Bubble Wrap Christmas Trees

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These bubble wrap Christmas trees were supposed to be a craft just for my daughter. However, when my son and his friend saw what we were doing, they jumped in, too.  I was not planning on three kids doing this all at once, so of course, it was a little chaotic. But the playroom and all the kids survived – just remember to use washable paint.  The kids have all used bubble wrap to print on things before. So switching it and painting the bubble wrap was new and a big hit.

Bubble Wrap Christmas Trees

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. Mission accomplished!
4. Next, add the lights colors. Let kids decide which colors they want because 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 five-year-olds! ) and grabbed some brushes.
6. Keep painting the wrap.
7. Draw some trees on the paper and then cut out.
8. Next, press the paper into the wrap and peel back carefully.
9. For toddlers, leave the paper big so she can do as much as possible herself. A small tree may tear. 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 then cut out the tree shape for the toddler. 
11. Hang up and show off the fun! (and a wee bit of chaos…) Remember washable paints!