DLTK's Bible Crafts for Kids
Palm Leaf Fold and Cut Craft

This is a fun Palm Sunday craft that works a lot like cutting out paper snowflakes.  The fronds end up being large enough that the children can carry them around waving them for a Palm Sunday parade.

Materials:

• printer
• paper
• scissors
• paper clips
• green construction paper
• scotch tape
• OPTIONAL:  Green pipe cleaner

Instructions:

• Print out the template of choice.  (the templates have the directions on them)
• Cut this template along the dotted line.
• Fold a piece of green construction paper in half and paper clip the template so the dotted line is along the fold.
• Cut through the template and both layers of construction paper along the black lines.
• Discard the template (unless you want to make more leaves).
• Unfold the construction paper to see your finished palm leaf.
• Tape a green pipe cleaner as a stem
  or 
• Roll a second piece of green construction paper into as tight a tube as possible and tape it so it will stay.  Tape that to the center as a stem.

Templates:

• Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
• Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).

Template     (color)   or   (B&W)

Printable version of these instructions