shape. if you don't have enough to form nice shapes, you can use pipe cleaners to add more distinction to your branch.
5. thinking about it, 3 and 4 take the most time. everything else you would do in a couple of minutes. take couple of pompoms and either glue them together or thread them with the thread, then tie them to the branch. use your imagination and especially ask the kids to help! you can wrap up some cut yarn and use it instead of ribbons.
6. the best part is when you make the popcorn decoration! make a big bowl of popcorn and start to thread the popcorn on a 