What Is Your Favorite Thanksgiving/Fall Craft To Do With The Kids?
Between now and Thanksgiving, there is going to be a rainy day or two (you heard it here first!) so be prepared with some awesome indoor ideas when cold, drizzly weather strikes. There are tons of great Thanksgiving craftsout there you can try at home, but I've curated a list of some of the best, because you deserve it. I mean, why have your little geniuses waste their talent on those stupid hand turkeys when you guys could be making awesome paper cup turkeys with cute little feetsies and everything!
Round up some basic supplies, clear the kitchen table, and try out these 5 kid-friendly Thanksgiving craft ideas. It's what the pilgrims would want.
Paper Cup Turkeys via Kaboose.
Paper or foam cup (8.5 oz)
Acrylic paint in fall colors (brown, tan, orange, red, green, yellow, etc.)
Large pom-pom for head (brown, yellow, red, orange, etc.)
Small foam heart for gobbler (to contrast with color of head)
Small foam triangle (orange or yellow)
2 small wiggle eyes
3” x 2” piece of orange construction paper
1 sheet of white construction paper
White craft glue
Place cup upside down on work surface and paint brown (see image).
To make the feathers, paint the white construction paper with several fall colors, crisscrossing the colors as you go. Let dry (see image).
Cut feathers out in one large piece, should be shaped similar to a hand or crown. Cut the tips of each feather into a point (see image).
Apply glue to the bottom portion of the feathers and press onto the bottom of the cup. Hold in place for a minute or so to let the glue grab.
Place foam heart upside down so that the bumps are facing downward. Glue the foam triangle, point down, onto the upside down heart--the upper points of the triangle will be hanging over the edge. This is the beak and gobbler (see image).
Glue the pom-pom to the top of the paper cup.
Glue the wiggle eyes and the beak and gobbler to the head.
Cut two feet from the orange construction paper and glue to the bottom of the cup.
Use these as name plates for your big Thanksgiving meal!
Dried Bean Indian Corn Craft via All Kids Network
Printable corn template
Green and yellow construction paper
Dried beans (bag of bean soup mix from the grocery store does the trick.)
Print our corn template and cut out the pieces. Trace the pieces onto construction paper and cut the pieces out.
Glue the corn piece onto the husk piece.
Cover the corn piece with a layer of glue. Spread it into an even layer with your finger.
Add beans to the glue. Younger children find it easiest to just dump the corn on by the handful. Older children can place the beans individually to create more of a pattern.
3-4 each foam (or lots of real ones!) leaves in orange, red, yellow, green and tan
Tan pipe cleaner cut in half (head)
Brown pipe cleaner stem (wings)
Craft or white glue
Lay pinecone on its side and drip some glue into the bottom layer, then insert foam (or real) leaves into the glue. Repeat this process for 2-4 layers, depending on the size of your pinecone.
Insert the tan pipe cleaner stem in front or in the same slot as the brown stem. Bend the end of the tan stem to look like a head.
You can stand this as is or if your pinecone is too wobbly, you may choose to hot glue it to a piece of cardboard for stability. You can also tie a string around the body and hang it from the ceiling.
A plain white paper plate
Construction paper (orange, red, yellow, brown, and other earth tones)
Crayons or markers
Glue or a glue stick
Red pipe cleaner
Trace your hand on several colors of construction paper and cut out for feather shapes. Roll back top edge of paper bag and glue on feathers. Cut out wings, head and pilgrim hat from construction paper. Attach to bag. Use a red pipe cleaner for the turkey’s wattle.
What's your favorite Thanksgiving craft to do with kids?