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Frugal Fun Create a New Holiday
Tradition for Your Family: A
Thanksgiving Tree Looking for a simple but meaningful way to celebrate the holidays? Why not make a Family Thanksgiving Tree? Though it's good to start this wonderful holiday project a week before Thanksgiving Day, it's really never too late to make one! * * * Our family has been making Thanksgiving Trees for several years now and they really make our holidays even more special. As we see our homemade tree hanging up on the wall each day throughout the holiday season (we keep ours displayed all the way through Christmas), it reminds us of how much we are blessed, even with just one quick glance. It can be so easy to get overly stressed during the holidays, especially
when money is tight or someone in the family might be out of a job or even seriously ill. But we all really do have so much to be thankful for. Poster Board - With a black or brown marker, draw a large tree on a poster board (forming the outline of a tree trunk and branches), then use small pieces of scotch tape to attach the poster to a closet or pantry door. Construction Paper - Tape together several sheets of brown construction paper to form a tree and branches (use sheets of paper cut in half lengthwise for the branches), then attach the tree to a closet or pantry door as instructed above. Real Tree Branch - Use a real tree branch that's somewhat flat and attach it to the door somehow (I haven't tried this method yet but I'm sure it could work!), or place it in a bucket of sand and pinecones. Be creative and make your tree bases however you want! Next, Make Some Leaves to Write on... Using construction paper or other similar material, cut out a stack of leaves (preferably the fall colors of red, orange and yellow). Make enough so that each member of the family will have plenty of leaves to write out individual things they are thankful for, and even a few extra for holiday visitors. Sometimes I like to attach a small envelope to the door to hold the unused
blank leaves, but a small decorative container to place nearby would be even more festive. Then as the leaves are ready, add them to the tree with a small piece of tape on the back, or you can use a glue stick. Place them all along the branches in different directions. You can even place some 'fallen leaves' along the bottom of the tree, for a nice look of the Fall season. Making a Thanksgiving Tree has become one of our family's treasured holiday traditions. No matter how we make them they are always beautiful to me. And the meanings within our leaves, of all the things we are thankful for (including each other), are the most beautiful of all. Really, we should make every day a Thanksgiving Day! *
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