How Do You Make A Paper Palm Tree?
Paper palm trees are perfect for decorating a tropical themed party or classroom event. They’re fun to make, and a good project for kids to help with too. (You could even make them with a Sunday school class for Palm Sunday.) To make a paper palm tree, you’ll need cardboard tubes. The extra long kind that come with wrapping paper work the best, but you can also tape together shorter tubes, such as paper towel tubes or even toilet paper tubes. Depending on how tall you want the tree, you may need just one wrapping paper tube, several long tubes or many smaller tubes. Step 1 Put enough cardboard tubes together, end to end, to make the trunk of the palm tree. Tape the ends of the cardboard tubes together. Step 2 Cut pieces of brown paper wide enough to wrap around the tubes with the edges overlapping slightly. (You may want to cut apart paper grocery bags to help make your paper palm tree a “green” project by reusing materials.) Step 3 Wrap pieces of brown paper around the tubes, overlapp