After we were done with our craft on The Lorax himself, we wanted to Grow some Truffula Trees with a fun activity for the kids! These trees are featured in the Story by Dr. Seuss called The Lorax. It is the raw material needed to make something called Thneed of which everything else seems to be made out of! Because Thneed requires to cut down the Truffula Trees, the Lorax speaks on behalf of the trees, and warns of the consequences of cutting down the Truffula Trees. Unfortunately, his words are ignored, and as the Thneed industry grows and thrives, the Lorax continues to point out the changes and results occurring in the Truffula Tree habitat until the very last tree is cut down. Oh no! But not to worry as hope has a positive outlook as the last Truffula seed is given to a boy to plant and care for.
This is a very easy project that promises a good two hours of fun for all. We looked into our craft basket and found the perfect materials for some Truffula fun. With our sample in toe, we let our imaginations go!
photo credit: seuss.wikia.com
Here is what we used as Materials:
- Ribbon of different kinds and lengths. We used both cloth and paper ribbons.
- Glue
- Paint or watercolors
- a sheer of paper
Procedure:
On our sheet of paper we glued several ribbon strips next to each other vertically
Then we got our paint ready for little fingers and had the kids make the tops of the Truffula trees fingerpainting art style 🙂
We hung dry and then had our very own outdoor gallery to match our Lorax DIY craft.
I think this activity is a great reason to get your creativity juices going with the kids, and get outdoors to admire our work!
Are you making any Truffula Trees?
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What an amazing idea, I will do this super cute craft with my kids when they get home from school. Thanks for sharing it with us.
How beautiful are those Truffula trees! Perfect activity to keep the kids busy while they learn the importance of taking care of the environment
I agree Tiffany. I will be great to entertain them too after they do the Lorax DIY because they will be in a rush to see the seeds sprout….. 🙂
What an awesome way to celebrate Dr. Seuss. My kids loved the Lorax movie and will love the craft, too!
I love the Lorax what a great way to bring the film into art as well! x
Oh, I love those! Such a cute idea with a great message.
We loved celebrating Dr Seuss day & the Lorax is one of our favorites!
What a cute idea! We love Dr. Seuss and have many of this books!
What a cute craft! My kids loved the Lorax when they were younger and they would have loved this craft.
Such a fun craft. I can see using washi tape instead of ribbon.
Yes Heather, you are right, washi tape works just as good. Great alternate suggestion, thanks!
These came out really cute. Washi tape sure does have a lot of uses.
this is a great activity for the kids. They came out really nice
Super cute. We just bought some glue, so I think it’s calling us to make some crafts. My kids really enjoyed the Lorax movie. I’ll see if we can make some trees together.
The trees look just like they do in the book. How cute.
The kids will be proud to hear your comment 🙂 thanks
This is such a great idea for a project. I just recently helped my son with his science project and it was a lot of work.
I like the craft. And now I’m singing the song… How baaaaaa aaaa aaad can I be… I’m just doing what comes naturally. 🙂
What a cute idea! My children loved that movie and would love this craft. Thanks for sharing!
This is such cute idea. One year when my music students did Seussical we made truffula trees out of bulletin board paper and tissue paper.