Blossoming Spring Trees

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Working with our hands can be very calming to our bodies. Creating with our hands can be very soothing to our souls.

• Tree branch or twig, any size

• Playdough or clay, small golf-ball size lump

• Tissue paper or construction paper, cut into small squares (approx. 1/2" or 1/4" square)

• Glue

• Q-tip or brush for gluing

Make the twig or branch into a tree-like shape by removing side branches until there is one central "trunk" with branches coming out of that. Roll the playdough into a ball, slightly flatten, and put the twig into that as a base; shape to make it a sturdy base.

Take paper squares, either crumpled into a ball or left as squares, and glue to the tips of the branches to put "blossoms" on your tree.