Thanksgiving Craft Ideas
A glue stroke on the tissue will be enough to stick it about the walnut and then wrap it up by the foil to make it resemble the turkey's body. The strips of cotton fabric folded into a fan shape pleats will give you the turkey's tail. Glue the tail to the bottom of the bird's body.
The head and neck of the turkey can be easily made with a bit of sisal rope. You can make it look still more beautiful by gluing a delicate wattle cut out of red felt to the front of its head and a tiny diamond-shape piece of yellow felt as the peak. Remember to mark its eyes with a black marker.
You should probably want to make small wings for your turkey, which you can cut out from some suitable material and fix them on the turkey's body. These small pieces of art can adorn various places of your home such as your table, candleholders, a mantle-piece, etc., when you receive your friends on Thanksgiving.
Kids enjoy making bands like the ones of Native Indians and wear them later on to demonstrate them to their guests. A strip of paper from a paper bag around 2 inches in breadth that matches your size of the head will do OK. Draw any imaginary subjects on your headband.
The top edge of the band decorate with paper feathers glued from the inside. Now try the headband on and ask somebody to connect the ends at the back of your head. And now you can pretend Native Indians, who greet Mayflower Pilgrims in your home.
Next comes the Thanksgiving Tree. It is a profound design for the entire family. Provide oneself with a sheet of white poster board, pencil, markers, Autumn colored construction paper, scissors and glue or tape. On a sheet of construction paper make a kid's hand-print. If you have a pack of children do the hands for all of them. Ask your kids to cut their prints out.
On the poster board paint a naked tree form with lots of branches. Suggest your kids to make it brown. Once they are through with the task ask them to write one thing they are grateful for on every leaf. Then attach the leaves by means of tape or glue to the branches.
You can adorn some wall in your house with this Thanksgiving picture. This is also a good method to have the kids busy if you are in the kitchen cooking a tasty turkey. Your children will be glad to save your time be getting everything ready beforehand so that once all the members of the big family arrive they can at once start writing what they are thankful for. No doubt you will let them share your tree at dinner.