Organize a Celebration of Trees in your community. Here are some ideas to get your creative juices flowing:

Walk in the forest, explore with all of your senses

Meditate with a tree, alone or with a group…. share experiences

Photograph trees or leaves and exhibit the photos

Research to find the oldest trees in your neighborhood

Write a story, produce a play, or present a skit about trees

Donate to a group that supports trees

Choose a public park area with trees to clean up

Plant trees

Organize a tree identification hike

Games for children

• Build a Tree https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK80_d8tObE
• Standing Like a Tree song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVWPKzvEf08
• Taking leaf rubbings with crayons or charcoal pencils.
• Explore who lives in a tree and who uses trees

Offer classes on tree pruning, tree selection, tree identification and planting

Art projects

Sponsor a poster contest, poetry contest or tree trivia contest

Music and dance

Share educational materials about the connections between people and trees, preserving the rainforests