Thanksgiving, Part B: Week 12, November 22-November 28

Thanksgiving Week, Part B

Coffee Filter Turkey:

• Supplies Needed: Coffee Filter, Eye Drops, paint, Construction Paper(Red, Brown, Yellow, White), Hole Puncher, Newspaper

1. Place a coffee filter on a piece of newspaper. 
2.  Place some paint into a bowl and add a little water and mix.
3. Take an eye dropper and suck up some of the paint and drop it onto the coffee filter.
4. Do this with multiple colors.  Let dry.
5. Cut out a peanut shape for the turkey body.  Glue it on filter.
6. Cut out a yellow shape beak and glue it on.
7. Cut out a red waddle and glue it hanging on the side of the beak.
8. Cut out 2 white circles and use the hole puncher to punch the eyes and glue it on.

Pilgrim People:

• Supplies Needed: Paper Plate, Black and White Construction Paper, Marker

1. Cut out a circle out of a paper plate to make it look like a U.  This will be the hair part.
2. Cut out a pilgrim hat out of the black paper and glue it on.
3. Cut out a strip to glue at the rim of the hat.
4. Can draw on eyebrows or ears onto the face.

Napkin Ring:

• Supplies Needed: Empty Paper Towel Tube, Felt, Puff Paint, Glue

1. Cut out 1 inch rings out of the paper towel tube.
2. Glue felt around the tubes.  Let dry.
3. Using the puff paint write the persons name on their napkin ring.

Fancy Plate Holders:

• Supplies Needed: Paper Plates, Construction Paper(variety Colors), Autumn Foam Shapes(Make your own)

1. Place a paper plate on a piece of construction paper and have your child draw a fancy design around the plate: Like a flower or sun.  Make sure to keep it big enough to see it still.
2. Take the foam shapes and glue them onto the silverware and paper cups.

Turkey Mobile:

• Supplies Needed: Construction Paper(Variety Colors), Yarn, 2 Straws, Glue

1. Place your child's hand on the construction paper and make 4 of them.
2. Make the hands into turkeys.  Draw a little face on the thumb.  Can cut out a waddle. and glue it off the thumb.
3. Punch out holes in the middle finger of the turkey.  
4. Make a cross out of the straw and wrap the yarn around the middle to hold it together.
5. Tie yarn from the straws to hang the turkeys from.
6. From the center tie a piece of yarn to hang it up.

Bottle Cap Cornucopia:

• Supplies Needed: Bottle Caps, Glue, Picture of a Cornucopia 

1. Print out or draw a picture of a cornucopia.
2. Have your child glue bottle caps onto the cornucopia.

Rhinestone Leaves:

• Supplies Needed: Fall colors foam craft, rhinestones, glue

1. Cut out leaves from the foam.
2. Have your child glue rhinestones onto the leaves and let dry.

Felt Quilt:

• Supplies Needed: Pieces of Material, Piece of 8 x 10 piece of felt, or Blank piece of paper, glue, ribbons, buttons

1. Cut out little 1" squares of the material. 
2. Glue the squares onto the felt or paper.
3. Then glue ribbons and buttons onto the quilt.

Turkey Napkin Holder:

• Supplies Needed:  Construction Paper(Red, Brown, Yellow, Orange), 2 TP Rolls, Brown Paint, Gogglie Eyes, Modeling Clay, Glue

1. Paint the TP Rolls Brown. Let Dry.
2. Have your child trace 2 or 3 hands out of Construction Paper.
3. Cut off 1/4 of one of the TP Rolls for the head.
4. Glue the head onto the body.  They will be vertical.
5. Glue the hands on the back for the feathers.
6. Cut two feet out of the orange paper and glue onto the bottom
7. Cut out a waddle out the red paper and glue on.
8. Glue on the gogglie eyes.
9. Cut out a orange beak and glue it on.
10. Place a piece of modeling clay on the back of the turkey to help hold it down.

