Family Tree (Part of Family Reunion)

What you'll need 36" wooden garden stake, sticks (one per generation) measuring 12" to 18" each, white paint, paintbrush, small nails, hammer, patterned or solid-color craft paper, scissors, double-stick tape, string, round colored labels, markers, hot-glue gun, pot or planter, soil or wood chips

Make it Apply two coats of white paint to the garden stake and sticks; let dry completely. Nail the sticks to the garden stake, about 4" to 6" apart, to create a treelike shape. (Be sure to leave about 12" underneath the bottom stick for planting.) Cut two 2" squares from matching craft paper and one length of string for each family member or married couple. (Note: We assigned each nuclear family its own color scheme). Attach matching paper squares back to back using double-stick tape, sandwiching a length of string in between, to create a square tag. Attach a round sticker label to each side of square tag and write the person or couple's name(s) on both using markers. Tie the tags to the painted sticks so that each family member's name hangs in the vertical nuclear family line. Create a round label with your extended family's surname out of matching craft paper and attach to the top of the tree with hot glue. "Plant" your family tree in a pot or a planter and fill with soil or wood chips.

From Parents Magazine