Blossom trees

Spring has arrived at Ilam School. 

The kowhai trees are flowering and we can spy cherry blossom trees blossoming over at the University.

A bare Winter tree.

First we painted the trunk and thick branches with brown paint.

Then we added water to the paint and mixed it together.

Next we dipped our brush into the watery paint and dripped it onto the thick branches. 

After that we blew through a straw to push the watery paint across the paper to form thin branches. 

Finally we scrunched up crepe paper to make blossoms and glued them  to the branches. 

Some trees have yellow blossoms like a kowhai tree, some have pink blossoms like a cherry tree and some are rainbow blossom trees.