Green Yarn Tree Craft for Arbor Day

Trees are a great theme for Earth Day and Arbor Day. And you can make trees many different ways.

This is a fun yarn craft that you can make with kids. You have a mix of watercolor painting and yarn to make the tree.

You can do this yarn tree craft with kids in preschool, PreK, and kindergarten.

The Yarn Green Tree Craft is an excellent addition to the Earth Day crafts and tree crafts on the site.

Green Yarn Tree Craft

A fun mixed art project with watercolor and yarn to make a fun craft for spring. Kids will have fun gluing on the yarn on their trees. Plus the pink colors are great for spring.

You can also check out a fall yarn tree and spring yarn tree.

What we used to make the Yarn Green Tree Craft

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You want to cut the yarn into 1 inch pieces of yarn. we have found that to work best for this type of yarn crafts.

How We Made the Yarn Green Tree Craft

You will see all the steps below that we used to make the Green Yarn Tree

Step 1: Paint The Trunk Of The Tree

You are going to start by painting the trunk of the tree. We used watercolor for the truck. You could also use markers or crayons. But we love painting with watercolors.

If you want a template for the tree you can find the tree fine motor mat. Just print the tree on cardstock.

Step 2: Paint The Branches Of The Tree

Next you paint some branches above the truck of the tree. This is so that is the yarn does not cover the whole top tree that is okay.

Skipping the Painting of the Tree

If you want to skip the painting of the tree you can just use the blank tree in the Spring Dot Maker printables or the tree fine motor mat. Just be sure to print on cardstock or another strong paper to make easier to apply the glue and yarn.

Step 3: Put Glue On The Branches Of The Tree

Next you put glue on the branches of the tree. You want to make sure you cover the area. You cover it in circles or anyway that puts the glue on the paper.

Step 4: Place The Yarn Around The Top Of The Tree

Now you are going to put the yarn on the top of the tree. You can start with one color and put a little bit down. Then use the next color with a little bit to cover some of the areas.

Then do a mix of colors to fill in the rest of the top of the tree. It is fun to see the top of the tree look more like a tree as you add the yarn.

Step 5: Press The Yarn Onto The Paper

You want to press the yarn onto the glue. This helps it stick better to the paper. And might get extra yarn that did not have full contact with the glue.

Step 6: Get Rid Of Yarn Not Glued On The Paper

Now you are going to stand up the paper and see what yarn falls off. And yes there will be some yarn that does not stick.

And that is okay. It makes the tree look interesting with a mix of the colors of green yarn.

Final look at our Yarn Green Tree Craft

If you trees don’t look like these that is okay. Let kids make their own trees their way.

More Green Tree Crafts & Activities for Kids

Paper Roll Green Tree is a fun craft made with watercolors and paper rolls. You can paint the tree trunk with watercolors and then make the leaves of the tree with a paper roll. We used green glitter for the top of the tree.

Tree Shape Pack For PreK & Kindergarten is a great pack with no-prep and hands-on activities with shapes! It is great for Prek and Kindergarten age kids. You have 12 shapes that kids can use for learning their shapes.

Tree Dot the Number Count the Number has numbers from 0 to 20. You have a dot marker number and dot that count up to the number on the tree. This is a great arbor day number printable for kids in kindergarten and prek.

Tree Fine Motor Mat Printables has tree template, tree tracing, tree dot markers and tree playdough mats for kids to use. It is great for spring trees and fall trees.

Washi Tape Green Trees are perfect to make for Earth Day! This is a great fine motor craft for kids to make. You make the whole tree from washi tape.

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