Thanksgiving Craft
Your child can help prepare for the holidays this year! Give her some orange and brown crayons or colored pencils (or green and red for Christmas) and white construction paper or cardstock. She can draw on several pieces of paper.
When your child is done coloring, cover the drawing with clear contact plastic and use them as place mats or a table runner for your holiday table. (The clear plastic helps protect the drawings. You can use them on your table without the plastic, but the pictures cannot be cleaned afterward.)
What a wonderful opportunity to let your young child feel a part of the holiday celebrations! For older preschoolers, offer stickers, glitter glue, feathers, and tissue paper for additional decorating.
Preschoolers and younger elementary students might also enjoy making Hand-and-Feet Turkeys or a Thanksgiving Leaf Wreath.
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Comments (1)
Love this! Definitely going to try this. I was looking for more things t make with my preschoolers. Each day we add another hand leaf to our Thanksgiving tree and on it says something that we are thankful for. They love it.
Posted on November 7, 2011 6:19 PM