Pasta Cherry Blossom Tree

Spread the spring fever with a cherry blossom tree made from pasta! Make different pasta tree varieties to explore the four seasons.
Materials
- Brown Fuzzy Sticks
- Acrylic Paint Pots
- Pasta - Rigatoni, Conchiglioni (Shells), Gemelli, Fiori
- Scissors
- Green Construction Paper
- Foam Core
- Glue
Instructions
Step 1. Gather your supplies. | |
Step 2 Cut a circle from black foam core. | |
Step 3 Cut a of green construction paper the same size as the foam core circle. Glue the green construction paper circle to the top of the foam core. | |
Step 4 Paint some rigatoni and gemelli pasta brown. | |
Step 5 Glue 4 stacks of 3 rigatoni to the center of the foam core. | |
Step 6 Glue the gemelli to the bottom of the rigatoni trunk to look like roots. | |
Step 7 Glue painted gemelli to some fuzzy sticks, then bend them and glue them inside the rigatoni trunk. | |
Step 8 Paint fiori pasta two shades of pink. These will be the cherry blossoms. | |
Step 9 Glue the painted fiori to the fuzzy stick-gemelli branches. | |
Step 10 Paint shells two shades of green. These will be the leaves. | |
Step 11 Glue the shells to the fuzzy stick-gemelli branches. |