An Easy Spring Painting: Paper Roll Green Tree

A very simple spring craft that kids of all ages can do! You can have fun stamping paint to make this green tree painting.

This is a great process art that kids can do. They can be as creative as they want to make the green tree.

And the steps and be altered to work with many different ages of kids.

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This is a great addition to the Earth day crafts and paper roll crafts on the site.

What is a paper roll craft?

A paper roll craft is one made using paper rolls. It is a great way to reuse something with kids.

We did a paper roll tree craft and had loads of fun doing it. It is super simple and one that different ages can do really easily.

A great book to go with this craft is Curious George Plants a Tree. You can learn about the tree in a fun way.

We have done a fall version of this tree. You can see the fall paper roll tree here!

What we used to make the Paper Roll Green Tree Painting

These are all the items we used to make the paper roll green tree.

• watercolor paper
• paper rolls
• watercolors
• glitter paint
• paint tray
• fall dot marker printables optional

We did use the glitter paint but you can use regular green paint as well.

How we made the Paper Roll Green Tree Painting

You are going to see the simple step that we took to make this green tree. It can be as simple or as complex as you want it to be.

Watercolor Paint the Tree Trunk

You start by painting the trunk of the tree on the paper. This can be any size tree trunk they want. It can be a short tree, tall tree , or skinny tree. Let them decide how it will look.

One reason to use watercolors instead of paints is that watercolor drys fast and won’t mix the colors with the other paints.

If you want to skip this step for younger kids you can get a tree trunk in the fall dot marker printables.

Green Paints on Paint Tray

You can put the paints on the paint tray. This makes it easy to move the paper roll to cover the edge fully in paint.

Stamp Green With Paper Rolls

After you have the paint on the paper roll, you stamp on the paint to make the top of the tree. You can see that you have a few with loads of paint and some stamps with little paint. But that is what makes this a fun tree.

Plus let them decide just how much they are going to stamp. It can be a lot or a little. This is their tree and they can paint it the way they want.

The great thing about this green tree is that there is no wrong way to make it. It is a great open ending art project for kids.

They can stamp a little to make the tree or a lot. This is a very flexible art project. And if it does not look like a tree at the end that is okay.

Final look at our Paper Roll Green Tree Painting

More Tree Printables and Crafts for Kids

Watercolor Process Art Green Tree is a super fun way to explore green trees and watch how watercolors spread in water!

Seasons of a Tree is a great way to work on the different seasons a tree has in this sequencing printable.

Tree Shape Matching Cards Printable has 12 fun tree shapes for kids to learn.

Washi Tape Green Tree Craft is a super fun green tree fine motor activity.

Tree Fine Motor Activities has a fun fun fine motor tree activities you can do with kids.

Check out all the fun Earth Day Printables & Activities on 3 Dinosaurs.

Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com