Thankful Tree

Thanksgiving is coming soon and

 I wanted to have something

to bring to our family feast

(besides the Spin Art Turkeys and lots of goodies)

so I decided to make a 

Tree of Thanks

First we marbled some paper with shaving cream:

put some shaving cream in a pan

squirt paint or food coloring on top

and

 swirl it around

Place paper on top of the shaving cream

pat it a little and peel it up

Most of the time I wait for the shaving cream to dry and rub it off

but this time I squeegeed it off before it was dry

I think I'll stick to the waiting and rubbing off method

After you have all the paper you want, set them aside 

and

let the kids get crazy with the shaving cream

It's hard for my kids to resist playing with the shaving cream

it's so fun to squish between fingers

 While the paper was drying we went on a nature walk to collect leaves

we traced the leaves onto the paper and cut them out

I drew a tree on a cardboard box and cut it out

then let Miss C paint it 

 She used the end of her paint brush to drag lines in the paint to simulate bark

 We'll set the tree up at  Thanksgiving dinner with the leaves next to it and

family can write the things they're thankful for on the leaves 

then

stick them to the branches

I know we'll have a tree full of leaves by the end of the day!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

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