Mayflower Boat:

• Supplies Needed: 3 Popsicle Sticks, Glue, Paper Plate, Brown and White Construction Paper

1. Cut a paper plate in half.
2. Place the half onto a piece of brown construction paper and trace. Make 2 of these.
3. Glue 3 sticks onto the half of the paper plate.  One on each side and one in the middle.
4. Take the brown paper and glue on each side of the plate.
5. Cut out 3 sails out of the white paper and glue it onto the sticks.
6. You can draw strips going vertical to make it look like pieces of wood.

Corn on the Cob Magnet:

• Supplies Needed: 24 Yellow Beads, Yellow Pipe Cleaner, Green Ribbon, Brown Felt or Brown Construction Paper, Magnet

1. On 3 pieces of yellow pipe cleaner put on 8 yellow beads.  Twist the bottom to hold beads on.
2. At the top twist the 3 pipe cleaners together.  Cut the tops to make it the right size. Tie a green ribbon around the twisted area.
3. Cut out the husks out the brown felt or paper and glue it onto the back of the corn.
4. Glue on a magnet on back.

Button Bracelets:

• Supplies Needed: Buttons, Ribbon, Glue

1. Cut out a piece of ribbon and make sure its big enough to tie a bow onto your child's wrist.
2. Glue buttons onto the ribbon and let dry.
3. Tie the ribbon onto your child's hand.

Turkey Luminarias:

• Supplies Needed: Lunch Bag, White, Red, Orange, Yellow Tissue Paper, Glue, Battery Operated Tea Light

1. Cut a circle out from the seamless side of the lunch bag. Use the circle as a guide to cut a slightly larger circle from white or yellow tissue paper.
2. Cut skinny triangles out of red, yellow and orange tissue paper for the feathers, and cut two wing shapes from red tissue paper.
3. Use a glue stick to affix the feathers and wings onto the tissue paper circle.  
4. Cut a turkey body(you can download the template at www.FamilyFun.com/magazine) from the brown paper circle, then glue it to the center of the tissue paper collage.  
5. Line the edge of the bag's circular hole with more glue, then lay the collage circle on top.  
6. Fill the bag with about an inch of sand or rocks if you're planning to place it outside.  
7. Place a LED tea light inside.

Sponge Paint Tree:

• Supplies Needed: Sponge, Paint-Fall Colors, Construction Paper, Paper Plate

1. Cut the sponge into pieces.
2. Place different colors onto a plate.
3. Have your child dip the sponge into the paint and make a fall tree.

Turkey Hat:

• Supplies Needed: Construction Paper(Red, Brown, Yellow, Orange), Black Paper Cup, Elastic Cord, Hole Puncher

1. For a Pilgrim Hat:  Cut out a brown strip and a white square with the center cut out. 
2. Glue the brown strip on the cup towards the bottom half of the cup.  
3. Then glue the white square on top of the strip.
4. Punch two holes on each side of the cup and place elastic cords through the holes and tie off.
5. For the Turkey Hat: Cut out a circle out of the brown paper for the body.  
6. Cut out a yellow beak and a red waddle. Glue it onto the body. 
7. Draw eyes onto the body.
8. Glue body onto the cup.
9. Cut out five feathers out of the paper and glue it onto the back of the cup.
10. Punch a hole on each side of the cup and place elastic cords through the holes and tip off. 

Bathtub Finger Puppets:

• Supplies Needed: Rubber Gloves, Permanent Markers

1. Cut all the tips off the gloves. Make sure to rinse the insides out well. Dry off well.
2. With markers draw faces on to the tips.

Indian Feather Hat:

• Supplies Needed: Contact Paper, Feathers, Hole Puncher, Yarn

1. Take contact paper and make sure its big enough to wrap around your child's head.
2. Make sure its 6 inches wide too.
3. Fold it in half before you take the wrap off and make a crease.
4. Take the wrap off and have your child put feathers around one side of the crease.
5. Can add a little bit of glitter to their hat.
6. Place the other half over the feathers to hold it in place.
7. Punch 2 holes on each end.  Place a piece of yarn through the holes and tie.

