Thanksgiving Arts and Crafts

The Thanksgiving holiday reminds us to be grateful for our blessings by spending time with the people we are most grateful for. While your child may look forward to Thanksgiving because he gets time off from school, you may be wondering how you'll keep him busy on those two extra days at home. Lakeland Catholic schools has some great ideas for Thanksgiving crafts to keep your child entertained over the long Turkey Day weekend.

Fork Painted Turkey
You can use items you already have in your kitchen to create this cute feathered friend. Pick out some festive paint colors for your turkey's feathers and pour small amounts onto a paper plate. Then, dip a fork into each color of paint. Press the paint-covered fork down onto a clean paper plate to make a turkey feather. Continue adding feathers to the plate until your turkey has plenty of pretty plumage. To finish, cut out a circle of brown construction paper and draw on a turkey face to glue to the plate.

Thankful Tree
This craft also serves as an exercise in gratitude. To start, have your child trace his hands on pieces of different colored construction paper and cut out the handprints. Next, you and your child can write on the hands things you are thankful for. To create the tree, cut out a trunk and branches from brown construction paper and them onto a poster board. Then, you and your child can glue the handprint leaves onto the branches to create a beautiful tree that represents all the things your family is thankful for.

LEGO Stamped Indian Corn
If your child loves playing with LEGOs, this festive craft gives him a whole new way to enjoy those building blocks. Simply pour some yellow, orange, and brown paint onto a paper plate and let your child dip his LEGOs in the paint, with the round bumps (fun fact: those are called studs!) facing down. Then, your child can press his paint-dipped LEGO onto a piece of white construction paper, pushing down gently to create little circles of paint. Once your child has covered the paper in "kernels", let the paint dry and cut out corn shapes. You can finish the corn with husks made of brown construction paper and glued to the back of the corn.

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