Make a Thankful Tree!
( Our family did this one year and it was really fun, maybe I'll try it again this year. )
You will need:
1 large brown paper bag (or we used butcher paper)
Construction Paper, red, yellow and orange
Cut open the brown paper bag by cutting down one of the creases and then cutting the bottom off. Lay the paper out on the table and use about half to ¾ of the length of the bag to draw a tree trunk.
Staple, tape or pin this to the back of a door or a bulletin board. (we just taped it to a wall in my parents family room)
Use the remaining pieces of the bag to make branches for the tree. Staple those coming from the tree trunk. This does not need to be fancy and you don’t need to be an artist to do this ...
Now make leaves out of construction paper. Make lots of them! You can use a basic maple leaf design or any leaf design you would like. You can hand them out to everyone and have them write down what they are thankful for this year. Then tape them to the tree and enjoy.
The children really enjoyed this and it was a good reminder for them to think about their blessings.
How nice to have a heart full of thanks when you sit down to your Thanksgiving dinner!
7 comments:
Only 2 more days! We're off to Costco today to buy the bird!!! Sounds like we may get Tucker over to my parents for Turkey Day...
Oh, he doesn't get to come home because of work? That makes me sad, but very thankful that you guys will be there and have such a great family that welcomes our family as well. We will miss you!
Great idea! FHE was all about being thankful last night, but maybe this would be a great project to pass the time on Thanksgiving day!
Cute idea Sarah! We will have to try it at our house.
I like it too! I think the tree is so cute! We did a Thankful Night for FHE too. This tree is perfect!
Very cute. We did something similiar with a tree branch in years past, but we may have to try this one.
Great idea. I'll be using it!
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