Torn Paper Christmas Tree Craft [Free Printable Template]
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The holidays are the best time to have some creative fun in your classroom or home! This torn paper Christmas tree craft has kids tear colorful scraps of paper and glue them onto the provided template, then decorate with festive decorations. This preschool craft is a simple and fun way to channel their holiday excitement!
Kids will love showing off their cheerful creations when they’re finished! After completing this hands-on project, encourage them to make even more Christmas crafts that will keep them engaged throughout the holiday!
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Easy Christmas Craft
This paper tearing activity has little ones create a one-of-a-kind holiday art project of a colorful Christmas tree full of texture and charm. They will enjoy expressing their creativity in a fun and festive way!
It’s easy to set up and helps children strengthen their fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and focus. The simple act of tearing paper provides a great sensory feel and builds muscle control needed for writing and other tasks.
Download our Christmas tree template, grab a few sheets of construction paper, and pull out the glue. This Christmas craft for kids is sure to be a holiday favorite, so be sure to add it to your list this season.
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Supplies
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Marker
- Christmas Tree Template (click the “click here to get your freebies” image at the end of the post)
Directions
Start by downloading and printing the template. Once the template is printed, gather the materials for this fun activity. Get those scissors ready, and let’s help the kids bring this Christmas tree to life!
Tear the green paper into small pieces and let your child glue them onto the Christmas tree outline. Encourage them to fill the whole tree so it looks bright and full of texture.
Next, tear the brown paper into small pieces and glue them onto the tree trunk. Remind your child to cover the whole area so the trunk looks strong and sturdy.
Let’s give our tree some personality by gluing on the two big eyes. Place them close together in the middle so it looks extra cute and expressive.
Every happy tree needs a smile! Take the black mouth piece. Glue it just beneath the eyes, centered on the green paper.
Then, grab the small pink tongue cutout. Glue the tongue onto the black mouth piece. Now our Christmas tree is officially happy!
Time for the crowning glory! Take the yellow star cutout. Apply glue to the back and firmly place it at the very top point of the green torn paper Christmas tree.
Use the various circle ornaments to decorate the tree. Encourage your child to glue them all over the green torn paper tree.
Lastly, you can draw small eyebrows, eyelashes, or even tiny dots on the cheeks for a cute flushed look. This final step adds definition and really completes the character!
Don’t you just love how this simple torn paper technique gives the tree such a great texture? We bet your kids will love making more of these, so be sure to check out our other favorite torn paper crafts for your kiddos while you’re here!
Christmas Books For Children
Dasher: This wonderfully illustrated Christmas book for kids gives you the back story on one of Santa’s favorite reindeer, Dasher! Girls will especially love to read this since Dasher is a girl.
Construction Site On Christmas Night: Fans of the fun characters of the construction site books have to add this Christmas-themed story to their collection. See how the trucks get ready for Christmas!
How To Catch An Elf: Kids everywhere love the silliness of this Christmas story. The rhymes and the illustrations will draw the kids in as well. This is a Christmas book kids will want to read every year!
Kids Christmas Craft Ideas
Reindeer Shape Craft – Kids will have a jolly good time creating this reindeer out of different shapes! They’ll use circles, ovals, rectangles, and triangles to make their festive masterpiece. This merry project helps little ones practice shape recognition, boost creativity, and sprinkle extra cheer into your holiday season.
Astronaut Gingerbread Man Craft – Blast off into fun making this astronaut disguise! Kids will love helping the gingerbread man dodge hungry snackers by turning him into a space explorer ready for liftoff. Grab the template, add a helmet and space suit, and send this clever cookie soaring beyond the cookie jar!
Gingerbread House Paper Plate Craft – Whip up some creativity with this sweet gingerbread house! Kids will love turning a plain paper plate into a sugary house with no icing needed! It’s a merry mix of painting, cutting, and decorating fun that gets their imaginations going and excited to spread holiday cheer.
Nutcracker Paper Cup Craft – March into the holidays with this nutcracker made out of a paper cup! Kids will take a simple cup and turn it into a dashing little soldier ready for Christmas duty. It’s a cute, hands-on project that mixes creativity and cheer, so grab the template and let the festivity begin!
Printable Christmas Ideas
Make learning feel merry and bright with these Christmas activity sheets! This set has playful challenges that are ideal for keeping little learners engaged during the holiday season.
Kids will count, match, and complete a maze to practice early math, problem solving, and observation skills. These printables turn learning into a jingle filled time! They’re great to use in your classrooms or at home for extra practice. They’ll have kids smiling as they work through each festive task and feel proud of their progress along the way.
Keep little hands and minds merry with these Christmas matching worksheets! Kids will have a jolly time spotting, counting, and connecting cheerful holiday images while sneaking in some learning fun.
Each page gives their memory, focus, and observation skills a playful workout. These activities are a holly jolly way to keep kids engaged during the festive season, including color, shadow, number, and picture matching. Your little ones will smile, think, and learn their way through every merry match!
Add a sprinkle of holiday mischief to learning time with these How to Catch Santa worksheets! Kids will trace, cut, match, and label their way through fun, festive activities inspired by the beloved book.
The pages will keep the Santa catching excitement going while building early learning skills. These printables are packed with jolly ways to boost fine motor skills, vocabulary, and pattern recognition, so kids will stay busy, curious, and happy while sneaking in some smart holiday fun.
Make math merry with these Christmas math activities for preschoolers! These pages of activities are lots of holiday fun to help kids build logic, reasoning, and problem solving skills. Little learners will make their way through patterns, counting, and comparisons to grow their confidence in math.
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Torn Paper Christmas Tree Craft
Materials
- Colored cardstock for background paper
- Construction paper for tearing & gluing onto background paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Marker
- Christmas Tree Template
Instructions
- Download the template, print it, and cut out the pieces you need.
- Begin by tearing green paper into small pieces and gluing them onto the tree outline.
- Next, tear brown paper into small pieces and glue them onto the trunk.
- Now, glue the eyes in the middle section of the tree.
- Place the mouth piece just beneath the eyes and glue it centered on the tree.
- Next, glue the tongue cutout onto the bottom of the mouth piece.
- Glue the star to the very top point of the tree.
- Now, glue the small ornament circles all over the tree.
- Finally, draw on the eyebrows to add definition and complete the character.
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Free Torn Paper Christmas Tree Craft Template
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A lifesaver! Easy and quick and cute!
So glad it helped, thank you! And a big thanks for the 5 stars too!