Pinwheel Pasta Christmas Tree Craft

Looking for a bright, colorful and simple Christmas kids craft to make with your family this holiday season? We will show you how to make pinwheel pasta Christmas Tree Craft.

This Christmas Tree Craft made from pinwheel pasta, cardboard, yarn and glitter is the cutest Christmas tree craft around! It is fun for kids of all ages too so you most definitely want to add it to your to-do list this holiday season.

Supplies Needed:

cardboard (or a cereal box)
acrylic paint (green, brown and colors of your choice to paint your pasta)
paintbrush
paper plates
pinwheel pasta
glitter
yarn (we used a multi-colored metallic yarn)
gold cardstock (optional)
school glue
wipes

Tutorial:

1. Cut out needed shapes

Gather your supplies. Start by cutting out the shape of a Christmas tree and a tree trunk from your cardboard or cereal box. We cut our star out of gold cardstock but you could use cardboard instead.

2. Paint your cardboard pieces

Pour some green and brown paint onto a paper plate and use your paintbrush to paint all the cardboard pieces. Set them aside to dry.

Make sure to have wipes out on the table, open and ready to tackle any messes while you make the craft. They are super convenient for wiping up hands immediately after painting. Not only do their triple layers help clean paint off hands and faces gently and easily, but having them right at the table makes it so your kids don’t have to trek across the house with wet paint on their hands.

3. Paint pinwheel pasta

Now it’s time to paint your pinwheel pasta. Squeeze out a few different colors of paint onto a paper plate. One at a time, dip your pinwheel pasta into the paint to cover one side of them and then place them paint side up onto a place mat or tablecloth to let them dry.

4. Sprinkle glitter over pasta

While the pasta is still wet sprinkle them with glitter to give your Christmas craft some fun sparkle. Switching between the different colors when painting the pasta was a breeze for my daughter since she just grabbed a wipe and cleaned the paint off her fingers between colors.

5. Add trunk and yarn strands to the tree

After the cardboard pieces are dry, glue the trunk to the bottom of your Christmas tree. Now cut several different strands of yarn to decorate your tree with. Add lines of school glue across your Christmas tree and place your pieces of yarn on the glue. If you have pieces that hang off the sides of the tree, trim them with scissors.

6. Add gold star

Glue your gold star at the top of your pasta Christmas tree craft.

7. Glue pasta to the tree

Finish your pasta Christmas Tree craft by adding dots of school glue all over your tree and gluing on your pinwheel pasta as colorful, sparkly ornaments.