Christmas hand print tree

(This idea came home from school.)

Materials:

• large sheet of paper
• red and green finger paint
• brown marker
• yellow construction paper cut into the shape of a star
• glue
• smocks to keep child and adults clean

Instructions:

• have the child make a row of five green palm-prints, side by each, about 20cm (4 inches) from the bottom of the page
• have the child make a row of four 4 palm prints above that
• again with three, two and one final palm print at the top of the "tree"
• use red paint on fingertips to paint tree decorations / ornaments
• glue the yellow star at the top of the tree
• draw in a brown tree trunk at the bottom of the tree (alternately, use brown paint to paint a trunk or make a construction paper trunk)