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Thanksgiving for Kids- Being Thankful Tree

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This special time of year is filled with thankfulness and falling leaves. I decided to create a Being Thankful Tree for my son to use to display people and things he is thankful for.
The Being Thankful tree is so easy to make.
Materials:

  • Two pieces of cardboard
  • Colored paper
  • Ribbon

Here is how to create a tree: 
Cut two tree cutouts twelve inches tall out of cardboard. Hint: The tree looks best with all the branches pointing out.
One of the tree cutouts will need a slit that descends from the top of the tree down its center leaving three and a half inches at the bottom uncut.

The other tree cutout received a cut from the bottom of the tree in the center. I left four and half inches at the top.
Slide the tree cutout with the slit rising from the bottom unto the other tree cut out. 
Voila! You have a tree. Now it is onto the leaves.
 
Cut oversized leaves out of fall-colored paper.
Put a small slit in the leaf for the ribbon to pass through.
Put a piece of ribbon in each leaf and tie it off to make a loop.
Place the names of people and things that you love the leaves. This can be done once a day leading up to Thanksgiving or at one sitting.
JDaniel loved the idea of a thankfulness tree so much that he asked if we could make one for the next-door neighbors!

He has also loved rearranging the leaves and making them fall!
Update: He has taken to wearing the leaves of the people he likes that day like a ring on his finger.

This post is linked to Mrs. Matlock’s Alphabe Thursday, Mommy Club Wednesday, and several other places.

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Comments

  2. This is great! I’ve been trying to teach my kids to be thankful. Maybe, making this will help them learn to appreciate their blessings in life.

  7. I love this idea! And thanks for posting it so early in November so I can do it way before Thanksgiving! It is really heart warming.

  12. Super, super cute! My girls will love this…and we’ll be home during the week of Thanksgiving, so we’ll have to try it then.

  13. With Christmas being plastered all over the stores right now it’s easy for kids to miss Thanksgiving. This is a great idea~! we all need to have this tree on the table..we tend to forget what we are Thankful for.. Thanks for the idea…
    Have a great day~ ta ta for now from Iowa:)

  14. LOVE this, last year we did a turkey and taped feathers with our thanks words on them 🙂

  16. What a great idea! I think we’ll work on one for our family.

    I love that he’s taken to wearing the leaves of his favourite people!

  19. This is so simple to make yet so important. It is sometimes challenging to remind children to be grateful.

  21. I love that idea. My son would love to make this! Gratitude for the things we have is such a great thing to encourage in our kids. Good job!

  30. You are one fun mama! I love this tree idea! I may do a Thanksgiving tree from a real tree branch and spray paint it, or not and add leaves of thankfulness. Great idea! Enjoy the week!

  34. That sounds like a very good idea. I could use one of those myself as a little reminder. It’s good for children and adults.

  41. What a brilliant idea! I saw something like this only giant used in a fund-raiser!

    I’m thinking we might try this next week for our Thanksgiving table!

    Thanks for another brilliant idea!

    A+

  42. What a great project to do with JDaniel! I love that you’re teaching him all these lessons 🙂 I think I might give this project a try with E when we go back to California in December.

  45. What a great idea.
    I’m looking at trees as we are on the letter T and I want to make a family tree.

    Thanks for sharing.
    Visiting via RedTedArt

  46. That is a wonderful idea. Love the craft on its own, but even more special with the thankful messages and thoughts.

    Thanks for sharing on Kids Get Crafty.

    Maggy

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