Thanksgiving chain

Most years we make a Thankful tree, however this year we wanted to try something different. After thinking of a few different ideas, we settled on making a paper thankful chain. It turned out cute and was a fun decoration to have for our Thanksgiving day.

Paper pumpkin ornaments

For our October kids book group we read our favorite Halloween book Jack O' Lantern and made these fun pumpkins! We enjoyed having these as decorations for not only Halloween, but also for Thanksgiving!

Finger print Turkeys

We used cardstock as our paper, a brown ink pad, orange, and yellow. Each child made their own with their finger prints and they are now hanging in our school room!

Gobble Gobble

Here are some Turkeyday projects we made/ found online.

PEANUT TURKEY

You will Need:

• 1 Peanut
• 1 Maple leaf
• 1 small red leaf
• a pair of scissors
• a black permanent marker
• orange play dough
• a hot glue gun

1. begin by cutting the stem of your leaf in half to make two legs for your turkey.
2. glue the small red leaf on the top half of the peanut. Shape a small amount of orange play dough into a beak and glue it onto the top of the red leaf.
3. Use a marker to make eyes above the beak and glue the peanut to the large maple leaf.
   

VILLAGE PEOPLE

http://jas.familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=10433

TURKEY HAT

http://jas.familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=10441

Thankful Tree

We have made one of these every year for the past 4 years. Fun and simple, and the kids totally love doing it! All that is needed is construction paper of your choice in color (my boys wanted pink this year...don't ask me why!), someone who can cut a tree out of 3 pieces of paper taped together, and leaves cut out of various colors. We then use a black marker and write on each leaf different things we are thankful for. The kids like to go over these at least once a week (more like every other day) and point out which ones are theirs. Have fun!

"Corn Crackers"

I've made these twice now--easy and lots of fun, especially when they're filled with some little candies. Idea was in the FamilyFun magazine--click here!