Are you ready for a summer vacation? This paper palm tree craft tutorial is perfect for taking your kids’ minds to a tropical island. There’s lots of cutting, so this project is great for strengthening scissor skills and fine motor skills.
This one will look great displayed on your fridge. A perfect little summer craft for kids to make.
*This post contains affiliate links*
50 paper crafts your kids can actually do themselves
No fancy supplies — just paper, scissors, and a little imagination.
Be the first to get it on release day — and lock in the lowest price guaranteed.
How to Make the Paper Palm Tree Craft
What you need:
- printable template (optional)
- white cardstock
- color paper (light brown, dark brown, light blue, dark blue, and green)
- three brown pom-poms (optional)
- pencil
- scissors
- glue
Step by Step Tutorial
Prepare a white cardstock base – you can also use the paper from cereal boxes; this is a great way to recycle them.
We’ll be making the ocean waves from two different colors of construction paper, blue and light blue.
Cut out a rectangle shapes from both papers. Then cut a wavy line on one side of the rectangles.
We made four, two from blue paper and two from light blue paper. Glue them in the background, with the waves slightly overlapping.
Cut out the beach out of brown paper and glue it on the bottom.
Let kids cut out a palm tree trunk shape from dark brown paper, then glue it to the beach and over the waves.
The easiest way to make the leaf is to fold a green paper rectangle in half and cut out a half-elipse shape (shape of the leaf).
Have the kids cut into the folded leaf, making fringes (do not have them cut the fold).
Apply glue to one half of the leaf and stick it onto the palm.
Repeat the process to have four (or more) leaves on your palm tree.
The palm tree has been adorned with four delightful palm tree leaves, giving the craft a vibrant and lush tropical appearance.
Let’s add a couple coconuts to the palm tree. You can cut paper circles out of brown paper and stick them to the tree or have the kids glue brown pom poms (or wrinkled tissue paper) on the palm.
Let the paper palm tree craft be one of many memorable crafting experiences as you dive into our exciting collection of summer crafts.
Have fun crafting!
Get the Printable Palm Tree Craft Template
The printable paper palm tree craft template is available to members of the Easy Peasy and Fun membership.
To access the template, log in to your account or become a member.
Already a member? Log in here.
Want instant access to all of our printable crafts, activities, and resources?
With thousands of crafts, activities, worksheets, coloring pages, and drawing tutorials to print, you will always have just the resource you need at your disposal. Perfect for parents and teachers alike!