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Thanksgiving Decorations For Kids
Thanksgiving is a fun-filled festival, especially for the kids. On Thanksgiving, it is not just the feast that the kids look forward to but also various other activities like Thanksgiving crafts-making and Thanksgiving decorations.
Thanksgiving gives everybody an occasion to indulge in decorating their homes beautifully, adding festive colors to the celebrations. Kids find Thanksgiving decorations particularly interesting and immerse themselves in a host of activities like decorating the table, garden, entrance and so on.
Kids use all their imagination to create beautiful Thanksgiving crafts that are then appropriately placed to decorate their homes.
Ideas For Thanksgiving Decorations Kids
Some of the Thanksgiving decoration crafts that kids can make are as under:-
- Fabric Potpourri Turkey Decoration
- Painted Turkey Handprint
- Thanksgiving Turkey Bowl Craft
- Harvest Necklace Craft
- Hand & Feet Turkey Craft
- Mayflower Ship of Thanksgiving
- Turkey Place Card Holders
- Thanksgiving Hand Wreath
- Turkey Treat Holder Craft
- Candy Cornucopias
Fabric Potpourri Turkey Decoration
You need:
- Craft foam sheets; brown and orange
- Pinking sheers
- Scissors
- Craft glue, glue stick or glue dots
- Plastic wiggle eyes
- Potpourri
- Autumn fabric cut in approximately 5 inch squares
- Chenille stem (pipe cleaner)
Directions:
- Using the pinking shears cut squares of fabric for each turkey.
- Place a small amount of potpourri into the center of the fabric.
- Gather the fabric to form a pouch and secure with a piece of chenille stem (pipe cleaner).This will be the turkey body and feathers.
- Cut an oblong piece of brown foam to make the turkey body and a very small piece for the beak.
- Using craft glue or glue dots, attach the eyes and beak to the brown oval.
- Lay the potpourri pouch on it's side, so that the gathered fabric is in the back to form the feathers.
- Glue the turkey head to the front.
Thanksgiving Hand Wreath
You need:
- Construction paper in autumn colors (Felt or craft foam can also be used)
- Poster board
- Scissors
- Glue
- Brown buttons
- Permanent marker
Directions:
- Trace your hands on colored paper to fashion the wreath leaves.
- Cut several such traced hands in a variety of colors.
- With markers write messages on the hands, listing reasons to be thankful.
- Cut the wreath ring using poster board or cardboard.
- Glue the felt or paper hands randomly around the wreath.
- Attach buttons or nuts with glue.
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