Homemade Cranberry Sauce

This year we made homemade cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving. It was yummy and the girls had fun cooking as always!

Tree of Thanks

Every Thanksgiving we make a Tree of Thanks... We gather branches during our nature walks before the holiday, color and cut leaves out and string them on our tree.

Everyone in our family writes something they are thankful for at any time leading up to Thanksgiving and when we have guests we ask them to do the same. It's become a really nice tradition and I hope to save all of the leaves from years past to put into a scrapbook that the girls can one day look back on.

Leaf Rubbing Cards

This morning the girls and I spent time collecting leaves and making Leaf Rubbing Thanksgiving Cards. It is such a cold, windy Autumn day here - it was the perfect thing to do to keep them busy for awhile.

If you'd like to do this craft, it is very simple. Just fold a piece of paper in half and place a leaf or two inside. Use block crayons or regular crayons on their sides to rub the leaf images onto the front of the cards. They come out really pretty especially if you use more than one color.

Have fun!
xoox