Free Tree Template Printable Bundle

Trees are a topic you can study year-round. From how trees help animals during winter to how nature changes throughout the year, trees are an evergreen topic for the classroom. Trees also inspire fiction writing, poetry, and art. The best way to learn about trees is through hands-on activities. Use these tree templates to incorporate some leafy green into writing, science, art, and more.

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Tree Template With Leaves

• Use this template to practice addition and subtraction. Print out one for each student or pair. Give students fruit manipulatives and challenge them to show various math problems using the trees as a workspace. For example, for 2 + 5, students place 2 and then 5 apples in the tree and count the total. 
• What might happen under this tree? Print a tree for each student and have them imagine what they might do under the shade of the tree. Then, students write their stories and use the template for their illustrations. When students share their stories, point out how interesting it is that one tree inspired so many different stories.

Tree Template Without Leaves

• Students research trees and present what they learn about a type of tree with these templates. Students choose one type of deciduous tree, like a maple, oak, or gingko. They research facts about the tree and decorate this template with leaves and flowers that show what the tree looks like when it’s blooming. 
• Make an “All About Me Tree.” Students use the branches on this tree template to list the things that make them special. Each large branch can be one category: favorites, family, friends, skills. Students list details about each category on the smaller branches. They can create a poem on a tree! This is a great activity to do for back-to-school night or a bulletin board.
• Trace shadows. Cut out this tree template. On a sunny day, go outside and hold up the tree so that it makes a shadow on the ground. Trace the shadow. Then, give students chalk and have them decorate the tree with colorful leaves. 
• Create fact-filled trees by researching and writing facts about trees on small (leaf-shaped) pieces of paper. Then, fold and glue the pieces of paper onto this tree template. Students can open each leaf to learn a fun fact. Ready to get started? Check out Fascinating Facts About Trees.

Template With Four Trees

• Use this tree template to teach what happens to a tree across a year. Students decorate each tree as it would look in winter, spring, summer, and fall. Or cut this page into four pieces and create tree booklets that show how a tree changes from season to season. 
• Research tree habitats. Students learn about the animals that make trees their home, and build a tree habitat using this tree template and art supplies. How does the habitat change from winter to spring? Summer to fall?
• Use these smaller trees to reinforce students’ commitment to taking care of the Earth. Students decorate a small tree and write one way they can help trees. 

Palm Tree, Pine Tree, and Sequoia Tree Templates

• Use these templates for a research project. Students choose one type of tree that they do not see in their area very often and research where this tree grows. What kind of terrain does it grow in? What temperatures does it grow in? Where could they visit these trees? They add details to the tree template by filling it in with facts and information. 
• These trees can also inspire storytelling. Pass out trees randomly, or let students choose, and have students write a story that involves the tree. Students can be creative about how the tree is incorporated, but the tree must be featured in their story. 
• Retell an ABC story. We all know Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, but what if the ABCs were trying to climb a pine tree or a great sequoia? Students use the tree template to imagine how to fit all 26 letters on the tree. Then, with some art supplies, see if they can make it happen. 

Learn more: 10 Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Activities

Tree Templates With Writing Lines

• Tell students to write down their academic or personal goals, symbolizing their growth throughout the year. This can be a beginning-of-the-year activity or a way to reflect on progress at different points in the school year.
• After reading The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, have students write about what the story means to them. They could describe someone in their life who has given to them or reflect on how they can be more giving.
• Have students describe the stages of a tree’s life, from seed to sapling to mature tree, writing about what happens at each stage.

3D Tree Template

• Print these tree trunks onto card stock and give each student two pages. Students cut out the trees, cut partway through the center of one cutout, and create a three-dimensional tree. Then, students can use construction paper or crepe paper to decorate the tree with flowers in spring or colored leaves in fall. Use students’ finished trees as table decorations for a class celebration. 
• Create symmetrical painted trees. Print these tree templates and have students use sponges (or leaves!) to paint one side of the tree. Then, students fold the paper in half and see how symmetrical their tree is once they open the paper back up again. 
• Use these trees as a foundation to grow crystals. Use a salt solution with Epsom salt, borax, or alum. Carefully pour your solution onto the tree and allow it to evaporate and leave crystals behind. Tip: To do this, print the tree template on dark paper. 

Learn more: Free Leaf Printables

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