Thankful Tree – Thanksgiving Craftivity – November Craft
$3.75
This Thankful Tree is a great craftivity to use during the month of November. It helps instill a thankful spirit throughout the month.
The Thankful Tree in this resource is for each individual student to create a family keepsake. Each day throughout the month of November, have students write one to two things they are thankful for. Add one idea per leaf and glue it to the tree. Send home the trees before the Thanksgiving holiday for families to enjoy at home.
This Thankful Tree is a great craftivity to use during the month of November. It helps instill a thankful spirit throughout the month.
The Thankful Tree in this resource is for each individual student to create a family keepsake. Each day throughout the month of November, have students write one to two things they are thankful for. Add one idea per leaf and glue it to the tree. Send home the trees before the Thanksgiving holiday for families to enjoy at home.
Before writing on the leaves, brainstorm a list of ideas with students of things they are thankful for. Create an anchor chart to use and add to throughout the month. Or create a tree cut out to display on a large bulletin board and cut out construction paper leaves.
Included are:
- Two different tree trunks (with and without words)
- Two cutting options (for younger or older students)
- A variety of leaf sizes
- Suggestions for an anchor chart
- Suggestions for Thankful Ideas.
Mary T. (verified owner) –
Great product!Found it very useful in my classroom and my students learned alot.
Dawn B. (verified owner) –
We made these in the fall and they were a beautiful display and I loved what the students were thankful for.
Whitney B. (verified owner) –
Used this for my Girl Scout troop for Thanksgiving
Michelle M. (verified owner) –
I loved using the resource with my students. They were engaged and happy to learn.
Reth’s Resources (verified owner) –
I am going to use this to make a thankful tree with my ELL small groups and then display them in the hallway!
mary claire C. (verified owner) –
I recently used this teaching resource in my classroom, and it exceeded my expectations in every way. The materials are thoughtfully designed, visually engaging, and easy to adapt for different learners. What stood out most was the balance between structure and flexibility—clear guidance is provided, but there’s also room to customize activities to meet the unique needs of my students.
Courtney H. (verified owner) –
First time using it and it was a great project for our kindergarten bulletin.
Jenn in First (verified owner) –
This resource was exactly what I needed! It was well-organized, easy to use, and saved me a ton of prep time. My students were engaged and the material was clear and effective. I appreciate the thoughtful design and quality content. Highly recommend!
Morgan D. (verified owner) –
I am excited to use this in my classroom this year!
Christina B. (verified owner) –
My students enjoyed doing this during thanksgiving, I made them think about what they were really grateful for.
Chap’s Creations (verified owner) –
This was a great activity for Thanksgiving and talking about gratitude.
Baljit B. (verified owner) –
my students loved making these thankful trees, so easy and fun to do!
Tina C. (verified owner) –
Good resource and easy to use in class with younger students.
Janet O. (verified owner) –
This made a very nice display for the hallway! Kids filled out kind deed leaves to fill the tree
Heather B. (verified owner) –
This is a fun way for students to share what/who they are thankful for. Great for Thanksgiving.
Rachel M. (verified owner) –
Great activity for whole-class focus on gratitude during Thanksgiving – or anytime.
Verena Gillam (verified owner) –
This is a great activity for students to complete around Thanksgiving or fall!
Carolina S. (verified owner) –
The Thankful Tree craftivity is a wonderful addition to any classroom! Fostering gratitude and creativity, it encourages students to reflect on what they’re thankful for. Perfect for November bulletin boards, it adds warmth and positivity to the learning environment.
Tara R. (verified owner) –
My students enjoyed this Thanksgiving craft and I am sure their families did as well!
brooke T. (verified owner) –
My students loved this activity and it was much fun to add into the day before thanksgiving break.
Milan A. (verified owner) –
Excellent! My students love it and I loved it. Super easy and fun 🙂
Ms Lehmans Little Learners (verified owner) –
This was the perfect addition to our Thanksgiving activities!
Melissa W. (verified owner) –
We enjoyed using this activity in class. I hung it on our door!
Mikayla C. (verified owner) –
This product was really great for my students! Loved it!
Jenn Welch (verified owner) –
Cute craft that even my 5th graders found engaging and enjoyed doing!
Jennifer N. (verified owner) –
A great activity that mixed writing and art class.
Classroom K9s (verified owner) –
These turned out so cute and decorated the hallway all month! We added a leaf each day!
Katherine H. (verified owner) –
Fun craft! Beautiful activity that the whole program participated in.
Morgan B. (verified owner) –
Such a fun different Thanksgiving activity to do with the students. This was not the usual turkey hand that everyone does, which is why I like it so much. They turned out so cute to take home.
Stacey E. (verified owner) –
It is difficult to find crafting materials for my students! These were appropriate and educational. Thanks!
FourthGradeFrenzyy (verified owner) –
Great activity for Thanksgiving in my second grade classroom!
Educating with Em (verified owner) –
Read a book about Gratitude, and we had the students complete their thankful trees. We hung them up in the class, and everyone loved it!
kristy T. (verified owner) –
Great Fall themed craft to tie in with social emotional learning!
Nancy B. (verified owner) –
Thank You! Loved it and students did too! Easy to download.
Suzanne G. (verified owner) –
A great resource!! enjoyed so much!! Kids were able to visualize their fraction and fraction families.
Catherine Kastick (verified owner) –
Loved using this to build classroom community as well as decorate the classroom for the thanksgiving holiday.
Cristine T. (verified owner) –
We learned about the virtue of gratefulness and I used these materials. It’s very engaging and easy to use for my students. I loved how it looked like after I displayed it on our door.
Natalie H. (verified owner) –
My students loved this resource! They were engaged and enjoyed this activity!
Jennifer D. (verified owner) –
We completed these trees for a Thanksgiving Unit Study we did in our homeschool. The kids enjoyed them very much and we put them on our wall. We added leaves as the month went on and we thought of more things that we were thankful for.
Stephanie Byers (verified owner) –
Wonderful activity for my EL 4 learners. They enjoyed brainstorming things they were thankful for and creating the tree.
Cindy M. (verified owner) –
I send this home in November and ask the students to compete it with their families. They can just put it on a piece of construction paper or put it on a nice posterboard.
Lacy L. (verified owner) –
Such a fun SEL /community building activity for our class family. We display our final product in the hall way for the entire school to enjoy.
Amy W. (verified owner) –
My students really enjoyed using this resource. This was my first time to do this with my class and I intend to use it for many years to come.
Joanna H. (verified owner) –
My students loved this! Thank you so much! It is very helpful!
The Elementary Co. (verified owner) –
Beautiful resource for a meaningful Thanksgiving display. Hoping to have them done and hung up by conferences.
Jennifer M. (verified owner) –
Perfect resource to use for Thanksgiving!
Jennifer D. (verified owner) –
Great Resource, Thank You!
Amanda P. (verified owner) –
GREAT resource!!
Anna B. (verified owner) –
So fun and creative! The kids loved sharing their final projects with their classmates.
Jenny M. (verified owner) –
A super fun and meaningful activity to practice gratitude the entire month of November.