School Project- Need Trees!

Lounge By shelbur10 Updated 27 Apr 2007 , 3:46am by randel

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shelbur10 Posted 26 Apr 2007 , 2:08pm
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My niece is making a volcano for a school project. She wants some little trees to put around it (about 1 inch tall or so). But we can't find any plastics ones, so I've been designated the 'creative one' in the family, and they passed the buck to me.
Just to clarify, these do not need to be edible, just look at least vaguely like trees. Does anyone have any ideas how I can make these tiny trees?

TIA!

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Pootchi Posted 26 Apr 2007 , 2:17pm
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Use little icecream cones, the tiny ones can make some great pine trees if painted in green...

if I have more ideas I'll post them here...

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mizshelli Posted 26 Apr 2007 , 2:57pm
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Toys R Us in the dollhouse section icon_smile.gif

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Parable Posted 26 Apr 2007 , 3:03pm
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Gumpaste to the rescue!!!!!!!!! Just look at all the trees in the gallery and then get to work.

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Peachshortcake Posted 26 Apr 2007 , 5:19pm
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Things my friends and I used for trees in school:

-Icecream cones
-Taking evergreen branches and cutting them to size. If they are secured with hot glue they stay green for a long time.
-Sea sponge cut to size, painted green, and mounted on a stick.

its been a long time since school but i will post more if it think of them

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shelbur10 Posted 26 Apr 2007 , 5:31pm
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Thanks for all the great ideas everyone!! It's been TOO long since the days of my school projects and my kids aren't old enough for volcanoes yet! icon_smile.gif

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Ohara Posted 26 Apr 2007 , 11:47pm
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You could probably get little trees at the hobby shop where they sell train stuff.

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LanaC Posted 27 Apr 2007 , 12:21am
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I'd have little precious explain to the teacher that trees can't grow in the ash of an active volcano, and use charcoal briquettes mooshed down as ash.

Seriously though, if they only need to be about an inch tall, what about those bugles chips painted green, some stacked on top of one another for pine trees. For other vegetation, I'd go with buying some of the green moss filler used in fake plants.

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randel Posted 27 Apr 2007 , 3:46am
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I would just use some brown paper for the trunks and use green cotton wool (dyed it if you can't get it) for the tops. Good luck!

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