If you are in love with Christmas trees as much as I am, still get a REAL tree every year, and then have a hard time chucking the beloved object out on the curb just yet, this is the book and activity for you.
The After-Christmas Tree is a lovely little story about a family who is sad to say good-bye to their Christmas tree. The mother decides to re-purpose the tree into something that still gives and they can still gaze at; they invite friends over for a decorating party and adorn the tree with things for birds to eat. The After-Christmas Tree is then placed in the back yard and the family and friends can watch all the birds come and enjoy.
Our favorite thing to put on our After-Christmas Tree is Peanut Butter Pinecones.
Collect pinecones, the larger and more open the better.
Tie a length of string to the pinecones.
Fill a bowl or deep tray with birdseed.
Spread peanut butter mixed with a little vegetable shortening all over the pinecones.
Roll the sticky pinecones in the birdseed.
Tie finished pinecones to your tree.
Other items you can decorate your tree with include strings of berries or apple and pear pieces, and chunks of bread or cereal.
Because we can get some string winds at our house, we lash our After-Christmas Tree to a large, tall tree right outside our back yard dining room door/window.
Here's the first one we ever did, with the smallest of our trees.
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