How to Make a Gratitude Tree

After taking down all the Halloween decorations, my house seems bare…

So I am very grateful that it is Thanksgiving season here in the USA!

I’ve also had my behind kicked by whatever cold is going around at the moment, so while I love elaborate decor, I wanted to do a simple craft that would add some Thanksgiving cheer to our home.

So I decided to make a Gratitude Tree!

I almost put up my Christmas tree early to do this project, but we have a lot of this brown packing paper laying around from the move. We also have a cat, and still haven’t figured out a strategy for cat-proofing our tree. So I decided to get creative with the paper instead.

I love how it looks, but right now our tree looks bare! We add at least one thing to the tree everyday, and encourage any guests to add something too.

I know it is only a matter of time before our tree is blooming with all the things we have to be grateful for.

Items Used

– Brown Packing Paper

– Red, Orange and Yellow Cardstock

– Mounting Putty

– Pencils, Pens, and/or Markers

Directions

Scrunch up your brown paper to make a bark like effect.

Using the mounting putty, stick on your wall to make a tree trunk. I didn’t use a set pattern, I just kept playing around with it until it looked ‘right’ to me.

Do the same with smaller pieces of brown paper to make the trunk.

Cut out your leaves (either free hand, print or use a Cricut machine. My Cricut stopped working halfway through this project!). I cut my leaves to be approximately 2in by 4in.