Wednesday, November 2, 2011

The Thanksgiving Tree.

You might remember my post about a Thanksgiving Tree last year...can you believe it's that time of year again? I can't! Here's a little refresher on the Thanksgiving Tree if you're interested in doing it with your family!

A sweet friend of mine shared this idea with me a while ago, and I'm happy to pass it on.

Firstly, you take fall-ish colored construction paper or cardstock and cut out enough "leaves" to represent each day from November 1 until Thanksgiving Day (this year Thanksgiving falls on November 24th, so you would cut out 24 leaves). Since I used cardstock, I used the first leaf as my template.



Poke a hole in each leaf and feed a piece of string or twine through.


Create a "tree" using a large stick or a bundle of sticks. I have a dried twisted hibiscus I'm using this year. You can either attach all of the leaves now or attach them one at a time. Cub wanted to help me this year, so we went ahead and put all of the blank leaves on our tree.


Every morning, write what you are thankful for on a leaf.

It's an easy way to focus on the poignancy of a thankful heart, and to teach it to our kiddos at a young age. We kept our leaves from last year and plan to continue keeping them--it's so fun to look back!

Plus, it's a great fall decoration. :)

Have a lovely day, friends.

6 comments:

  1. Thanks for doing a post about this! I love this idea! I've also meant to tell you how thankful I am for your daily "thankful" posts on facebook. It reminds me to count my blessings and not my "burdens!" I really enjoy it so much!!!

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  2. We did this again yesterday too! S loved it so much last year and is already excited to teach her little sister about gratitude this year. So much fun.

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  3. love this idea! wanna do it! but help me out: did you find that in your backyard?? (disclaimer: i am nothing of the creative type) need help with the tree part :)

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  4. Last year our "tree" was just a huge stick that I found at a park (we had no trees in our yard at that house!). I have a friend who went to Hobby Lobby and bought a bundle of twigs 50% off and stuck them in a vase. The hibiscus tree is from my friend's wedding reception this past summer (her parents gave it to me afterwards and I love it!). But by no means would I go out and buy a tree! The cheaper, the better!! I hope that helps!

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  5. This is such a good idea, and I fully intend to copy next year!

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  6. thanks! we don't have trees either. :( but i love the vase idea so might do that!

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