Magazine Trees

It is really the month of magazines here in our house.  I have been a bit under the weather for most of the month with headaches and general crummy feelings.  So we have been watching lots of movies and resting and playing.  Not much art going on in our house.  So sad.  Last week my daughter and I were able to make a cute decoration out of magazines.  Magazine trees are so easy to do.  I found a free magazine in the doctors office that was perfect for my daughter to do.  At the age of barely 8 she seemed to have the perfect attention span to finish the entire thing by herself.  I don't think this would be a good project for many younger than her.  Maybe an advanced 6 or 7 year old.

Here is how you fold the tree:

 Step One: Take top corner and fold down to edge Step Two: another fold down into a triangle Step Three: fold the bottom part under and into the triangle Repeat: and Repeat: and repeat:

   

Ally's system for folding was so cute. Used her foot and all: Beautiful Decoration

HINTS:  Our trees turned out a bit lopsided.  The backs were not as pretty as the fronts you see in the photo.  I am not sure why except that after I did these I saw another tutorial for them from the linky party last week.  Make and Do Friends  took the cover off the magazine before she began.  I am thinking this may be the reason my back of the tree didn't look as nice.  My hint is to try it that way!  Also Ally's tree is in the front, remember that when kids are doing fun things like this it is okay not to have it look perfect.  Her folds got less and less precise as she went along.  Doesn't really matter!  Still looks just like a tree!

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