Hand-some Thanksgiving Card

For each child, cut out a simple turkey head and body shape
 (about ten inches high) from brown construction paper.  Add a
 red paper wattle to each child's turkey cutout and write a message.
  Next, have each child decorate a 5" x 8" piece of tagboard with your
 choice of spin art, bingo markers, paint, or markers.  When it's dry,
 turn the tagboard over and trace the child's hands.  Cut out the hand
shapes and arrange them behind the precut body to look like feathers.
  Have the child draw eyes for the turkey and add her name below the message.

Thanksgiving "Thankful" Card

Fold a piece of poster board in half. Place child's hand on the poster board with
 the longest finger touching the fold.  Trace around child's hand with a pencil. Leaving
 the connection at the longest finger, cut out the hand shape. Let the child dictate a Thanksgiving
 message for you to write on the inside or on the front of the hand.  Stand the card up!

Pilgrim Boy and Girl

To make the boy, cut three large strips from construction paper for his body.
  Cut a circle for his head, and glue it to the top of the body.  Add hands,
 boots, collar, hat, and buttons made from paper.  Cut pieces of yarn for
 hair and glue them to his head.  Draw facial features with markers.

To make the girl, cut a large triangle from paper for her body.  Cut a circle
 for her head, and glue it to the top of the body.  Add arms, hands, boots,
 hat, and a bib-apron from paper.  Draw facial features with markers. 

Attach a yarn hanger to the back of the girl and the boy.

Turkey Paint Cups

Add seasonal flair to your easel or art table by using scooped out mini pumpkins to hold paint.
  Simply cut off the tops of a few small pumpkins; then clean out the seeds and gooey insides.
  Fill the pumpkin shells with tempera paint and put in paintbrushes.
  When the season nears its end, just toss out the empty pumpkins.

Corn On A Roll

Purchase some ornamental corn and break the cobs in half.  Then tape a sheet of
 paper into the bottom of a shallow box.  Dip a cob half into fall colored tempera paint;
 then place it in the box.  Have a child tilt the box to make the corn roll around, creating an
 interesting design.  Repeat the painting with more fall colors for some striking seasonal artwork.

I Spy Pumpkin Pie

I spy pumpkin pie--and smell pie, too! These crafty pumpkin pies smell just
 like the real thing. Fill a paper bowl with torn, orange tissue-paper pieces.
 Spray the pieces with cinnamon-scented air freshener. While the pieces are
 damp, sprinkle on pumpkin-pie spice. Trace the top of an empty bowl onto a
 piece of orange paper; then cut out the circle. Punch holes through the circle;
 then glue the circle onto the rim of the "pumpkin-filled" bowl. Present
 these air fresheners as gifts, and spicy thank-yous are sure to follow.

Circle Family

Cut circles of different sizes from various colors of construction paper.
Help the children glue an appropriate-size circle to represent each family
member on a sheet of white construction paper. Use crayons or felt-tip
markers to add arms, legs, facial features, and other details. (glue on small
paper triangles to represent pets. ) Write "my family" at the top of the paper
and the appropriate family member's name next to each circle.
Hang up the paper for everyone to admire!

Beaded  Indian Corn Magnet

Bend one end of a pipe cleaner half.... like a candy cane shape.
  Have each child thread 20 tribeads in orange, yellow, red and blue onto
 his/her pipe cleaner piece so it resembles Indian corn.  Next, cut a
 six inch length of raffia for each magnet.  Tie the raffia to the free end
 of the pipe cleaner; then bend the pipe cleaner to secure it.  Use tacky
 glue to attach a length of magnetic tape to this crafty corn,
 making sure to cover the free ends of the pipe cleaner.

Cornucopia Magnets

Copy a small cornucopia pattern onto brown construction paper.
 Cut out the pattern and back it with a poster board cornucopia shape.
  Attach a piece of magnetic tape to the back.  Glue fruit shaped cereal
 or Runts candy to the open end of the cornucopia.  These magnets
 make nice Thanksgiving tokens for children's parents or caregivers.

Pumpkins on the Vine

For each child, use a green marker to draw a curvy line across a sheet of white
 construction paper.  Have a child make a fist and then dip her fingers into a
 shallow bowl of orange tempera paint.  Next, help her press the painted part of
 her fist onto the green line to make a pumpkin shape.  Have her repeat this
 process to make a few more pumpkins alone the vine.  Then encourage her to finish
 the picture by using green paint to make thumbprints for pumpkin stems and leaves.

Frontier Vest

Cut a neck hole in the bottom of a large brown paper bat.
Cut out two arm holes in the sides of the bat. Cut open the front
of the bag from the top edge up to the neck hole. Use crayons and
felt-tip markers to help your children decorate the vest. Cut fringes
around the lower edges of the vest.

Rain Sticks

Use a paper towel tube. Close off one end with paper taped around so it is sealed.
 Then fill the tube loosely with styrofoam peanuts. Pour in about 1/2 cup rice and
 seal the open end in the same fashion as the first. Now cover the tube with
 construction paper. The children can decorate the construction
 paper in any fashion you want before gluing it to the tube.

Pilgrim Hat Place Cards

Black cups upside down with a 4 inch (diameter of a coffee can), piece of
black construction paper circle, glued to the opening and a yellow square
buckle and thin band, also made out of construction paper.

(Photo submitted by Shell)

Thanksgiving Centerpiece

Use multicolored feathers or feather shapes with toothpicks or craft
 sticks attached to them. Make a turkey head and attach a stick.
 Insert the feathers and head into a large potato. Makes a cute centerpiece.

