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Easy "Nutcracker" Themed Hanging Paper Wall Christmas Tree: Christmas DIY Using Simple & Recycled Materials + Links To FREE Resources!

Last year I tried making a paper "Wall Christmas Tree", I've seen a couple of wall Christmas Trees in the past but it was only last year that I finally go ahead and do one myself. I'm glad I went through with it, that tree ended up nice and for Christmas this year I decided to make another paper wall Christmas tree in a different style and theme with "Nutcracker" as its elements and decorations. The elements of this paper Christmas tree was inspired from "The Nutcracker Prince" animated movie and "The Nutcracker Ballet". I had clara , some  ballerinas , the  sugarplum fairy , the  nutcracker  soldiers, assorted colors of  lollipops  (from palace of sweets) along with other traditional Christmas candies such as candy canes and peppermint candies, some traditional Christmas elements like poinsettias, and the ornaments.  DISCLOSURE:   T his blog and post contains affiliate links. This means I may earn a commission should you chose to sign up...
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Animal Craft: Disposable Cup Donkey

In this post, I will be sharing a "donkey" craft. This was a craft project that Lauren did in Brightly Beaming Resources' (Step 3: Sound of the Week) homeschool curriculum for the "ey" sound as in "donkey".  We have so many paper cups, so I thought about creating our donkey using this material. 


READY FOR KID BEFORE STARTING ACTIVITY ALONG WITH OTHER MATERIALS

* cut paper cup (head)

* cut  ears and arms patterns

* cut mouth and tummy spot patterns

DONE BY ADULT OR PARENT

* Donkey Head: Take a paper cup and cut it just enough to make it a bit shorter than the paper cup body.

* Donkey Arms: Take the spare pieces of paper cup from donkey head or a board paper with same color as what your child will paint the donkey and draw arms patterns on it. Let child cut patterns


* Donkey Ears: Take a another piece of paper cup or a board paper with same color as what your child will paint the donkey, cut and draw some ear patterns on it. Draw an ear shadow in the middle of each paper cup ear patterns using a pencil or draw ear shadows on a construction paper chosen by child. Let child cut patterns.

* Donkey Mouth and Tummy Spot: Take a white construction paper, draw round patterns on it (bigger and a bit smaller). Let child cut circles, next measure smaller circle below paper cup head and the bigger circle below paper cup body, draw a line using a ruler at the end of each circles that will be cut off. Let child cut on the lines. 

 DONE BY CHILD

* cut ears and arms patterns

* cut mouth and tummy spot patterns

* paint donkey pieces

* glue donkey pieces together

* draw details on donkey

STEPS IN DOING THIS DONKEY CRAFT

STEP #1: Let child paint paper cup head, body, ears, and arms pattern with color of their choice. Skip painting process for ears and arms if you use a board paper for it. Make sure to color the ear shadow patterns that was drawn with pencil in the middle of paper cup ear patterns with a different shade or color than the rest of the ears. Set painted pieces aside to dry.


STEP #2: Once painted pieces are dry, let child spread liquid glue on the insides of the paper cup head and glue it on top of paper cup body.


STEP #3: Next, let child draw hooves on the arms, a nostril and mouth on the mouth spot pattern using coloring pens. Next, let child glue googly eyes and mouth spot on paper cup head using liquid glue.


STEP #4: Next, let child glue ears on top side of paper cup head using hot glue. Put hot glue on the spot and let child glue ears on it. Then cut strands of yarns with color chosen by child for the donkey mane. Let child glue yarns in the middle of donkey ears using liquid glue. Finally, let child glue tummy spot pattern below paper cup body. And there you go, the "paper cup donkey" craft is DONE. Below are Lauren's version of doing this paper cup donkey craft. The donkey came out fun and cute to look at. 


This donkey craft can be used in many other ways afterwards: your kid can maybe use it as a toy for pretend play or you can use it to learn about the animal. It's also great to use it as an object in telling a donkey themed story to your kid(s).



MATERIALS FOR THIS CRAFT

* paper cups * acrylic or poster colors/paints * paint brush * paint mixing tray * pencil * ruler * scissors * yarns * googly eyes * coloring pens or marker * liquid glue * hot glue stick * glue gun * board paper (construction or specialty board or any board paper material) * construction paper

I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!

If you got any reactions and thoughts regarding this craft or topic, feel free to interact and write it down in the comment box below. I'd be happy to hear from you. Thank you so much for viewing and reading.

POST UPDATED: September 2024
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