November has always been a month of giving thanks, something that I try to have my children do on a more regular basis but I definitely stress during this special month. Especially these days, sometimes it is harder and harder to look on the bright side of life, and remember that as little as some of us may have, some will always have less. I wanted to find a way to really illustrate how much we have to be thankful for, so we created our Tree of Thanks.
This is a SUPER simple craft, but one that will last all the way through Thanksgiving, both as a craft and daily activity.
MATERIALS:
- Construction paper (I used brown for the tree trunk and branches and yellow and orange for the leaves)
- Scissors
- Glue
- Marker
DIRECTIONS:
- Cut out a trunk and branches for the tree and glue the branches on the tree.
- Cut out enough leaves for everyone to have a leaf every day until Thanksgiving
- Each day, have everyone take one leaf and write what they are thankful for and then hang on the tree with the glue.
- Hang the tree high so you can add some more trunk and branches if necessary!
