Gobble, Gobble, Gobble

keep your kids busy this November with these super cute Thanksgiving crafts! Give them some time to think about what they are thankful for! Plus there's a fun bow craft for moms at the bottom! They are adorable!

 



What You'll Need: Two paper bowls, a toilet paper tube, glue, construction paper, markers, scissors, paint, a paintbrush, toothpicks and a small condiment cup (this will be your turkey's hat!)

 

How to Do It: Paint the bowls and toilet paper roll any color you'd like and let dry. Glue the rims of the bowls together, then glue the roll to one of the bowls; this creates the body. Make a face for your turkey by first drawing eyes with marker. Give him a beak by folding a small square of construction paper in half diagonally and then cutting along the line to make the beak 3D! Glue on the beak and let dry. Then, draw a gobbler with a red marker. Trace your kid's handprint to use as the turkey's feet. Cut out feather shapes from the construction paper. Glue the backsides of the feathers, sandwich a toothpick (but keep one end showing) between them, and glue it all together. Have your kids write what they're thankful for on each of the feathers and stick each into the bowls. Trace a circle, wider than the diameter of the condiment cup and cut out (this will be the hat's brim). Glue the cup to the brim and there you go! A very thankful turkey. From: Crafts-for-All-Seasons

 

What You'll Need: Cork board or poster board, construction paper, scissors, glue, and marker or colored pencil.

How to Do It: Cut a piece of brown construction paper into the shape of a tree trunk with branches. Glue the tree trunk to the poster board. Help your kiddos trace their hands onto the construction paper. In each hand, let them write things they are thankful for (or write for them). Next, cut out the hands, these will be the "leaves" of the tree. Glue the hands along the trunk to make a tree shape. From: Crafts by Amanda

 

What You’ll Need: buttons, ribbon, hair clips, orange and red craft foam (or felt), googly eyes, hot glue gun or strong craft glue

 

How to Do It: Start by gluing two buttons onto the wide end of a hair clip to make the turkey’s body and head. Cut the ribbons into small pieces, and fold each in half. Glue these ribbon loops to the back of the hair clip and press down gently until dry. Cut out the tiny beak and feet out of orange foam and the waddle out of red. Glue these features and the googly eyes to the buttons to create a festive accessory for your little miss to wear in her cute Thanksgiving hair-do. From: Silly Eagle Books