Festival of Trees

This year Emma's 2nd grade class entered a tree for The Festival of Trees. The theme for the tree is A Magical Christmas. It was a way for their class to get involved in the community and be a part of something bigger than themselves. Here is a little bit of info about the Festival...

PURPOSE: Every penny raised goes to help children in need at Primary Children’s Medical Center.

HISTORY: For 38 years, the Festival of Trees has been a “Gift of Love” from Utah to children. The Festival is organized by a volunteer board of 84 women who enlist time and talents from thousands of individuals, organizations, businesses, and families throughout Utah. Over $22 million has been raised for needy children at Primary Children’s Medical Center through the Festival since 1971, with $1,604,021.64 raised last year.

Here is our tree.

The class and parents worked very hard getting donations and putting together this tree. It won't be the grandest tree at the festival but it will be by far the most loved. These are the little guys that I made for the tree. I like to call these magical creatures "hum bugs". I made 20 of them and they took about an hour each to make. Each one is very unique and has a personality of its' own. The kids adopted the hum bugs, fairies, stars, and gingerbread men and gave them names and wrote stories and descriptions about them. You can see all of the characters on the tree by visiting the tree's blog http://www.magicalchristmastree.blogspot.com/

Try and make to the Festival if you can. It's a great way to kick off the Christmas season and there is a lot to do there besides look at trees. Your kids will have a blast!

DATE:
December 3-6, 2008 (Wednesday through Saturday)
TIME:
10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. each day
PLACE:
South Towne Exposition Center9575 South State Street, Sandy, Utah 84070
TICKETS: $4 for adults $3 for children $14 for entire family (discount tickets are available at Zions Bank)