The Thankful Tree

I don't really spend the time to decorate for Thanksgiving, but I've seen a few of these Thankful Trees around on Pinterest, and I really thought they were special and worth putting the effort in. So I decided to use the branches leftover from my Halloween decorations and create my own Thankful Tree.

It was so easy and probably only took me a total of 30 minutes. I just stuck the branches in the vase (from Willow House) and used my Cricut machine to cut out some leaf patterns on printed craft paper. I punched holes in the leaves, tied then with some ribbon and I was done!

The dry erase board is also from Willow House.

With this tree, everyone can get involved!

When I asked my 4 year old son what he was thankful for, this is what he came up with! He's really big into dinosaurs right now:)

I love the idea of taking the time before the craziness of the holidays and reflecting on what you are Thankful for. Just spending a minute a day to think of something to put on the tree....