Thankful Tree

Thanksgiving is usually the only time that we reflect on the things we've done and express our thanks for our family, friends, and having food on the table. Instead we should create a tree of thanks were we will write what we are thankful for. This is a more creative way to express our thanks, but it is a great background to take family photos. For tho project we will need scissors, tape, 60 leaves, red ribbon with a 2 inch width, brown ribbon with 0.6 width. Cut the red ribbon to 36 inches in length and 8 brown strips to 9.5 inches in length. Cut out a V shape to the end of all the strips. To the brown strips create a V shape to both sides of the strip. This is to add more dimension and not to make it look plain. This is a optional step, but I sprayed gold glitter to the red ribbon and to some of the leaves. All that is left is to tape everything into the shape of a tree. The red ribbon was used as the trunk and the brown strips as the branches. When the family comes over for Thanksgiving you can ask them to write what they are thankful for on the leaves.