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Craft Tutorials | Holiday Crafts | Thanksgiving Crafts | Thankful Tree for Thanksgiving
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Thankful Tree for Thanksgiving

Author by Amanda Davis on November 6, 2017 Updated on January 15, 2019

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Teaching kids about being thankful (and reminding adults!) is an easy task when you have something fun and interactive like this thankful tree you can make at home.
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Each year around early November we start thinking about all of the things we are thankful for. Teaching kids about being thankful (and reminding adults!) is an easy task when you have something fun and interactive like this thankful tree you can make at home. It’s a fun and easy craft for kids and makes a great conversation starter for Thanksgiving family get-togethers.

Teaching kids about being thankful (and reminding adults!) is an easy task when you have something fun and interactive like this thankful tree you can make at home.

 

Make a Thankful Tree

Making a thankful tree during the Thanksgiving season is easy to do and makes a great project to involve the kids in. Your thankful tree also serves as lovely decor for your home during the holidays.

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Making a thankful tree during the Thanksgiving season is easy to do and makes a great project to involve the kids in. Your thankful tree also serves as lovely decor for your home during the holidays.

Fall is a great time to enjoy the outdoors before the snow begins to fly. So get the kids and head outside to collect fallen branches and pinecones to make this project.

Supplies you will need:

  • Large mason jar
  • Pinecones
  • Dried flowers, foliage or other floral sprigs
  • Faux berries
  • Branches
  • Scrapbook paper
  • White card stock
  • Fine tip pen
  • Clear tape


Drop a couple of large pinecones into the jar. Arrange branches in the jar until you are happy with how it looks.

Drop a couple of large pinecones into the jar. Arrange branches in the jar until you are happy with how it looks.

​Fill gaps in between the pinecones and branches by dropping faux berries and dried florals into the jar.

Fill gaps in between the pinecones and branches by dropping faux berries and dried florals into the jar.

​When you are happy with the arrangement you can begin making the leaves.

When you are happy with the arrangement you can begin making the leaves.

​Fold scrapbook paper in half. Beginning at the folded edge, cut out a simple leaf shape, creating a small tab at the fold to hang the leaf from.

Fold scrapbook paper in half. Beginning at the folded edge, cut out a simple leaf shape, creating a small tab at the fold to hang the leaf from.

​Roll a piece of tape, sticky side out, and place it on one side of the leaf on the back side of the paper.

Roll a piece of tape, sticky side out, and place it on one side of the leaf on the back side of the paper.

​Place the “tab” of the leaf on the branch and stick the two sides of the leaf together with the tape.

Place the “tab” of the leaf on the branch and stick the two sides of the leaf together with the tape.

​Cut card stock into rectangles that will fit onto your leaf shapes. Use a fine tip pen to write words that remind us of what we are thankful for.

Cut cardstock into rectangles that will fit onto your leaf shapes. Use a fine tip pen to write words that remind us of what we are thankful for.

​Stick the white card stock words to the leaves.

Stick the white cardstock words to the leaves.

Here are some more thankful ideas you can make:

  • Meal Time Thankful Notes – Beauty Through Imperfection
  • Thankful Printable Cards – Shabby Creek Cottage
  • Thankful Jar – Smashed Peas and Carrots

Don’t miss our entire Thanksgiving craft ideas section where you’ll find fun ideas like these construction paper tee pees and this deco mesh pumpkin wreath. Happy Thanksgiving!

Teaching kids about being thankful (and reminding adults!) is an easy task when you have something fun and interactive like this thankful tree you can make at home.
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Thankful Tree for Thanksgiving

Author: Amanda Formaro

Supplies

  • Large mason jar
  • Pinecones
  • Dried flowers foliage or other floral sprigs
  • Faux berries
  • Branches
  • Scrapbook paper
  • White card stock
  • Fine tip pen
  • Clear tape

Instructions

  • Drop a couple of large pinecones into the jar. Arrange branches in the jar until you are happy with how it looks.
  • Fill gaps in between the pinecones and branches by dropping faux berries and dried florals into the jar.
  • When you are happy with the arrangement you can begin making the leaves.
  • Fold scrapbook paper in half. Beginning at the folded edge, cut out a simple leaf shape, creating a small tab at the fold to hang the leaf from.
  • Roll a piece of tape, sticky side out, and place it on one side of the leaf on the back side of the paper.
  • Place the “tab” of the leaf on the branch and stick the two sides of the leaf together with the tape.
  • Cut cardstock into rectangles that will fit onto your leaf shapes. Use a fine tip pen to write words that remind us of what we are thankful for.
  • Stick the white cardstock words to the leaves.
Making a thankful tree during the Thanksgiving season is easy to do and makes a great project to involve the kids in. A great project for the holidays! #thanksgivingcrafts #thankfultree #thankful #kidscrafts #craftsforkids
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Amanda Davis is the crafty, entrepreneurial mother of four children. She loves to bake, cook, make kid's crafts and create decorative items for her home. She is a crafting expert and guru in the kitchen and has appeared online and in print publications many times over the years.
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  1. Tia says

    August 29, 2023 at 2:12 pm

    Very Creative! I’ll try this with my residents for a fall project.

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  2. Diana Lopes says

    November 9, 2017 at 7:19 am

    What a creative idea! This thankful tree looks super adorable and lovely. Thanks for sharing the details!

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    • Amanda Formaro says

      November 10, 2017 at 12:24 pm

      Thank you, Diana! :)

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