Terrific Tree Paper Braided Bookmarks

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Make a woven wood Bookmark! Great for teaching children to follow instructions and use fine motor skills in folding.

Age: 5+

Duration: 10 minutes

Learning Objectives: Cut and fold paper to encourage fine motor skill development. Create bookmarks for literacy. Incorporate tree facts into activity; Terrific Tree Paper features an image of tree bark on the front and wood grain on the back. Investigate different types of trees through the provided prints. Create art from nature.

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You’ll Need:

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Cut Terrific Tree Paper into ½” x 11” strips.

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Glue two strips together at the corner.

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Glue two more strips on top the first strips but directly underneath.

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Fold each strip, in order from left to right, across the others.

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Keep folding until you near the end of the strips.

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Glue the ends together and trim the excess to form the final angle.

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Extra tip: Alternate the pattern by making the first two strips the grain side of the wood and the second two strips the bark side.

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Terrific Tree Paper

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Incorporate nature into your crafts with R15294 Terrific Tree Paper!

Eight types of wood are included in each package: Birch, Cedar, Cherry, Maple, Oak, Pecan, Pine, and Walnut. One side of each piece of paper features the bark pattern of the tree, while the reverse side features the corresponding wood grain pattern.

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Here are a few interesting ways to use Terrific Tree Paper:

• Cut the paper into mosaics for nature-themed crafts or collage!

• Spice up paintings and drawings! Trace a tree onto Terrific Tree Paper, then cut it out and paste it into a drawing or painting for a different, naturalistic effect (for an even more realistic look use Crafty Leaves on the tree’s crown)!

• Create a 3-D classroom forest. Roll Terrific Tree Paper around old toilet paper or paper towel tubes and cut the tubes to make various tree heights. Then cut leaves out of green paper or use Roylco’s Botanical Cuts to create a full tree crown.

Stay tuned this week for a special post featuring this product!

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