Thankfulness

I'm off this week for Thanksgiving break (Hallelujah!). But most community PSRs are probably working through the crazy holidays. You guys are awesome. Please remember to take some time on Thursday (and Friday if you're feeling frazzled) to spend time with your loved ones and appreciate all of those things that you are thankful for.

So this project is one that can be done a day before Thanksgiving, a week before Thanksgiving... whatever. My kiddos and I started doing this a month (!) before Thanksgiving to start thinking about all of the things that we can be thankful for during the holiday season, especially when things can look so gloom and doom when it is super cold out and the sun never shines. Plus, oftentimes our kiddos aren't looking forward to the holidays because of the commercial value that is placed on the holidays (and they don't get to participate in that aspect of the holidays). It is a way for them to look on the bright side and appreciate those things that they do have.

I printed off these cute little leaf patterns and put them on a foam wreath with pins. You could glue them into a circle shape and attach a ribbon or a strip of paper to the top so that the wreath could be displayed in the home.