Dr. Seuss Craft: Truffula Trees from The Lorax

Updated on May 9, 2024

Dr. Seuss Craft: Truffula Trees. Create Truffula trees like in Dr. Seuss’s book, The Lorax. You can easily create a forest with just some yarn and pipe cleaners!

Did you know Dr. Seuss’s birthday is on March 2nd? We are big lovers of Dr. Seuss at our house.

I used to read these books to my pregnant tummy with both kids. We are lucky enough to have all my husband’s old Seuss books from when he was little in our collection.

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The Lorax by Dr. Seuss

One of our favorite Dr. Seuss books is The Lorax. Seeing the movie was a huge bonus! Both the original movie and the newer version that came out in 2012 are great choices if you have kids.

How to Make DIY Truffula Trees

Today, I will show you how to make a Truffula Tree forest! This is a simple craft. If you have older kids, they should be able to help with this one!

Supplies:

• Yarn (in various colors)
• Scissors
• Fork
• Black and Yellow Pipe Cleaners

Make Truffula Tree Trunks

Start by making your trunks of the Truffula trees. Twist one black and one yellow pipe cleaner together.

We are making small-ish trees, so cut your twisted pipe cleaner in half.

You could also use gold/yellow and black paper straws as stems for the trees and then tie the pom poms on top.

Create Pom Pom Tree Tops

Now, make the treetops by creating pom poms using a fork. Start by cutting a piece of yarn about 6 inches long. Loop it through the center fork tine with the ends hanging down.

Begin looping the yarn around the outside of the fork. You want the loops to be tight as you go.

I suggest wrapping the yarn around the fork 40 to 60 times to get full, fluffy pom poms.

Use the original smaller piece of yarn you looped over at the beginning, bring the ends up and over your looped yarn, and tie it.

Carefully pull your yarn off of your fork.

Many pom pom makers are available from the craft store, which makes creating pom poms even easier.

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Attach Pom Pom to Pipe Cleaner

Place the pipe cleaner underneath the tie you made.

Pull the string tight and tie a knot (or two).

Note: I tried tying off the knot while the yarn was still on the fork, but I could never get it tight enough to keep the pom pom from falling apart.

Tying one loop on the fork, removing it, and tightening the yarn before tying the final knot worked best! If you have trouble tying the pom pom on, you can attach it with hot glue gun instead.

Clip the looped edges on both sides of your pom pom. Be careful not to cut the yarn holding the pom pom together.

Clip off any loose ends of yarn.

Normally, at this stage of making pom poms, you would trim the pom pom to make it look neat and symmetrical, but since we are imitating art from a Dr. Seuss book, I think the imperfections and different lengths of yarn make these trees look that much greater.

But trim your pom pom however you like!

UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. – Dr. Seuss

The Lorax will thank you. After all, he speaks for the trees. :)

This would also make a fun activity to celebrate Earth Day. Read The Lorax, and talk to your kids about what we can do to care for our planet.

For a Seuss party, you can use these Truffula tree tops as cupcake toppers.

I placed all the Lorax trees we made in a glass bowl, covered with shredded green paper to resemble grass.

Happy Crafting!

Craft Lightning Seuss Edition

Once again, I am teaming up with many other bloggers for Craft Lightning: Seuss Edition! There are so many fun crafts! Head to The Country Chic Cottage and 30 Minute Crafts to see all the other projects.

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