Looking for preschool winter arts and crafts to try? These pictures are easy to make together. One you've cut out one or two trees, even young kids will get the idea and want to make their own.
Bark-Rubbing Trees
You'll need:
Thin white paper (photocopy paper works for this)
Coloured paper
Wax crayons
Scissors
Glue
What to do:
Take wax crayons and paper with you into the garden, or to a nearby park. Find a tree with textured bark.
Hold a sheet of paper against the tree trunk at a suitable height for your children. Keep the paper still.
Ask the children to scribble over the paper to make a bark rubbing. It may be easier to use the side of a crayon.
Repeat on different types of tree, using different colours.
Back at home, cut the rubbings into the shapes of winter trees, with trunks and bare branches. (They don't need to be perfect. Show your kids how to be creative.)
Help the children to glue their trees onto coloured paper. Overlap the different trees for an interesting effect.
Talk with your preschoolers about many trees being bare in winter, and how the leaves will grow again in springtime. When spring comes, you could make paper flowers and leaves and stick them onto your tree pictures.
