I found a leaf design on the internet, and started from there. Using a large 11x17" piece of paper, the Trunk of the Tree was created, then replicated for the other side.
Using construction paper, I took the leaf and printed it on Red Paper, Orange Paper and Yellow Paper. Next, I cut out the leaf I needed, while keeping the others I wasn't using still on the sheet. Flipping the leaf over, I wrote the person's name on it and their birth date. For the adults (my siblings and my parents, for example), I only put their month and date. But for the grandkids, I put their month, date, and year.
On my side of the family, my parents and my siblings are in Red. The spouses of my siblings in Orange. And any of our kids are in yellow leaves. For my husband's side of the family, I followed the same plan except my leaf is orange on his side and he is a red leaf because I'm married into his family.
I stored the extra pages in the back behind everything before I hung it. That way if there are grandkids still born, I still have the leaves easily accessible.
