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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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Paper Sea Shells

9-29-2016 -- In this post, I will be sharing a "sea shell" craft idea and how I did and taught it to my child. This was a craft project that Lauren did in Brightly Beaming Resources' (Step 3: Sound of the Week) homeschool curriculum for the "sh" sound as in "shell". This is the most fun part of the curriculum, making the art projects. In this step, I have come up with own ideas and structures for most of Lauren's art & craft projects or activities. Lauren will make a sea "shell" craft, I thought about ways on how to create our sea shell and come up with this colorful paper sea shell craft by using crayons on the details or edges then painting the insides with watercolors.


SHELL STORY FOR KIDS: The Singing Shell

This craft involves painting and drawing. Every kid is different so when choosing to do or follow a craft, it is best to adapt the project to your kid's situation or abilities also making sure that it helps them learn and that the process is done best that benefits them.


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 * sea shells template 
* construction, specialty board or any board paper material
* water color 
* paint brush 
* crayons

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First, prepare and get all the materials ready so everything is organized and ready to be used when it's time to do the whole craft or project. When preparing the materials, it is best to involve the kids, show them how the things are done if they cannot do it themselves. 


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READY FOR KID BEFORE STARTING ACTIVITY ALONG WITH OTHER MATERIALS: 
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* cut sea shell patterns

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DONE BY ADULT OR PARENT:
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* Sea Shells: Search or google "sea shell" templates. Choose any sea shell design you want. Cut the printed sea shell templates and use the patterns to trace on board papers. Let child cut patterns. 

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 * cut sea shell patterns

 * draw designs on sea shells

 * paint & color sea shells

Once, all the materials are ready and prepared, it's now time to work on completing the "paper sea shells" project.

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STEPS IN DOING THIS SEA SHELL CRAFT:
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1. Let child draw details on sea shell template then trace drawing as well as edges of the whole sea shell with any crayon of their choice.


2. Next, let child paint the shells with any watercolor of their choice. 


3. When watercolors are dry, let child re-trace the edges and drawings with crayons to make it darker and stand out. 


4. And there you go, the "paper sea shells" craft are DONE. Below are Lauren's version of doing the paper shells. They came out fun and colorful to look at


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=== SEA SHELL SONG FOR KIDS ===
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A nice sea shell music video that you can sing or show to your kids is this "SeaShell Song" by (little fox).



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