Tree mobiles
hang your own woodland stories in your home
~ a quiet activity for a winter evening
you will need:
· a piece of card - we worked on a piece of A5 (about 15 x 21cm)*
· a pencil
· coloured pencils or pens
· some glue (PVA or glue stick glue)
· scissors
· a needle or small hole punch
· some thread or thin string
(* you don't need art card: you could do this with a cereal packet or draw on paper and then stick onto cereal packet card when you are ready to cut out)
This is a blog first published on the site of Toadfriends and colleagues Stone and Water, reblogging here so that it can reach a different set of visitors!
It is associated with the SnW Celebrating Woodlands project
Think about: a tree you know (or would like to know!) Maybe consider the tree's life cycle of bud, leaf, fruit and animals...or treehouses and swings… or hanging by your toes in your very own circus tree....
In our pictures here we've used pen to make lines show up: if you did this in pencil you could rub the guidelines out afterwards!
1. Draw 2 upside down 'T' shapes. these need to be about the same size. A smaller 'T" could fit in between them. These will help keep drawings 1 and 2 about the same size
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| Step 1, guidelines |
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| Step 2, drawing trees |
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| Step3, colouring trees! |
2. Draw 3 stages of your tree:1 and 2 need to be about the same size while 3 is OK to be smaller (you have more card? make 3 the same size as the others!)
3. Colour in!
4. Cut out: don't cut right up to your lines, give yourself some room around your drawings. Then fold drawings 1 and 2 in half along the long line of that first T
5. Glue 1 and 2 together on one half of the back of your drawing so they make a Y shape. Then glue 3 into the blank side of this shape. Carefully trim away extra card to show up the shape of your drawing
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| Step 5: trim |
6. If you have drawn circles like we did, use these (if they have matched up! they often don't) as a guide to punch a hole. or just make a hole toward the top of your tree! Thread a string through. Add some finishing touches? Glitter? some sequin snowflakes?
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| Fold and glue |
Hang up your tree and enjoy!
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