So I rarely post about crafting and never post how-to tutorials, but this one had to be bragged about.
Behold, the Young Family Gratitude Tree.
A two-year project in the making, I got the idea from a similar tree I saw in a Pottery Barn magazine, although mine is so much cooler. Everyday you take off the corresponding numbered leaf and replace it with a leaf or acorn mini-chalkboard, upon which you write something you are thankful for. There are also blank leaves to replace the numbered ones for the years when Thanksgiving comes a little early, all kept within the handy leaf drawstring bag seen on the left.
Just to give you an idea of why it took so darn long to finish (to be fair, I only worked on it during November and last Thanksgiving my mom was around to entertain Luke), here is the crazy amount of work that went into it:
- 96 leaves cut out
- 62 pieces of velcro sewn on
- 8 bobbins of thread respooled
- 28 wooden pieces spray-painted
- 3+ yards of felt used
...all for 20 minutes of interest on Luke's part when I finally hung it on the wall. :)
I remember when you telling me about this last year. It is beautiful! And even if Luke doesn't know it now, someday it will be a big part of his happy Thanksgiving memories from home. :)
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