Happy Holidays! This fun art activity is important for development! Young children need activities that strengthen hand muscles so they can learn how to write. This Cork and Eraser Stamping Christmas Tree Craft offers creativity, counting skills, following directions, and fine motor skills. Hooray! Another way to learn while having fun together!
Supplies:
- Green paint
- Blue, yellow, red paint
- Brown paint
- A cork
- A unsharpened pencil with an eraser
- A paper plate
- Paper
Directions:
Step 1. Pour a quarter-sized drop of green paint onto a paper plate
2. Add dime-sized drops of paint to the plate in the colors you wish to decorate the tree with.
3. Model for your child how to use a wine cork to stamp the green paint onto paper.
4. Depending on the skill level of the child, you can either explain how they can stamp a triangle shape or you could lightly draw a triangle shape for the tree, and then have the child stamp inside.
5. Use the pattern, one stamp at the top, then two below it, three on the next line, and repeat until you reach the desired length. This is where the little ones can work on their counting skills.
6. After the tree is formed, add a line of 2 – 4 brown stamps for a tree trunk.
7. Next, offer your child a pencil or Q-tip, and encourage them to stamp some “ornaments”.
8. Allow to dry and then display.
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