This easy activity is great for very young kids and makes a wonderful memento to include with the family keepsakes. If there are several children, more than one teacher may be needed for this project.
Materials needed per student: 9-inch paper plate, acrylic paints, black marker, paintbrush and felt fabric squares.
Paint the entire face of the paper plate with acrylic paint in an autumn gold color. Allow this to dry. Paint the palm and thumb of the student's hand with a liberal amount of brown paint. Working quickly, paint each of the child's fingers with a different color. Press the entire hand on the plate, taking time to press each finger and the palm. Remove the child's hand from the plate and let the paint dry. Using a paintbrush, have the child paint a beak, eyes, legs and wattle on the turkey. Allow this to dry. Glue 40 one-inch pieces of felt around the outside of the paper plate creating a frame for the turkey.
This activity is fun and easy. Your students will be so pleased they are able to contribute these wonderful coasters as part of the family table or buffet accessories.
Materials needed per student: colorful foam sheet, real leaves, double-sided tape, clear contact paper and colored duct tape.
Cut colorful foam sheets from the craft store into four 1/2 -inch squares. Using double-sided tape, attach one or more leaves on the foam piece. Cover the leaf and foam piece with clear contact paper. Press out any air bubbles. Trim off excess contact paper. Using colored duct tape, wrap each edge of the coaster dividing half of the tape width on the front and half on the back of the coaster. You are creating a border around the coaster.
This cute turkeys make great name cards for a table or a desk. They are simple and inexpensive to make.
Materials needed per student: 2 toilet paper rolls, scissors, glue, tape, construction paper and glue-on googly eyes, which can be purchased at any craft store.
Cut one toilet paper roll in half. Tape one of these half sections to the full toilet paper roll at the midway point. This creates the turkey head and body. Cut six 3-inch turkey feathers using the colorful construction paper. Glue the feathers to the back of the turkey. Cut and glue a triangle to the head of the turkey for the beak. Glue the eyes above the nose. Cut triangles for the feet and glue them to the body with the wide part of the triangles as the feet.
These sparkly, cheerful place card holders are a happy addition to any Thanksgiving table.
Materials needed per student: pine cones, acrylic paint, craft glue, glitter (optional) and vinyl tablecloth
Place a vinyl tablecloth on the work surface to collect all the excess glitter. Paint the extensions on the pine cone with the acrylic paints and allow the paint to dry. Apply glue to various locations on the pine cone and sprinkle with glitter.