Quick & Easy Thanksgiving Centerpiece

Here is a quick and easy centerpiece that would work for many tables. The idea behind this centerpiece is that it be easy to create and easy to move when you need room on the Thanksgiving table. I decided to use a casserole dish that I had for the base so that it would be easy to move and I gathered most of the items in the centerpiece from around my house. I always like to re-purpose items to give them new life before buying something new.

Here is what I used:

• Mason jars
• Popcorn
• Fake leaves from a garland
• Casserole dish
• Candles
• Small pumpkins
• Ribbon

The only things that I bought were the candles and the popcorn. This was a relatively cheap centerpiece for me to make.

I had my 3 year old help me assemble it, she had a great time, pouring the popcorn, sticking in the candles and leaves and weaving the ribbon.

I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!

Quick & Easy Turkey Mask Craft

Here is a really quick and easy Thanksgiving craft. All you do is cut out the pieces from construction paper, glue on the beak/waddle and tape on the stick. Ta Da! You have a turkey mask for hours of play pretend fun.

Paper Turkey Kid Craft

This craft is a quick craft that takes very little time to set up and can occupy your preschooler for a solid 20 minutes.

Here is what you need:

• construction paper
• scissors
• pencil
• cup
• glue stick
• crayon or marker

To create the body of the turkey trace the two ends of a cup. The larger end become the body and the smaller end becomes the head. Then just cut out the feathers, beak and feet and hand everything to your child. Once we put the head and body together my daughter did not need my help anymore and had a blast putting all the feathers, beak and feet on. Quick tip: have your child glue the feathers to the back of the turkey, when they have finished they turn it over and are amazed that the bird looks like a turkey.

DIY Apple Place Cards

My Mom hosts Thanksgiving every year. This year she is letting me and my daughter do some decorating, place cards and centerpiece. Here is an easy place card idea that you can create even the day of Thanksgiving if you wish.

What you need to create these place cards:

• Apples
• Paper
• Toothpicks
• Tape
• Glue
• Water
• Plastic Bowl
• Cotton Swab
• Glitter
• Plastic Leaves

The first step was to create a name tag. I created mine using Photoshop but you could easily do this by hand. Cut it out and tape it to a toothpick. 

Stick the toothpick in the top of the apple.

Mix the glue and water into the plastic bowl and paint the plastic leaf using the cotton swab with the glue mixture. Then pour the glitter over the leaf. Shake off extra glitter. If you do not have glitter you could always use the leaf plain or paint it a pretty color. The final step is to glue the leaf to the apple. (Make sure you tell your guests not to eat the apple if you use the glitter.

Kid Craft: Pilgrim Hat

This is our 1st Thanksgiving related craft of the season. Last year we created many turkey themed crafts. This year I wanted to start out with a pilgrim themed craft.

All you need for this craft is construction paper, a glue stick and a stapler. You could make this hat before thanks giving or save it as a fun craft to keep the kids busy on Thanksgiving Day while you cook dinner.

I cut all the pieces out in advance and then had my daughter glue the hat together with the glue stick. Once she was done, I stapled the headband strip to the hat and fitted it to her head.

And Ta Da! You have a pilgrim hat.

Thanksgiving Craft Roundup

Thanksgiving is just around the corner, so I thought I would do a quick roundup of the Thanksgiving themed crafts that I have created in the past. I'm looking forward to creating more fun Thanksgiving crafts this year with my daughter.

Turkey Hats




Turkey Spoons



Hand Print Turkey Puppet

Pinterest Kid Craft: Hand Print Turkey Puppet

Here is another of the fun Thanksgiving crafts that I have been creating with my daughter. These turkey puppets took us about 20 minutes to complete start to finish and didn't cost us anything because we just used items that we had on hand.

Items used:
-Hand
-Crayons
-Card Stock
-Scissors
-Tape
-Straw

Pin: http://www.loveplayandlearn.com/2012/11/thanksgiving-hand-print-turkey-puppet.html

Result:

Pinterest Kid Craft: Turkey Spoons

My daughter and I have having so much fun creating Thanksgiving Day crafts. I found another fun craft that transforms a white plastic spoon into a turkey.

Pin: http://www.rd.com/advice/thanksgiving-craft-for-kids/

All you need for this craft is construction paper, glue, a white spoon and a black sharpie marker.

Result:

Pinterest Kid Craft: Turkey Hats

I am always looking for fun crafts to do with my daughter. This time of the year we try to make our crafts relate to the holidays. When I found this cute Turkey Hat on Pinterest from Parents magazine, I knew my daughter was going to love creating this festive hat.

Pin:

                 

Turkey Hat from Parents Magazine

I happen to have all the items required to create this fun hat, so there was no cost. I'm always looking for crafts that do not require me to spend any money or bring anymore supplies into our already cramped house. All you need is a paper plate, construction paper, crayons or paint, scissors and a glue stick. 

Result:

We had so much fun creating this hat. Probably will be creating these again next year.