Showing Thanks

The other day I came across a really cute idea to celebrate "being thankful" during the month of November. It is supposed to count-down the days to Thanksgiving....but as usual....we're starting a little late, so we're doing 15 days of being thankful.

First, we started outside looking for leaves. (If you do this, don't forget to get leaves that are still a little "green" -- they need to be soft, not all dried out.)

Then, you get plain printer paper and "naked crayons". (This is what Anne Marie called them - we had to take the paper covers off & she said "mommy -- it's kind of like the crayons are naked, like me when I get ready for a bath." Haaa!!!!) You then place the leaf under the paper & rub the "naked crayon" over the leaf. We used all different fall colors to make a mix.

Then each night (either at bed or dinner) we write down what we're thankful for on the back of our leaf. Anne Marie had a hard time deciding what she was thankful for -- she wanted to make a HUGE list on her 1st leaf. She settled for mommy, daddy & her kittys. She used the flowers, bees, butterflies & leaves outside for her 2nd night.

We got a branch and hung it on her closet door & we'll hang the leaves from it each night. I'm afraid this might not be the best spot -- poor girl, she couldn't reach it if she tried!