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How to Craft a Large Paper Apple Tree. Celebrate Johnny Appleseed or Arbor Day and all things
apple by creating your own large paper apple tree. You will need Brown and green butcher
paper or poster board Red construction paper Scissors Glue Brown construction paper (optional)
Crayons, markers, or paint (optional) and sponges or paintbrushes. Step 1. Decide on
the height and width of your tree, and whether or not it will have branches. Step 2. Trace
the outline of a trunk and branches on large pieces of brown butcher paper or poster board.
Then cut along the outline with a sharp pair of scissors. For added texture, cut pieces
of brown construction paper into four parts. Glue each part onto the butcher paper to make
bark. Step 3. Sketch the outline of your greenery on a piece of green butcher paper or poster
board. Then cut out the shapes and glue them to the branches. Step 4. Trace apple shapes
onto red construction paper. Then cut them out and glue them onto the tree's greenery.
Allow children to individually decorate apples with crayons, markers, or paint. Step 5. Glue
the upper greenery and braches to the trunk. Then hang the entire tree onto a bulletin
board, wall, or refrigerator door. Did you know Johnny Appleseed’s real name was John
Chapman.