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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. DISCLOSURE:   T his blog and post contains affiliate links. This means I may earn a commission should you chose to sign up for a program or make a purchase using my link. It’s okay – I love all of these companies and you will too! 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 c...
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Paper Dolls

12-3-2015 -- This was an art project that Lauren did in Brightly Beaming Resources' (Step 2: Letter of the Week) homeschool curriculum for the "p" sound as in "paper", she is going to make "paper dolls" (as you can see the photo of the finished dolls she has done below). 


I did a search for some ideas on how to make a paper doll and found this "Paper Doll Party" craft from thepartyanimal-blog.org. I like this version of making a paper doll it's different from most paper dolls out there as it is big and the base is made of jumbo craft sticks. It looks really fun and interesting to make. Since I cannot find any plain jumbo craft sticks in the store, I just bought the colored ones instead. The colored sticks for the arm are like the long sleeves of the dress and the colored sticks for the legs are like the leggings of the dolls. Lauren made 3 kinds of dolls: African, Asian, and Caucasian dolls. I think it's fun and colorful to look at different kinds of dolls when done. I searched for  "hands" and "boots" template. I used these templates as a guide to trace on different colors of construction papers. I cut all the hands and boots pattern and had them ready and prepared for Lauren to glue on the dolls.


Lauren added some nails on the fingers and she draws the designs on the boots and dresses and the look of the dolls. 


Lauren's finished paper dolls looked really colorful and fun. I think this is really a cute paper doll idea and craft activity for kids to try. Kid's can get creative in drawing the look and making the designs on their dolls. Afterwards, they'll also have more fun playing with it as it is huge and has an extra stick from the back for them to be able hold the doll properly and easily.



If you're looking for a different kind of paper doll craft to do with your kids, you should do and try this "Paper Doll Party" craft from thepartyanimal-blog.org. 

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