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.
