This was supposed to be a craft just for my daughter, but when my son and his friend saw what we were doing they jumped in too.  I was not planning on 3 kids doing it all at once so it was a little chaotic but the playroom and all the kids survived… remember to use washable paint .  The kids have all used bubble wrap to print on things before so switching it so they painted the bubble wrap was new and a big hit.

1. Gather your materials. You will need some bubble wrap, paint, painter’s tape, paint brushes , heavy paper ( paper grocery bags are perfect), a pencil and scissors.
2. Start by taping the bubble wrap to the work surface with the painter’s tape.
3. Next paint the bubble wrap with green. For my toddler I gave her a big brush for the green to encourage coverage. She was encouraged …
4. Next add the lights colors. Let kids decide which colors they want, this helps with color recognition too.
5. Ok this is when the boys busted in pretending to be Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader ( I know impossible right… not for two imaginative 5 year olds! ) and grabbed some brushes.
6. Keep painting the wrap.
7. Draw some trees on the paper and cut out.
8. Press the paper into the wrap and peel back carefully.
9. For my toddler I left the paper big so she could do as much as possible herself , the small tree would have probably gotten ripped. Leaving it big let her do it herself feeling the wrap under the paper and “bang banging” her hand to make the print.
10. Let dry and cut out the tree shape for the toddler. 
11. Hang up and show off the fun ( and wee bit of chaos…) remember washable paints!