I need leaves....lots and LOTS of leaves.

romarie · January 2012

My daughter is doing a HUGE family tree project for school and the further back you go, the more "points" you get. We have a large family and we have it traced back 10 generations to my great.(x7) grandfather who was born in 1648. This includes all wives and starting at my Great Great Grandfather, all families included in the circle. So like I said, we need a LOT of leaves. Hence why we prefer not to have to cut them all out.

So, any ideas on where I can buy leaves?? Or I have a freind with a cricut and I know if I bought the paper, I could go use hers. Do they have a template for that? I would assume they do.

Thanks for any help!! We have a "tree" all cut out and the board decorated, now just to fill it all in. And for empty spaces that look too plain due to all teh leaves, we have family pictures printed and ship manifests listing my Great Grandpa's name for when he came to America. Tons of stuff like that.

Temp6313048411121614 · January 2012

Maybe Michaels? That's so awesome that you were able to go back that far. GL to your DD.

louisvillebride21 · January 2012

Oh my lord. I would totally do a digital tree and then print it out at costco. But yes, you can do it on the cricut. She can use cricut craft room and buy these simple images. if she doesn't want to do that, you'll have to buy a whole cartridge.

http://main.cricut.com/shopping/detail--Cuttlebug-2X2-Fall-Leaves-Die-4-Set-0-445.aspx

Justinlove · January 2012

Wow! If you go to your local teacher supply store, you will find packs of 30 or more. They will come in various sizes.

Example:

http://www.creativeteaching.com/p-1807-autumn-leaf-two-color-calendar-cut-outs.aspx

Saxgrl1 · January 2012

If nothing needs to be ON the leaves, what about going to the Dollar Store and buying some "greenery" and taking the leaves off?

maryandkirk0909 · January 2012

I would go to the friend with the cricut, or a local scrapbooking store that has a heavy duty die cutting machine and cut the paper (can cut 20+ sheets at once). Some schools may even still have them- my mom was a teacher and her old school had one.

Kaz2009 · January 2012

I know there are a few cricut carts that have leaves on them. Wild Card definitely does has as Ive just cut some. Pretty sure create a critter does as well. You could just set it to cut lots of leaves of various sizes and then stick them onto a large sheet of paper....

romarie · January 2012

Thank you SO much for your tips! What we planned on doing was each "branch" is one generation and start on the bottom and work our way to the top where she would be. So each branch will have a name, then in the leaves it would have who they married with maiden names and kids listed along with birth years. Then go up another branch and just put in from the generation before the one that is directly in our family line.

So I could even do different colored leaves for each aspect of family (wives, children, childrens wives, childrens kids...etc)

This is quite the project! she is having so much fun with it though finding out where some of her cousins come into the picture.

Mere7706 · January 2012

Could you do a fingerprint family tree? May be easier and less time consuming. Basically to the one that's floating around pinterest:

http://www.google.com/search?q=fingerprint+family+tree&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=EAI&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=0yUXT6GMM_KosALZwpC0Ag&ved=0CD0QsAQ&biw=1366&bih=596

Sorry it's not clicky- I can't figure out how to do that.

Anyway, she could just put her fingerprints everywhere and write the persons info next to it/under it, wherever.

I need leaves....lots and LOTS of leaves.

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