Creative recycling: how to make the felt Christmas tree that will drive the kids crazy

How to make a colorful felt Christmas tree to involve children and stimulate their creativity

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How to make a colorful felt Christmas tree to involve children and stimulate their creativity

For the little ones, decorating the classic Christmas tree can be quite challenging, especially if it is a very tall fir tree. But there is a solution, which does not necessarily have to be an alternative to the traditional one (to be decorated all together): to make one in felt, perhaps to be attached to the wall or door of their room.

This type of tree is often referred to as Montessori, but it really isn't. However, the concept remains valid that the game of attaching and detaching shapes is much loved by children. Let's find out how to create one that will drive the little ones crazy, stimulate their creativity and… will give a touch of color and Christmas magic to the home!

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Ideas for decorating the felt Christmas tree

Here are some ideas for decorate the Christmas tree that you can create and / or hang in collaboration with your children, or have them decorate their own personalized tree:

1) Homemade Christmas cookies, with hole and ribbon for the shaft
2) Decorations made with recycled cardboard and wrapping paper
3) Decorations in felt, maybe created and sewn by you
4) The classic tree balls you already own
5) Small wooden decorations suitable for the Christmas tree
6) Christmas cards, photographs and greeting cards
7) Colored ribbons in different materials and colors, to stimulate the child's curiosity
8) Decorations made with fabric scraps and stuffed with cotton wool or with cherry stones or flax seeds
9) Christmas decorations drawn and colored by children on paper and cardboard
10) Decorations born from creative recycling, for example from toilet paper rolls
11) Small bells and rattles
12) Decorations in salt dough made with children

In short, for the decorations of the Christmas tree there is no limit to the imagination. The important thing is that they are as creative as possible and that children in their own small way can help you make them or at least hang them on the tree.

How to facilitate the children in the decoration of the tree? Choose a small Christmas tree that can be easily placed on a stool or side table. Then prepare some baskets or trays on which you will place decorations of various types, differentiating them from each other in the different containers.

Christmas tree in felt and felt for the wall

After making the felt decorations, on which you have applied adhesive strips, prepare a large shape of a Christmas tree to attach to the wall, on which the child can freely attach them.

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Christmas has never been this fun!

The child will thus be intrigued by the different objects present and will probably be able to choose them in order to make the Christmas tree really pleasant and creative. If you don't want the classic Christmas tree with plastic branches, try making one in fabric or felt or in felt and cardboard.

And when the time comes for undo the Christmas tree? Don't forget that this activity can be a lot of fun and educational at the same time, especially for the little ones. Just indicate to the children which containers will be to collect the decorations. The simplest containers you will have available are shoe boxes, but tin boxes or other cardboard boxes will do as well.

Have fun and happy holidays!

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