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Thanksgiving Paper Crafts
Thanksgiving Day is celebrated with offering Thanksgiving prayers to the almighty followed by a Thanksgiving Dinner. However, Thanksgiving Day celebrations are not just restricted to the prayer and feast, but also include a variety of fun-filled activities.
Thanksgiving craft, made not only by children but also the elders, involves a great deal of creativity. Thanksgiving craft helps people decorate their homes for the Thanksgiving Day celebrations. Amongst others, Thanksgiving paper craft is particularly popular with one and all. This may be due to various reasons ranging from easy availability of material to being not very costly. Additionally it is also the ease with which paper can be cut into various shapes and sizes that makes it a popular material for making Thanksgiving crafts.
Thanksgiving Paper Crafts - Some Popular Ones
Here are some of the popular Thanksgiving crafts that can be made with paper.
- Thankful Tree
- Thankful Wreath of Leaves
- Pilgrims
- Turkey, Pumpkin etc.
- Paper Scare Crow
- Thankful Wreath of Leaves
Thankful Tree
Materials needed:
- Construction paper (orange, red, yellow, brown, and other earth tones)
- Crayons or markers
- Scissors
- Glue or a glue stick
Directions:
- Trace your hands on construction paper and cut out the tracings. These will be the leaves.
- Ask others from the family too, to do the same.
- Write your name and what you are thankful for on each of the handprints. Ask others to do the same.
- Using brown construction paper cut out a tree trunk and branches.
- Glue or staple the tree trunk on a large piece of construction paper (or onto a bulletin board).
- Glue or staple the handprint leaves to the tree.
Thankful Wreath Of Leaves
Materials needed:
- A plain white paper plate
- Construction paper (orange, red, yellow, brown, and other earth tones)
- Crayons or markers
- Scissors
- Glue or a glue stick
Directions:
- Cut a half circle out of the center of a plain paper plate. This will hold the leaves.
- Cut out a lot of leaves from construction paper. Draw the leaf veins if you wish.
- Glue the leaves all around the rim of the paper plate.
- In the lower center of the wreath, write, "I am thankful for," and then let your child write or draw what they are thankful for.
- Put the child's name on the wreath or let them sign it.
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