It's COMING! Read Across America is next week, so I thought I'd share a very easy DIY that I put together to decorate our hallways!
I've seen these adorable truffula trees all over pinterest, from adorable pictures of peoples' classrooms and photos from blogs.
To celebrate Read Across America, I thought I'd make a few to put outside our library!
It was much easier than I thought it'd be. Here's what you need:
- Pool noodles (I cut them down to make trunks of different lengths)
- Masking tape (I used black and blue)
- tissue paper sheets (the larger, the better)
- floral wire
- floral wire cutters
- scissors
First, I took the masking tape and wrapped it around the pool noodles at a regular interval to make the little stripes you see on the truffula tree trunks.

One of the steps in making the poofs is to wrap the floral wire around the middle of a stack of tissue paper. I left the ends of the wire very long, so I could use it to punch through the pool noodle and attach the poof to the top. I also only fluffed out the petals into one side, making a 180 degree flower, rather than a 360 degree flower, so I could lay the flowers flat against the wall.
I made six truffula trees of different colors in about an hour (maybe an hour and a half). Easy peasy!
We used our truffula trees to decorate the doorway outside the library. We covered the wall with a bright blue background, and layered on grass, little Seuss-like hills, and clouds to make a cute truffula scene.
What do you do to decorate for Read Across America? I know a lot of teachers decorate their doors. I'd love to see your photos!
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