Trees with branches

During autumn, some trees lose their leaves, revealing gradually a complex and beautiful system of branches. These trees are called deciduous trees.
Why do you think most of the trees lose their leaves during autumn and winter?

Materials and tools

• One or more toilet paper rolls. For each tree you need one paper roll. 
• Colored papers: Brown for the trunk and the branches and green for the leaves.
• Pencil.
• Glue suitable for kids.
• Scissors.
• Brush.
• Watercolor.

Instructions:

1. Use a large brush and watercolor paint to paint the paper roll brown. Make sure you protect your working surface with old newspaper sheets or with a plastic membrane.

2. Let the paint dry for a few minutes.

3. At the top edge of the paper roll make four slits (around 2 cm long). Inside these slits, you will slide the branches. 

4. Lets make the branches. Take a piece of brown colored paper and sketch with pencil the shape of a tree branch. 

5. Cut with scissors along the line.

6.With scissors make a small slit at the base of the branch. 

7. Make in total four branches for the four slits. 

8. Cut out from the green paper a few leaves and glue them onto the branches. 

9. Slide each branch into a slit on the toilet paper roll. There is no need to use glue. 

10. The tree is ready.