We love holidays in our homeschool, because we usually take a break to enjoy family and the holiday festivities. One of our favorite things to do during a holiday break is to craft together. Thanksgiving crafts are a great way to decorate your home for that season or holiday.
Crafting is a fun way to spend time together as a family and to relax and enjoy being creative. Even my older kids enjoy making crafts. Crafting is just as much a part of holidays as baking and family recipes are! I also like to give my children crafts to work on when I am busy. We usually take a few days off of school during Thanksgiving so I can get the house ready.
We host Thanksgiving dinner at our house so there is a lot of work to be done. There is always so much cooking and cleaning that I need to do. This is the perfect time to break out some fun and festive Thanksgiving crafts to keep my kids busy.
Now is not the time to break out all the paints, glitter or a glue gun. Especially if I am going to be busy and can’t help them. The purpose of giving them crafts is so that I can get my work done. So I want to make sure there won’t be extra work involved. I like to choose easy crafts that my kids are capable of doing without a lot of extra help. If you have an older child to help then you can get a little more detailed. Some of these will look adorable as centerpieces for Thanksgiving, or as little take home gifts for guests.
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I have put together a list of fun and easy Thanksgiving crafts that I think you and your kids will enjoy!
Printable Crafts:
These crafts are so cute, and you just print them out and glue and color them. They can be colored with markers, or you can use some simple water color paints that are easy to clean up.
Printable Thanksgiving Tree – The Bo Bunny
Thanksgiving Bookmarks to Color – Artsy Fartsy Mama
Activity Pages and Printable Crafts – Party With Unicorns
Printable Thankful Turkey Hat – Parenting Chaos
Turkey Coloring Page – Encouraging Moms at Home
Thanksgiving Crafts Round-Up – Learn Create Love
Listen in for some Easy Thanksgiving Crafts for Kids ideas from Felice at The Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network. She has many years of experience as a busy homeschooling mom and now Grandma. She has an awesome list of crafts that are broken down into different types: crafts for fun, for decoration, for gift giving and for helping to build character!
Classic Crafts:
Everyone loves hand print turkeys, pilgrims and toilet paper roll crafts!
Turkey Windsock Craft – I Heart Crafty Things
Cardboard Turkey Toilet Paper Roll Craft – Pink Stripey Socks
Easy Fall Handprint Wreath – Todays Creative Ideas
DIY Thanksgiving Flower Pot Turkey – Awe Filled Homemaker
Turkey Hand and Foot Print Craft – Moms Quest to Teach
Paper Plate Turkey – The Best Ideas for Kids
Turkey Handprint Craft with Poem – The Best Ideas for Kids
Styrofoam Cup Pilgrim Hat Craft – I Heart Crafty Things
Fine Motor Skills Turkey Craft – Preschool Powol Packets
Nature Crafts:
These crafts can use materials found right in your own backyard! Your kids can even create a nature table with pretty found items and some candles for a nice decoration.
Painted Acorns – Crafts by Amanda
Painting Leaves – Simple Fun for Kids
Leaf Turkey Craft – Simple Living Mama
Fall Leaf Suncatchers – Fun at Home With Kids
Mason Jar Leaf Lanterns – One Little Project
Pinecone and Leaf Turkey Craft – Easy Peasy and Fun
For older children you may enjoy handing out these Thanksgiving writing prompts:
FREE Writing Prompts About Thanksgiving
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Sarah is a wife, daughter of the King and Mama to 4 children (one who is a homeschool graduate)! She is a an eclectic, Charlotte Mason style homeschooler that has been homeschooling for over 16 years now. She is still trying to find the balance between work and keeping a home and says she can only do it by the Grace of God, and Coffee!
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