Who's decorating a Jesse tree? Can you help me?

[plain jane]

We've never done one before but I got a book with reproducible ornaments for the kids to color and decorate to put on the tree.

 

Thing is, I'm stuck on what to use for a tree :lol:. Yes, I know we're a few days behind now... I'm hoping to find a solution to my tree problem.

 

Can somebody help me out with easy ideas on how to put some trees together for 3 kids.- can I put all on one tree or do 3 different ones? I really don't want to go out and buy anything if I don't have to.

 

Thanks for any help.

[kristavws]

I painted a tree on a large board. Both boys are doing their own ornaments, and pasting them side by side on the tree.

 

krista

[Guest Dulcimeramy]

We do one tree for all. Last year, they took turns putting the ornaments on. This year, the littlest is doing that every day.

 

The cheapest, easiest Jesse tree I ever made was out of green construction paper on a bulletin board. The ornaments were hung on thumb tacks.

 

I've also thought of hanging green cloth on a door or wall, drawing a pretty evergreen tree outline on it with a Sharpie, and then pinning the ornaments on.

 

This year, we're using a 2ft artificial tabletop Christmas tree, and Ann Voskamp's Jesse Tree devotional which includes ornaments to print. It is our prettiest Jesse Tree ever.

[indigomama]

Last year, I didn't put them on a tree. I strung some twine across the wall in a kind of tree shape and hung them on the twine with ornament clips.

[Guest Dulcimeramy]

Oh, yes, felt is lovely.

 

So happens that Joann's has felt on sale right now, $2.49/yd. A yard would be plenty.

[Brenda in FL]

I have a small table top artificial tree that we use - one tree for all kids.

 

The first year we made a tree with horizontal branches/sticks tied to a central vertical stick. Dh drilled a hole at the top and I hung it o n the wall. It looked great - but when I got it out a year later there was wood dust all over - apparently there were some tiny bugs living in the branches we used!!

 

Are your ornaments one dimensional? The ones we use are. They are round, so I had each child color the same ornament and decorate with glitter. Then I folded them in half and glued the halves to each other making a three dimensional ornament. While gluing I glued a loop of cording in the middle for the hanger. If you want to see a picture - let me know, and I'll try to post one later. Anyway - if you can do this - then you don't need 3 trees.