your colors of craft paint on your small paper plate {but keep each one separate!}
- Add ONE q-tip to each paint color.
- Take each q-tip and make dotted "Christmas light" prints along the squiggle lines you just drew.
- Repeat until your Christmas palm tree is well LIGHT!
- Add any other embellishments you see fit.
- Then display their custom one-of-a-kind dotted Christmas palm tree piece proudly for all to see!
- Discard the paper plate with the leftover paint and the used q-tips.
