You will need:

• 12×12 grey construction paper
• 12×9 black construction paper
• white pencil
• scissors
• glue
• white tempera paint, paint tray and/or a cup
• sponge
• old toothbrush or a paint splatter bottle

Divide the black paper into 7 – 8 stripes.

These are going to be the tree trunks – they do not have to be perfectly straight.

Group the trees into 3 piles:

• thin stripes
• medium stripes
• thick stripes

Glue the thin stripes as shown (about 2-3 inches from the edge of the paper).

Put some white paint in a tray.

Sponge some paint onto the bottom part of the artwork.

Cover a small part of the trees too.

Let the paint dry!

Glue the medium thickness stripes between the thin trees edges and the edge of the paper

Sponge more paint covering the bottom part of the medium stripes.

Let the paint dry!

Glue the rest of the stripes. Align the top and the bottom of each stripe with the paper edges.

Sponge some paint onto the thick stripes.

Use pieces of black construction paper to add tree branches.

Cut off the tree tops.

Pour white paint into a cup.

Place the artwork inside a box or cover the work area with newspapers.

Splatter paint onto the artwork.

Start at the bottom.

Let it dry.

Mat the finished work.