What Are Some Easy Craft Ideas for Thanksgiving?

hi - we made handprint "turkeys" today.
trace your kids hands (or have them do it for a more memorable look) then cut them out and let them decorate with feathers, googly eyes, and pipe cleaners for legs.
have fun!
A.

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There are some cute art projects here....

http://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/season/specialfea...

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Happy Thanksgiving!! I hope these links will help you.
:)
T.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/toddler/

http://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/season/specialfea...

http://www.makingfriends.com/Thanksgiving.htm

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I do hand/feet turkeys every year - amazing how fast they grow! The foot is the body and the hands (5 of them) are teh tail feathers...

We also go for nature walks and pick up sticks, rocks, pine cones, leaves, etc and that along with old potpouri makes really cute picture holders - glue the pinecone in a fashion to cardboard that it will hold a 4x6 pic up and then let them go crazy gluing th enatural elements - they turn out really neat!

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Hi A.!
You can't beat the time honored tradition of tracing her hand and then turning into a turkey... do it on posterboard or construction paper then let her decorate with dry pasta, feathers, torn colored paper, cotton balls, whatever. They turn out precious and she can make as many as she wants.

Have Fun!
R. H

I love doing leaf projects....it as just as fun to get them as to do the projects. My little ones are 2 and 4....and every year, we pick up leaves on our "Leaf Walks". Sometimes we iron them between 2 pieces of wax paper and hang them on the windows. Also, I draw a line turkey on a piece of construction paper, and we glue leaves all over it to make a "leaf turkey" with an acorn top for an eye. You can also take really dry leaves and let your little one crinkle them into thousands of pieces and them glue them onto a shape, a leaf shape, a letter (T for turkey/thanksgiving), or a turkey outline. (Our leaves aren't so crisp yet this year due to our summer-like weather, though, I have found.) Also check out www.preschoolexpress.com and www.familyfun.com Have fun!

check out the sesame street website - they have lots of great ideas!

Hand traced turkeys, bracelets, finger painting, playdoh, coloring in a book or on paper.. taking a nature walk? go to a playground near their house?

J.

I am doing these crafts this week with the kids that I work with:
1. Cornicopia Name Cards: Using card stock I had the kids write names on the top, glue Bugles to the middle and glue Runts candies in front of it. Easy Easy Easy. They turned out so cute! Name cards for everyone at Thanksgiving dinner.
2. I found a pattern for a corn husk. I cut them out in green and glued popped popcorn to the middle. I also then glued them on popsicle sticks. Also very cute and a good snack at the same time.

You can use hand paint as turkey like artist for grandparents.. Or go to The Mad Potter for his hand print on platter or else, but it might be too late.. Perfect for Christmas gift too!! Good luck!

Turkey Table Center Piece

1 medium sized styrofoam ball
1 small styrofoam ball.
2 toothpicks
1 knife
1 bag of feathers
1 glue
2 googly eyes
orange construction paper
scissors
pencil

This project will fill a cpl of hours of time. Take the knife and cut a flat bottom on the medium sized ball so it can sit flat on the table. Insert the toothpicks into the small ball and them connect it to the medium one. This is the head of your turkey. Glue feathers to the balls. glue googly eyes to the head. Stick some feathers in the back side for the turkey's tail. Cut out a triangle and fold in half. Glue onto the face for the beak. Trace 2 hand prints and glue to the bottom for feet. Instead of placing in middle of table, put it on a plate and carry it out to grandpa on Thanksgiving day.

Pine cone turkeys with hand shapes for a tail. Trace her hand on multiple fall colors and cut them, and glue them to the large end. make a brown felt face, and you've got a turkey!
Also, a book of fall leaves in wax paper is a keepsake she'll love forever. Add some pictures of her during fall time, and her favorite leaves and flowers.

1. Hand turkeys. Trace her hands on colored construction paper, and glue them together. The thumbs make the head, and the fingers make the feathers. Decorate it as needed. The palms bend apart to make a stand. You can use these on thanksgiving day for place cards, or just for decoration.
2. Outside art. Gather lots of seed pods, leaves, twigs, anything your child finds outside, glue them onto paper to make a collage. They can recreate scenes from outdoors: trees, birds, rivers, whatever they think of, and then frame it with orange construction paper for that fall look.
There are lots of places that have craft ideas. Parenting.com, familyfun.com. PBS kids have online games free that they can play. Try the library for an outing. Have her help with baking/cooking.
Good luck, happy thanksgiving.