Happy Thanksgiving, residents. To help you celebrate the holiday, we’ve got a suggestion for a fun family craft to try. The craft is called a Thankful Tree, and it’s a great, and fairly simple, way to remember some of what you’re thankful for this year and in the years to come.
What you’ll need:
A selection of small branches and twigs to tie together to create a tree. You can alternatively bend 16 gauge craft wire together to form the tree shape, but that’s a bit more difficult.
Ribbon or twine to tie together your twigs at the base, and a jar or vase to keep them in.
Red, orange, yellow, and brown construction paper.
Scissors.
A hole punch.
A pen.
What to do:
Collect small, thin branches and twigs to use. You want to construct a tree-like shape with them by allowing them to point out in different directions at the top. Tie them together towards the bottom, still allowing them to fan out naturally on top, and place them in a properly sized vase or jar.
Cut leaf shapes out of red, orange, yellow, and brown construction paper. Kids who are old enough to handle scissors can help with this part, and you can mix and match different leaf shapes.
Hole punch one corner of each leaf.
Place the hole punched paper leaves in a bowl on the table next to the Thankful tree, along with a pen. Through the week of Thanksgiving, or however long you want to do it (you could even keep doing it for the rest of the month, or longer!) members of the household can come pick a leaf, write one thing they're thankful for on it, and hang it on the tree.
For families, it might be nice to read off the leaves aloud on Thanksgiving together, or at another chosen time. It’s a great reminder of everything we have to be grateful for!
We hope your celebrations are wonderful, and once again, happy Thanksgiving!
