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Let’s read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, and then make our own coconut tree!

In the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, the letters of the alphabet race to the top of the coconut tree. Use our instructions to make your own.

chicka chicka boom boom tree craft for preschoolers using a paper roll, tissue paper, and foam letters — Kids will love this Chicka Chicka Boom Boom tree craft.

Our kids at school love the book, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. After reading it this week, we gathered supplies for them to make their own coconut tree.

This is a fun fine motor activity for kids because it involves cutting, tearing, gluing, and tracing around the paper roll. You could also have the kids pick out the letters for their names to race up the coconut tree.

How to make a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom tree

We are going to use paper rolls, construction paper, tissue paper, and foam letters for our Chicka Chicka Boom Boom activity.

You need construction paper, tissue paper, a paper roll, and foam letters to make a chicka chicka boom boom craft with preschoolers — Gather foam letters, construction paper, and tissue paper to make your coconut tree.

Supplies needed to make a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom tree

Long paper roll
Construction paper – green and red
Tissue paper – assorted shades of green
Foam letter stickers
Scissors
Glue stick
Pencil

Instructions for making a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom tree

Step 1

Stand the paper roll on your red construction paper. Trace around it with the pencil a few times to make the coconuts for your tree. Cut them out and set them aside for now.

Step 2

Using green construction paper, cut out leaves for your coconut tree. As you can see from the image above, our leaves almost look like a hand with three fingers on it. These don’t need to be the same, and you can draw them on the construction paper before cutting them out.

Use red paper circles, green tissue paper, and green construction paper to make your chicka chicka boom boom tree — Gather your foam letters, tissue paper, and construction paper together to make your tree.

Step 3

Cut or tear tissue paper to make extra leaves for your tree.

Step 4

Glue the tissue paper and construction paper leaves onto one end of the paper roll. We started with the construction paper leaves, and then added the tissue paper leaves.

Once your leaves are glued into place you can add the coconuts to your leaves, and then the foam letters racing up the tree.

Our finished Chicka Chicka Boom Boom tree craft

Yield: 1

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Coconut Tree Craft

This coconut tree craft is a fun fine motor skills activity for preschoolers after reading the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Active Time 30 minutes

Total Time 35 minutes

Difficulty Medium

Estimated Cost $1

Materials

Long paper roll
Construction paper - green and red
Tissue paper - assorted shades of green
Foam letter stickers
Glue stick
Pencil

Tools

Scissors

Instructions

Stand the paper roll up on the red construction paper and trace around it using the pencil. Cut out the red coconuts for your tree and set them aside.
Draw leaves on the green construction paper and cut those out too.
Tear or cut even more leaves out of the tissue paper.
Glue your leaves onto one end of the paper roll and then glue your coconuts onto the leaves.
Attach the foam letters to the tree racing them up the tree trunk.