RED CHRISTMAS: holiday party craft auditions: Christmas tree tube

Welcome to classroom party craft audition TWO! (Go here for audition ONE.)

I'm pretty sure I have the best readers ever (I know every blogger feels that way . . . but I really do!) because you left some amazing comments about the yarn ornaments. I really appreciated your honest feedback and suggestions. Since I'm new . . . and slightly inept . . . to planning crafts for a group of 24 five and six year olds, I REALLY need help!

As I side note, I realize these crafts don't really need step-by-step explanations and directions, but I give them so that you can read what the process is and give me your feedback about whether you think it's too hard, too easy or just right . . . hey, I sound like Goldilocks!

Also, I checked with the teacher and all the kids do celebrate Christmas, so most of these crafts use traditional Christmas symbols.

So . . . just as a recap, I would like to have a couple different craft stations with the following themes:
1) Eat It - something food related for them to decorate/make and eat right there
2) Keep It - a craft for them to keep for themselves or their home
3) Give It - a craft for them to giveaway to a neighbor or friend

I think Eat It will be a cookies decorating station. So I need a Keep It and a Give It craft.

And here's number two:

Christmas Tree Tubes

Audition #2

Here’s what you need:

~Big triangle cut out of colorful cardstock

~White yarn cut into a long piece

~foam star sticker

~small paper roll

~a third of a paper roll bent into the shape of a square

~candy or crayons or other fillers for the tube

~glue

Here’s what you do:

1) Peel the backing of the foam star sticker. Place at top of tree. Make a zigzag with the glue from the top to the bottom of the tree. And place the yarn over the top of the glue like garland.