Wrapping Paper/Paper Towel Roll & Popcorn Spring Blossom Craft

We always save all our papertowel and wrapping paper rolls and have asked parents to save theirs as well. There are literally hundreds of crafts you can make with them (toilet paper rolls too).
  
Materials:
Wrapping Paper Rolls or Papertowel Rolls (either works, one just makes a taller tree)
Liquid Glue (the thickest and quickest drying kind you can find that is non-toxic)
White popcorn kernels and a method to pop them
Red food coloring

Age rating: 4+
(younger children needed substantial help and did not have the attention span to finish the craft)

 You can use a popcorn popper or a pot on the stove ( check this or other youtube videos if you are unsure how to do this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgKxDcMKbUs)

Usually when making popcorn you 1-2 tsp of oil, for this I used no oil at all. When the popcorn is still hot, squirt the red food coloring on it, you have to be quick, and use it sparingly, too much will cause the popcorn to be wet and shrivel up. You can also use Mio or Liquid Koolade to squirt on if you are going to be eating it as well, mio however has artificial sweeteners, so use your own judgement.The popcorn should come out almost tie-dyed red/pink and white. Let the popcorn cool completely before trying to glue it on.

Cut the top 1/3 of the roll so that when you fold the flaps or "branches" down to look almost like a willow or palm tree. *DO NOT FOLD THEM DOWN YET*

Use liquid glue to glue the popcorn on the tree blanches. We found the best way was to put the glue in a small bowl and dip the popcorn in the glue. Use the glue sparingly, if you use too much glue the popcorn will shrivel up.

Work you way around the roll,the glue should set slightly and be tacky enough to hold the popcorn on when you roll it over, we however found it was easier to tape the roll to the table and let it hang off the edge, so we didn't get glue on the table and it wasn't touching anything until it was dry.

Leave the craft to dry completely (1-2 hours).

Gently fold down the branches so it looks like a tree. Repeat the process on the top side of the "branches" as well, so both sides are covered in popcorn. Viola! Let it dry another 1-2 hours or overnight.