Here in Point Hope we are too far North for any kind of trees...or most anything that grows more than two inches off the ground. As a result Fall is very different than what we are used to down in Utah.
Here are a couple of activities we have done so we could enjoy, at least to some degree, the joys of trees:
Thankfulness Tree
Last year when we were missing trees we decided to make our own. We used packing paper from various mail-orders that we've made for the trunk and limbs. The greenery was "donated" by the school. We also missed fall colors, so we made leaves out of colored paper and wrote on them things that we're thankful for. One thing that we're all thankful for now is our thankfulness tree. It is happy to have a tree in our house..
Jumping in the Leaves
Every kid loves jumping in a big crunchy pile leaves...and most adults for that matter.
I spread out a long piece of packing paper across the floor, gave the girls some markers, and set them loose to color me an Autumn. After that we tore the paper in to small leave-sized pieces. They thought it was great, especially Ellora who enjoys ripping up books and the such. Then we piled them up and went crazy throwing rolling and jumping. It wasn't quite the same as the real thing but we had a lot of fun.
I love that you find ways to adapt and bring a little bit of Utah autumns up to Point Hope. So creative!
ReplyDeleteI love this idea! we have no trees in Barrow, and I don't even have any toddlers,but I'm going to have a thankfulness tree too. After I find a mail order company that will ship here (no luck so far). Or maybe I'll use a different medium than packing materials...
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