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Craft Corner: A Reason to Give Thanks Door Decor

🦃 Cool Craft for Thanksgiving

By Vicki Little November 14, 2012

Each night before we go to bed, our family each says one thing that we are thankful for.

It can be something really simple, like when my 3-year-old gives thanks for having cookies after dinner or for going to the library that day. Some days it is something bigger, like having a roof over our heads.

No matter what they choose that day, it is always up to them, and it helps them to realize that they have things that some other people may not.

During November, I like to add a little bit more. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays! The feeling of love and thankfulness always overwhelms me during the holidays and I like to have a visual reminder for just how much we have to be thankful for.

Last year we did a Thankful Tree; this year I simply used vinyl lettering (stickers would work as well) and paper leaves. Either way, the idea is the same. Both ways are also SUPER simple crafts, and ones that will last all the way through Thanksgiving.

What You Need:

  • Construction paper in brown, yellow, orange, and red
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Marker

What You Do:

  1. Cut out a trunk and branches for the tree and glue the branches on the tree.
  2. Cut out enough leaves for everyone to have a leaf every day until Thanksgiving.
  3. Each day, have everyone take one leaf and write what they are thankful for and then hang on the tree with the glue.
  4. Hang the tree high so you can add some more trunk and branches if necessary!

(The picture is our current one with vinyl letters and paper leaves that I cut out of construction paper. You can find the vinyl at hobby stores or just use stickers.)