December 4:

We made tabletop trees out of construction paper using this project from Family Fun as a guide.

Using the Family Fun template (link opens PDF), we cut our trees out of green paper. We followed the method for the tree card, but we did not make them cards. Instead, we glued the tab to the inside of the other end of the tree to make it permanently stand open.

To get more than one color of circle “ornaments” on the tree, we punched more holes after the first color of paper was glued on. Then, we glued on another color of paper to the back of our tree (over the first color).

Big E even added a star to the top of his on one side. And Big D added a cross to the trunk with a decorative hole punch we have.

Here are ours.

From Left to right: Big D, mine, Big E, Little E (with my help cutting).