Do you remember when you were a kid and just about any new discovery was super cool. Well this was one of those discoveries that made me go whoa! Trees made out of newspapers, what a great discovery!

A newspaper tree is basically rolled up sheets of taped together newspaper, cut in a certain way and a tree like form ‘magically’ (hey, I was a little kid) emerges from the roll of newspaper. I had forgotten all about this ‘magical’ tree until just a few days ago when a friend had reminded me of them.

If you have kids, or you’re just a kid at heart, you may want to give this a try, I can almost guarantee you that it’ll wow the kids (and maybe you too).




The basic instructions for making a newspaper tree are as follows:
(More detailed and visual instructions can be found in the YouTube video link below).

1. Tape together about 10 sheets of newspaper

2. Roll them up into a tube

3. Using scissors, cut 4 evenly spaced slits down the tube toward the center of the tube

4. Pull the leaves up from the center and watch your tree ‘MAGICALLY’ grow!

YouTube video showing exactly how to make your very own newspaper tree:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIpCGiWhG3s&feature=player_embedded