Thanksgiving Craft Ideas

I LOVE the holidays!  Ha ha and I can't wait to get started on some fun Christmas crafts, but in the mean time, here are some cute Thanksgiving craft ideas to keep your little ones occupied:

-Print out this Thanksgiving book:
in color or in black and white

-Sing a Thanksgiving Song:
Pick one, or several of these songs to sing.

-Play Pin The Feather on The Turkey:
I don't have a link for this one, but it is really easy.  Draw, or print out a turkey and cut out some construction paper feathers.  Blindfold your kiddos and have them try to stick the feathers to the turkey.  Use rolled up pieces of tape to stick the feathers on.

-Make Butter
The link makes this look way more complicated than it is.  You just need to fill something like a baby food jar or other small jar about half full with cream and shake shake shake it.  But here is the link with more intense instructions.


-Make a fun Hand and Foot Turkey

-Make a cute Paper Scarecrow to hang up in your house:

-Make this adorable Pine cone Turkey

-Make a Thankful Turkey
I think this would be fun to do on Thanksgiving day.  Everyone could write what they were thankful for on a feather and add it to the turkey.

-Play Turkey Bingo
This would be SO fun to do on Thanksgiving day with a group of little kiddos!

-Make Pilgrim Hats

-Make Framed Hand print Turkeys
These would be SO cute to make every year and hang up as a grouping on your walls.  :0)

-Make Finger Puppet Pilgrims and put on a puppet show!

-Print and play this Thanksgiving Matching Game

-Use Fall leaves, construction paper, and some paint to make a Picture Frame

-Make Thanksgiving necklaces (or garlands) for your kiddos to munch on--or hang them in your yard to feed the birds

-Make a Handprint Wreath to hang on your door

-Use Lifesavers to make these neat Pumpkin Lolly Pops
This would be really fun for Christmas too.  You could make candy cane, or wreath, or stocking shapes!

-Make Finger Print Corn
This would be a great family activity--one ear of corn made from each person's finger prints!

-Make a craft Stick Turkey
If you don't have craft sticks, you can buy a pack of them at the dollar store.  They are the natural wood colored ones, but you can just color or paint them.  :0)
-Make a Family Hand print Turkey
I think this would so great to make for parents or grandparents that live out of state.  You could glue the hand print turkey to some paper folded to make a card, and write a sweet note inside!

-Have Mini Indian Corn Snacks

-Make a cute little turkey from a pair of gloves

-Make Mayflower Hats
It would be so fun to make different hats for each kiddo, like the Mayflower, Pilgrims, Indians, Turkeys etc. 

And just to take a walk down memory lane, here is a picture of Jay on his very first Thanksgiving:

Ha ha in my eyes, he is still this little...

I hope that at least a few of these crafts look like fun for you and your family!  Try them out, and let me know what you think!  I know that Jay and I will be giving a few of them a try for sure!  But whatever you do, take some time to make sure that your kiddos understand what Thanksgiving is really all about.  :0)