Turkey Centerpiece

In advance, cut a hole in the center of an apple for each child (large enough to hold a candle.)
  Cut feathers from different colored plastic lids.  Use a table knife to cut small slits in the
 apples, and insert the feathers to create a tail.  For each apple, draw and cut out a turkey
 neck, head, and wattle from a plastic lid.  Add features.  Cut slits and insert the heads.
  Place the turkeys in the center of your holiday table.

Turkey Napkin Holder

Cut the top, bottom, and one side of an empty half gallon milk carton.
  Glue brown construction paper to the outside of the carton.  Then staple
 a strip of paper to each open end.  Cut the turkey's head and feathers from
 colorful paper.  Glue them in place on one side of the holder.  Use
 a marker to add details to the face.  Place napkins inside the holder.

Apple Napkin Ring

To make the ring, cut a 1 inch section from cardboard paper towel tube.
  Paint it to look like tree bark.  Draw and cut an apple from red poster board. Add a
 green leaf.  Glue the apple to the ring and let dry. Place a napkin through the ring.

Harvest Wreath

Paint sixteen ice cream sticks with brown watercolor.  Let dry.  Glue the sticks
 together in pairs to form X shapes.  Arrange the x's in a wreath shape and glue
 them together, end to end.  Glue a cut paper bow, fruit, and vegetables to the
 wreath.  Tie a piece of string on the back of the wreath as a hanger.

Tissue Turkey

Cut out the center of a 9 inch paper plate, leaving a 2 inch rim.  Turn the rim over
so the bottom faces up.  Draw and cut out a turkey's head and feet from construction
 paper.  Glue these to the rim.  To make the tail section, cut round pieces of different
 colored tissue paper and glue them onto the rim.  Punch a hole in the rim,
 thread a piece of yarn through it, and tie a knot to form hanger.

Pilgrim Card

Fold a sheet of construction paper to form a card.  Draw a pilgrim boy's face
 on another piece of paper, and cut it out.  Glue it to the inside of the card,
 centering it on the fold.  Cut the top of a hat from black paper. For the brim,
 cut a small strip of black paper and make accordian pleats along the strip.
  Glue the top of the hat to the card, centering on the fold.  Glue one end of
 the accordian-pleated brim to each side of the fold.  Write "Happy"
 on the front of the card and "Thanksgiving" on the inside.

Harvest Photo Frame

Glue four tongue depressors together to form a square frame.  Let dry.
  Decorate the front of the frame by creating two ears of corn from yellow
 and green poster board.  Add details with a black marker.  Glue the corn
 to opposite sides of the frame.  Cut a piece of poster board to cover the
 open section of the frame.  Glue it to the back.  Cut and glue a yarn loop for
 a hanger.  Select a photograph. Trim if necessary and glue it onto the front.

Turkey Treat Holder

For the holder, cut a 3 inch bottom section from a plastic bottle.  Discard the top.
  Draw and cut out a head, feet, and wings from construction paper.  Add cut paper
 features to the head.  Glue the head, feet, and wings to the holder.  To make the tail,
 draw a fan shape on colored paper and cut it out.  Glue this to another sheet of
colored paper. Trim away the extra paper, leaving a border.  Continue to do this until
 the tail has as many colors as you want.  Glue the tail in place.  Fill the holder with treats.

Fall Placemat

Under a sink faucet, wet one side of a large sheet of white construction paper.
  Using paint brushes, drop yellow, green, and red tempera pain here and there
 onto the wet paper.  Tip the paper back and forth over the sink until the colors
 run across the paper.  Let the paper dry on a bed of paper towels.  On a
 black sheet of paper, trace around a variety fallen leaves.  Carefully poke
 your scissors into each leaf shape and cut it out.  Glue the black paper over
 the painted paper to see the autumn leaves.  Have an adult help
 cover the place mat with clear self adhesive paper.

Mayflower's Crow's Nest

Draw and cut out a Pilgrim boy from heavyweight paper.  Add features with markers.
  Glue the boy to one end of an ice cream stick.  Push the other end of the ice
 cream stick through the bottom of a plastic styrofoam cup so the boy is inside.
  Draw railings around the outside of the cup.  Hold the stick with one hand and the cup with
 the other.  Make the Pilgrim boy pop up and down as he looks over the rail of the crow's nest.

Pumpkin Crumber

Cut a  heavy paper plate in half.  Cover it with orange poster paint and let dry.
  Cut a stem and leaf from another heavy paper plate.  Paint them and let dry.
  Glue the stem and leaf to one plate half so when the other half is joined it
 looks like a pumpkin.  Glue a piece of orange ribbon along the bottom of the
 pumpkin's top half.  Let this dry.  Gently sweep the top half of the pumpkin
 over your holiday tablecloth, brushing the crumbs from the table
 into the bottom half of the  pumpkin.  Discard the crumbs.

(Photo submitted by Shell)

Construction Paper Turkey

Precut turkey pieces and encourage
children to piece the turkey together.

COMING SOON....

Pumpkin Paper Chain

Cut strips of construction paper measuring 13 by 18 inches.  Fold

Fingerprint Stationary

Turkey Tissue Box

Paperbag Pilgrim Mask

Corn Chip Basket

Paper bag Pilgrims

Wreath of Leaves

Tongue Depressor Puppet

Thanksgiving Basket

Turkey Gobbler

Fall Tree Card

Perky Turkey

Holiday Serving Plate

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