Egg Carton Advent Calendar:

• Supplies Needed: Two Cardboard Egg Cartons, Green Poster Paint, Red Construction Paper, Red Yarn, Glue, Black Marker, Hole Puncher, Tiny Surprises(Candy, Coins, Stickers, Tiny Toys)

1. Cut the lid and closing flap off two matching cardboard egg cartons and save them for a later craft.
2. Spread out some newspaper to work on, and paint the bottoms of the egg cartons green on both sides.  Let them dry.
3. Punch two holes on one side of each of the egg cartons and tie them together with a piece of yarn.  Do not tie the yarn so tight that the cartons will not open and close.  Punch a hole in the top of each carton and tie the two ends of a piece of yarn through the holes so that the calendar can be hung up.  Punch a hole on the other side of each carton and tie a piece of yarn through each hole so that the calendar can be closed and tied together.
4. Cut twenty-four circles from red construction paper that just fit over the top of each of the openings.  Number them from one to twenty-four.
5. Fill each compartment with a tiny surprise.  You can use wrapped candy, coins, stickers, tiny toys, or ornaments, and little pieces of paper with promises of a special favor or surprise.  Put a dab of glue on two sides of each compartment and cover each with a red circle, starting with number one over the first compartment and ending with number twenty-four.  Tie the calendar shut.  It is ready to give to someone you know.

Advent Christmas Tree Countdown:

• Supplies Needed: Lid From Metal Cookie Tin, Glue, 25 Sequins of Different Shapes, Hole Puncher, Red Ribbon, Magnet, Red Felt, Masking Tape, Trim

1. From the green construction paper, cut a Christmas-tree shape that will fit inside the lid of the metal cookie tin.  Put a strip of masking tape down the center of the inside of the lid to create a better gluing surface.  Glue the tree into the lid, attaching it to the masking-tape strip.
2. Cut a holder for the base of tree from the red felt.  Glue the holder to the base of the tree.  Decorate the holder with trim.
3. Tear a long strip of masking tape in half lengthwise.  Cover the inside of the rim of the lid with the strips.  They will help the glue hold.
4. Cut a 12-inch length of red construction paper, making it narrow enough to fit inside the rim of the metal lid.  Write the numbers from 1 to 25 across the strip.  Glue the strip to the rim below the tree.  Glue trim around the rest of the inner rim.
5. Cut a 10-inch length of thin red ribbon or yarn.  Put a piece of making tape on the back of the lid behind the top of the tree.  Glue the two ends of the ribbon or yarn to the masking-tape strip and cover it with more masking-tape strips to secure it.
6. Use the hole punch to punch twenty-five holes from the magnet strip.  Peel the paper off each dot and stick it to the sequin.  The magnet dot will allow each sequin to stick to the tin lid.  Place a sequin over each number on the paper strip.
7. To use the countdown tree, hang it up, and starting on December 1, trim the tree with one sequin ornament each day.  When all the ornaments are on the tree it will be December 25.  

Activities:

Tunnel Game:

• Supplies Needed: 5 Empty Tp tubes, 2 Pieces of Cardboard(8x10), paint, marbles

1. Decorate five tubes.  
2. Cut out a 1/2-3/4 strip from the length of the tube.
3. Paint the insides of the tubes and then glue them together with the open side down. 
4. Glue a piece of cardboard of foam piece on top of them.  
5. Cut out a sign that will display the point value of each tube like 20, 10, 5, 10 ,20.  Glue sign on top of tubes.

Tic-Tac-Toe:

• Supplies Needed: Blank Paper, Markers, Pennies

1. On a piece of blank paper make a tic-tac-toe game.
2. Have your child and you use pennies for their game.  Heads for X's and Tails for O's.

