Decorating some sort of the evergreen tree has long been a tradition around the end of the year. We will honor that tradition but in a slightly modified way. Presenting Toilet paper rolls. Hey, they have been trees once! Or better to say Toilet roll evergreen tree. And what’s more evergreen than recycling? We promise you’ll be impressed with the result.
Materials needed for Christmas Tree:
-Toilet paper rolls
-Hot glue
-Decorations
-Green paint
-Brush
-Paper Clips
Instructions on how to make the Christmas tree:
1. First, decide how tall you want your tree to be. We made the first row out of 6 paper rolls and every level above is made with one less paper roll. You can calculate the total amount of the rolls needed with this formula: n * (n + 1) / 2, where n is the number of rolls used for the first row. So in our case, we needed 21 rolls (6 * 7 / 2). Take 2 more rolls for the trunk of the tree.
2. Color the rolls you’ll use for the tree with the green paint. Leave the 2 rolls you’ll use for the trunk uncolored (or use brown color if you wish).
Make the first row of the tree by gluing sides of the several paper rolls together (we used 6).
3. For every row above, you’ll need one less roll. Glue them on the previous row so they form a triangle shape in the end.
4. Glue the 2 leftover rolls together. This is a trunk! Attach it to the bottom of the tree, in the middle, so the tree can stand on it.
5. Decorate! We used paper clips to attach Christmas balls on each roll. And gold bead chain as the final touch.
What will you develop and learn by making a Christmas tree:
-Creativity
-Oculomotor coordination and fine motor skills
-Talk about the importance of recycling and ecology
-Paper comes from the trees!
-Math skills - learning and using the formula for summing numbers from 1 to n
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Authors:
Vedran Leder & Iva Leder
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20 дек 2018
