Thankfullness Tree

This is a fun and creative way to let everyone say what they’re thankful for and put it on display as a holiday decoration!!

All you need is some brown paper (I used packaging paper from the dollar store) or felt to make your tree trunk and limbs and some fall colored paper, foam or felt to trace leaves onto and cut out.

In years past, we have put the “tree” up at the beginning of November and then we each wrote something we were thankful for on a leaf each night before bed and put it on the tree.

This year, we are hosting Thanksgiving dinner at our house (gulp) and so we are doing it a little differently.  We hung up the tree and leaves, but left them empty, so that when family comes to celebrate tomorrow, they can each write something they are thankful for on a leaf.  By the end of the night, we’ll have a beautiful tree full of things to be grateful for.

I can’t wait to see what everyone writes.  My kids always come up with some off the wall…yet sweet…things to write. 🙂

Hugs and thankfulness from my home to yours,

Trina