Christmas Tree Countdown
Get into the holiday spirit with this fun Christmas tree countdown!
Supplies:
- Extra large poster board or a large sheet of wrapping paper
- Assorted construction paper
- Tape or glue
- Pencil
- Marker
- Scissors
- 25 giant pom-pom balls (we used 2-inch)
- Old toilet paper roll or similar
Directions:
- On the large poster board/wrapping paper sheet, lay out the pom-pom balls in a tree pattern. We did one ball at the top, followed by three, five, seven and then nine. Use the pencil to lightly trace a tree pattern. We lined up the center balls to help make the pattern even. Set balls aside.
- Use green construction paper to make your tree. Use brown to make the tree trunk. Either tape or glue down to large paper.
- Place pom-pom balls back onto the tree and use the toilet paper roll to lightly trace circles where you want the pom-poms to go. Move pom-poms aside and draw numbers onto the tree, starting number one at the top of the tree, working your way down, left to right. We used a marker to label the numbers. We chose to retrace the circles with the marker.
- To dress things up, we added some presents at the bottom of the tree using leftover construction paper and smaller pom-poms.
- You can cut out your tree or leave the larger paper on as background.
- Hang your tree!
- Every day, add an additional pom-pom to your tree to enjoy the countdown to Christmas!
Janelle Cumro-Sultzer lives in Overland Park with her husband, two children and two dogs. Janelle is a former health care executive director and is a mediator in Kansas, helping families in conflict. Janelle loves to focus on learning through play and getting messy with crafts.