Winter Craft: Magical Forest Scene

Transform toilet roll tubes into a magical winter forest! This simple, eco-friendly craft is perfect for kids and uses materials you already have at home.

What You’ll Need:

     Toilet roll tubes

    Scissors and glue

    Cardboard (for the base)

    Winter-themed wooden animal toys

    Paper, markers, glitter (optional)

Instructions:

Make the Trees:

Carefully cut toilet roll tubes into 1cm strips to make the trees.

Assemble the Trees:

Fold each strip in half to create v shapes. Glue each strip onto a card base, ideally with a glue gun and adult supervision.

Add Decorations:

Wrap your tree trunk in decorative washi tape and add a gold star to your tree!

Set the Scene:

Arrange the trees and place wooden animal toys among them. Add cotton or tissue for snow. We added snowy mountain tops to our scene and a paper tree garland. Sugar paper is perfect for this and easy for children to cut and craft from adding a variety of colours too.

Enjoy your handmade winter wonderland! This craft is creative, fun, and a great way to recycle too - please click on the printable image below to download to your computer and send to print!

When the pens go down, our Christmas gift guide is full of wooden toys chosen by age and budget, from wooden stocking fillers to bigger presents. Children who enjoy quiet, creative play like this will also love our toys for 4 year olds.