Kids oftentimes like to misbehave and do naughty things, especially when there are occasions. Now that Thanksgiving Day is fast approaching, you need to think of a special activity to have your kids participate or “distracted” while you prepare for the Thanksgiving dinner. Making arts and crafts for the Thanksgiving Day is definitely perfect.
Thanksgiving crafts are pretty enjoyable for kids, besides it only require cheap materials ranging from paper, scissors, glue, to colored papers or construction papers. Other materials and fancy decorations are readily available at local craft stores or in a convenience store.
You can start off making with turkey since it has been the symbol for the Thanksgiving. You can create a lot of variations of the big feathered bird; from the paper bag turkey, tissue paper turkey, turkey hat, up to the turkey puppet. Your kids can also make crafts with functional purposes such as turkey napkin holder, the turkey placemat, the turkey chair cover and the turkey breadbasket. If you have the time, material, and patience, there are more complicated Thanksgiving kids crafts that you and your kids should try. This includes the turkey piñata and the terra cotta turkey planter.
However, the Thanksgiving is not only limited to its symbol or character. You can have other Thanksgiving Kids Crafts to make like the pilgrim hat, corn husk puppet, and cornucopia pay homage to the pilgrims and Native Americans that represent the more historical aspects of Thanksgiving. These craft projects are a fun way to teach kids and remind them of the reason why we gorge ourselves once a year in the fall.
To ensure safety during craft making session, supervise your kids especially when using sharp objects or hot ones like scissors, cutters, or hot glue guns. Provide your kids plenty materials so that they would not quarrel over it and destroy the celebration mood. Also, remind your kids to take care of the materials like making sure to close glue bottles and putting the caps back on markers, and to keep the work area clean so that materials don’t go to waste and there isn’t a huge mess to deal with afterwards, tempting you to cancel any plans for Thanksgiving kids crafts for next year. Finally, encourage your kids to be creative and have fun, which is what crafts are all about.
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