Make a thankful tree with your kids using 34 free printable thankful tree leaves craft for kids templates — one tree for every kind of leaf you can imagine, from paper doilies and velvet to tin foil, chalkboard leaves and macramé. Print the pages, colour the tree, and help your child write one thing they are thankful for on every leaf.
Every page is a black-and-white line-art template to colour in, cut out and fill: a thankful tree whose leaves are made from a different material in each design. These thankful tree leaves crafts for kids work at home, in the classroom or around the Thanksgiving table, and they are made for ages 3 to 8 — little ones can colour and stick, while older children can cut, paint and stamp. Print the set on A4 or US Letter, no sign-up needed.
What’s Included
In this collection, you get 34 thankful tree leaves craft for kids templates: paper doily, velvet, lace, denim, tin foil, cellophane, pipe cleaner, chalkboard, magnet, puzzle piece, building block and sand art leaves, marble painted, shaving cream marbled, straw blown, salt painted, ice cube painted and Q-tip painted leaves, potato stamp, apple stamp and celery stamp leaves, dot marker and sticker leaves, duct tape, fleece and flannel leaves, sheet music, map, wallpaper and wrapping paper leaves, bottle cap, macramé, crocheted and cornucopia leaves. Colour the tree, write one thankful thought on every leaf, and display your finished tree all autumn.
Printable Templates
How to Make the Crafts
Print the page you want and colour the tree and its leaves with crayons, markers or coloured pencils. Cut the tree out, write one thing to be thankful for on each leaf, and stick the finished tree to a wall, a classroom display or the fridge. For the material leaves — velvet, lace, denim, tin foil, fleece and flannel — colour the texture in, or glue the real material over the printed outline for a mixed-media finish. Younger children can simply colour and say their thankful thoughts aloud while a grown-up writes them in.
The painted leaves work best when you paint first and cut out later: try the marble painted, shaving cream marbled, straw blown, salt painted and ice cube painted leaves, let them dry, then cut them out and add them to the tree. The stamped leaves — potato, apple and celery prints, dot markers and Q-tip painting — are perfect for younger children, who can stamp a whole tree full of colourful leaves with very little help.
Print the pages on A4 or US Letter paper at 100% scale and choose “fit to page” if your printer adds margins. For the painted and stamped leaves, use slightly thicker paper or card so the paint does not soak through; for the collage and material leaves, plain printer paper is fine. The black-and-white line art colours well with crayons, markers and coloured pencils, and the set is free to print as often as you like.
Materials Needed
- A printer and A4 or US Letter paper
- Crayons, markers or coloured pencils
- Child-safe scissors
- A glue stick
- Paint, dot markers, stickers, fabric scraps and yarn (optional, for the painted, stamped and material leaves)
Frequently Asked Questions
Are these thankful tree leaves crafts free to print?
Yes. All 34 templates are free to print on A4 or US Letter paper, with no sign-up needed.
What ages are these thankful tree leaves crafts for?
They are made for ages 3–5 and 6–8. Little ones can colour and stick, while older children can cut, paint and stamp their own leaves.
Do I need special materials for the leaves?
No. Crayons, markers, scissors and glue are enough for every design. Paint, dot markers, stickers, fabric scraps and yarn are optional extras for the painted, stamped and material leaves.
Can I use these thankful tree leaves at school or nursery?
Yes. They work well for classroom displays, gratitude walls and Thanksgiving crafts — print a set for each child and let them fill every leaf with something they are thankful for.
