Ever see something and it inspire you to create something similar? I saw these nifty dowel trees on the Lowes Creative Inspiration site and remembered a family friend, fellow blogger Laugh with Us, they have a tree for every major holiday and we decided to create our very own tabletop tree for our Thanksgiving celebration this year.
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Supplies needed:
- A bush that has seen better days. We had a massive drought this past summer and one of our bushes didn’t make it. Perfect!
- A floral block of foam. We had a block leftover from a previous project. These are great as all you need to do is stuff the branches into the foam. Take seconds.
- Spray paint – unless you like the color of bright green on your foam block peeking between the stones. We made our block gray
- A sack of pond rocks – available at Lowes.
- Hot Glue Gun. Have fun making a puzzle of the rocks as you cover the block.
- Paper for leaves, markers for the kids to write what they are thankful for & ribbon for them to tie their thoughts to the tree.
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My kids were thankful for each other, the pile of dirt they get to play with in the backyard, their legos, for their Daddy and the Library.
What are your kids thankful for? Do you have any “Thankful” traditions in your family?
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Thanks Lowes for being a sponsor of Quirky Momma, we are enjoying our shopping trips with you! Check out the Lowes Creative Inspiration website – they also have a great facebook page full of ideas for the holidays.
Using real branches is a great idea!
Thanks for the GREAT idea today! I’ve posted in our my blog latterdaylearning.org which is also co-sponsored by a school! Thanks for an inspiring and meaningful activity!
Heidi G.
Clever and cute too!
Super cute and simple tutorial! I already knew I wanted to do a Thankful Tree centerpiece this year, just wasn’t sure how to go about making it happen. Now I know! Hooray!
I love that they were thankful for dirt. Sounds like somithing my daughter would say! Great idea.
I’ll have to think about how to do this. We don’t have any bushes to spare, but have been seeing this idea and like it a lot!
I love that your kids are thankful for dirt. I think you can take that as a sign that you are raising your kids right!
I absolutely love this! You’ve inspired me to make a wreath in a similar fashion. Simplicity says it best.
What a great idea! I need to do this with my kiddos! I would love for you to come link up at our link party…junkintheirtrunk.blogspot.com/2011/11/link-it-up-wednesday-3.html