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Grinnell Area Arts Council

926 Broad Street
Grinnell, Iowa 50112
641-236-3203

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    • EVENTS
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  • STEW MAKERSPACE
    • About the Stew
    • Stew Calendar
    • Buy A Stew Pass
    • Mentored Hours
    • Classes (Stew & GAAC)
    • Private Lessons
    • Purchase Materials
    • Studio & Equipment Lists
    • ACCESS YOUR ACCOUNT
    • Stew Fest
  • Programs
    • Art Project Blog
    • Arts Education
    • Ceramics
    • Connections Wheat Paste Murals
    • Grinnell Community Band
    • Grinnell Community Theatre
    • Local Artist Market
    • Music in the Park
    • Public Art Tours
    • Stewart Gallery
    • Studio 6 AfterSchool Art Program
    • Turlach Ur Pipe Band
  • DONATE
  • About
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Alesia's Art Activities

Fun crafts and activities for kids of all ages!

Silly Springtime Tree

May 6, 2020 Monica St. Angelo
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Supplies: Recycled materials + plastic bottles + toothpaste boxes + cereal boxes + paper towel rolls + masking tape + scissors + colored paper + magazines + paint + glue + paper sacks

How to:
1) Collect materials to be recycled. (Make sure they have been cleaned.)
2) Build a tree sculpture by taping the recycled materials together. 
3) Paper mache with colored paper, magazines, paper sacks or tissue paper.
Or you can paper mache with newsprint and then paint. 
Brown paper sacks work well for the trunk of the tree. Make tree blossoms using the instructions from Bouquet Helmet Flower Power project. 

In Multimedia, Sculpture, Paper Crafts
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Looking for all of our projects? Go HERE to the the complete project archive!

Mailing Address:
PO Box 657
Grinnell, IA 50112
641.236.3203
info@grinnellarts.org

926 Broad Street - Grinnell Arts Center
927 Broad Street - Stew Makerspace
Admin Offices at Grinnell Arts Center:
Closed Mondays.
Open Tuesday - Friday: 11am - 5pm
Open Saturdays during exhibits: 10am - 12pm