Ready for a FREE Christmas activity for kids? Grab this Q-tip tree painting FREE Printable and create Christmas dot painting art projects that kids love doing!

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We are just a week away from Christmas break, which means my kids will be home and bouncing off the walls with excitement! That’s equal parts fun and terrifying for me; my kids have a lot of energy.

I try to combat the Christmas hyper vibes with some fun structured activities both out of the house and at home. Fun Christmas crafts for kids or Christmas art projects keep kids entertained and help us keep things balanced and less stressful. Not to mention, a free Christmas activity is always a welcome idea in our home!

Q-tip Painting

We have fallen in love with Q-Tip art this year, and a Christmas dot painting felt in order! If you haven’t heard of these, essentially, one fills in the dot painting by using a Q-tip. It’s like a kid-friendly pointillism (that I know many teens and adults enjoy too)! It’s been commercialized with dot markers and lots of worksheets and coloring books, and it’s all the rage in preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school grades. But don’t worry, you don’t have to buy anything fancy or special for this fun hand-eye coordination coded Christmas craft!

It’s really easy, it’s really cheap to gather supplies if you don’t already have them. But best of all, it’s a really FUN Christmas dot painting project that encourages creativity!

And we have you covered with two versions of a Q-tip tree painting template, perfect for younger or older kids!

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Q-tip Tree Painting: Christmas Dot Painting

Create a fun and easy Christmas craft for kids with these free Q-tip tree painting printables to create fun Christmas dot painting crafts.

Prep Time 2 minutes

Active Time 15 minutes

Total Time 17 minutes

Difficulty Easy

Materials

- 5-10 Q-tips
- Q-tip tree painting printable
- A few colors of washable paint or acrylic paints
- (Optional) Green cardstock

Tools

- Printer to print download (you can also send it to Staples or Office Max if you don't have a printer)

Instructions

Download the free Q-tip tree painting printable.
Print Q-tip tree painting prints on either white or green cardstock to create a tree base
Place a few blots of paint on a washable plate to create a paint pallet.
Place Q-tips next to paints to be used as the brush/paint applicators.
Decorate the Christmas trees using individual dots from the Q-tip applicator. Have fun creating any type of tree and be creative with your Christmas dot painting!
Let dry and enjoy your easy Q Tip Christmas tree project!

Notes

I love to reuse a paper bag and put it on my table to help prevent any paint messes.

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But most of all ENJOY!

Fun Ideas and Variations

Feel free to practice all the fine motor skills with lots of different colors and patterns.
Challenge kids to figure out which dots should be a green tree, and then have them add an ornament with different paint colors.
Bring different items to glue onto the picture. Glitter adds a fun bonus, a pom pom ornament or fluffly branch is a good choice, or bring a mini Christmas bow box for some extra fun!
You can easily draw a wreath outline and let kids practice some Christmas dot art within the structure.
Use our Gingerbread man printable and have kids fill in the blanks with dot painting.
Look for other coloring pages like an elf, a candy cane, some holly and ivy, a Christmas gift, a reindeer, or grab our Santa beard cotton ball printable, and get creative filling in the dots as you go!

And however you use this fun free Christmas dot painting printable, we hope you enjoy it and have a very Merry Christmas!