• Pin the hat on the turkey game(Target or Dollar tree)

Cookie Puzzle:

• Supplies Needed: Striped Cookies

1. Break up striped cookies very carefully so your child can put it back together.

House Of Cards:

• Supplies Needed: Deck of Cards

1. Have your child make a house out of a deck of cards and see how tall they can go.

Squirrel Food:

• Supplies Needed: Peanuts in the Shell, Sunflower seeds, Plain Popped Popcorn

1. Place the ingredients in a bowl or bag and mix it up.
2. Have them place the food outside for the squirrels. Place where your child can watch from a door or window.
3. Never feed a squirrel from your hand!
4. Once you and your child see a squirrel eating the treat, take the opportunity to talk about the squirrel's appearance and actions.

Book Bingo:

• Supplies Needed: Pictures of your child's favorite books(About 8 Pictures, Copy and paste from amazon, must fit on an 8 x 10 piece of paper), Contact Paper, Pennies

1. Glue the 8 pictures onto a piece of 8x10 piece of paper and cover with contact paper or laminate it. Don't forget to put a free space in the middle of the 9 slots.
2. You can make different ones to make them all different, with different books and such on  them to make it harder to get bingo.
3. Glue all the pictures that are on the cards onto index cards.  This is the calling cards.  Place in a bag.
4. Pull out an index card and show your child which book they must cover with a penny.
5. If you want the winner can choose the book from the pictures the want you to read to them.

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• Thanksgiving Mazes: Click Here
• Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt: Click Here for a Complete List
• Other Printables: Click Here

Food:

Turkey Cookie:

• Supplies Needed: Striped Cookies, Brown Frosting, Plastic Sandwich Bag, Swiss Cake Rolls, M & M's, Candy Corn

1. Place the brown frosting in a bag and tie off.  Cut a small bit of the a corner off.
2. Cut the swiss cake roll in half.
3. Have your child squeeze some frosting out onto the a striped cookie and place one half of the swiss cake roll onto it.
4. Then place some frosting onto the creme filling side showing and place the striped cookie on backwards to make it look like feathers.
5. Put frosting on the other side of the swiss cake roll for the eyes(M & M's) and for the nose(Candy Corn).

"BLESSING MIX"

Each ingredient represents something related to Thanksgiving:
Bugles corn snacks-a cornucopia
Pretzels-arms folded in prayer
Candy corn-the five kernels of corn each of the pilgrims were allotted per day during their first winter because food was so scarce
Dried fruits-Thanksgiving is the celebration of the harvest
Peanuts or sunflower seeds-seeds represent the potential of a bounteous harvest for the next season if they are planted and well-tended.

Found on www.showmomthemoney.com

Books:

• There was an old lady who swallowed a Pie By Alison Jackson
• 10 Fat Turkeys By Tony Johnston
• One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims By B.G. Hennessy
• Over The River: Turkey's Tale By Derek Anderson
• Twas The Night Before Thanksgiving By Dave Pilkey
• Thanksgiving Mice By Bethany Roberts
• A Turkey For Thanksgiving By Eve Bunting
• Sometimes It's Turkey, Sometimes It's Feathers By Loran Balian

Thanksgiving TV Shows:

All Times Are Central Time Zone

          Tues: 11/24

• Max and Ruby at 10am and 1pm on Nick
• The Bugs Bunny Thanksgiving Diet at 10am and 1pm on Carton Network

        Thursday: 11/26

• The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't at 9am, 6pm on Boomerang
• The Bugs Bunny Thanksgiving Diet at 11am, 2pm, 2:30pm, 5:30 on Carton Network
• Caillou at 1pm on PBS
• Max and Ruby at 5:30pm on Nick
• A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving at 7pm on ABC

       Friday: 11/27

• Caillou at 11am

       Sunday: 11/29

• Max and Ruby at 7:30 on Nick

I found some of  these crafts at familyfun.com. I want to thank the local schools and libraries for some of the other craft ideas.

Thanksgiving, Part B: Week 12, November 22-November 28