Magazine Trees

Looking for another item to place on your mantel for the holidays?  Have you seen the magazines trees on http://www.thehousethatlarsbuilt.com/2011/12/1st-day-of-christmas-crafts-diy-glitter.html? I did not think that my kindergartners would want to do this craft at that time in 2013, so I asked my partner if I could work with the older kids.  The boys didn't give me flack for doing this project with them, and I was very appreciative of that.  I "bribed" them to think of making something for the family instead of thinking only for themselves.  I think they were sold on the idea.

These are pictures of the folded pages. It is pretty repetitious work; but folding the pages neatly makes for a very nicely "tree".

These are the beginning stages of the process.

The boys got step one of the folding down.  Step two required more folding and tucking of pages which resulted in the standing trees below.  You can see something of this process below in the background on the picture on the right.

 

A few of the boys sprayed painted their trees.  We didn't use glitter (is that a boy thing not to use it)?  

Supplies:
1. magazines
2. spray paint (optional)
3. glitter (optional)

Directions:
1. fold top of page toward center to form a triangle
2. fold that same page toward the center (this produces a "tail")
3. crease this flap flush with edge of magazine
4. tuck this fold up and inside to form obtuse triangle