Thanksgiving Crafts

After a few days of no school, and some not nice weather, I am OVER sitting on the couch with the kids and watching movies. It was nice at first, since I have been stuffed up and achy, and even though the kids beg to just watch movies, they get bored quickly and start purposefully bugging each other until one finally snaps (thank you so much week with only one full day of school). Today I decided to break the cycle. Instead of settling back in the couch for another movie marathon after naps, we were going to get up and do something. Enter Thanksgiving crafting; Thanksgiving is only a few weeks away, and usually by now I have already had the kids make hand print turkeys, color Thanksgiving coloring pages, make thankful wreaths, and more. I have been slacking this year. So, armed with some sweaters and a cup of tea it was time to go in search of some nice leaves to make some turkeys.

Leaf Turkeys:
assortment of colorful leaves
white paper
glue
markers (or crayons)
red, yellow, orange, and brown crayon, marker, or construction paper (if you want to cut bodies instead of drawing them)

Collect your leaves. Glue them on white paper to look like turkey feathers. Either cut out gobbler, feet, and body, or draw them directly onto the white paper. You can use googly eyes if you have some on hand, if not (as was the case for us) you can just draw them on.

Thankful Turkeys:
colored paper (reds, yellows, browns, and oranges)
pen or marker
toilet paper roll
glue

Cut colored paper into feather shapes. Write something you (or your child) are thankful for on each feather. Glue the feathers onto the toilet paper roll, draw a face onto the toilet paper roll.