Thanksgiving Crafts "Pumpkin Pie" idea: Have pre-cut orange circles. The children glue a circle onto a paper plate. Then they brush the top of the circle with glue and sprinkle on cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, cloves, etc. You can use any of these pie spices and they smell great! Turkey Puppets Trace the child's hand. Have him decorate the "fingers" with torn construction paper bits. These are the turkey feathers. Add eyes, wattle, etc. Attach to popsicle stick. Turkey art: Fold a coffee filter in half 3 times so that it is the shape of a small triangle. Prepare 4 small containers of green, red, yellow and blue water. Dip each point into a color and then dip the middle of the filter in the last color. Open and let dry. These will be the turkey's feathers. Give the children a tracer that looks like the shape of a bowling pin. That will be the turkey's body. Have them trace and cut it out of brown paper. Glue the turkey's body to the opened coffee filter and decorate. Title: Turkey Picture with Dyed Popcorn Materials: Picture of a turkey with backside feathers visible, tagboard to glue picture on ahead of time, unpopped popcorn, rubbing alcohol, food coloring, crayons or markers. Color the popcorn by mixing it with rubbing alcohol and food color....let dry in an open container. Have the kids color the turkey then glue the popcorn on. Title: Paper Plate Turkeys Cut out a variety of feathers from different construction paper. Have children put small slits down both sides of the feathers. Glue feathers on turkey (paper plate) and make the face. Title: Hands and A Foot Turkey Materials: Several different colored construction paper, brown construction paper, white background paper. Cut several handprints of the children on the different colored paper. Cut one foot print per child on the brown paper. The handprint is the feathers of the Turkey and the footprint is the body/face. Then use your imagination for the rest. Title: Indian Corn Materials: Orange and green construction paper, popcorn, glue and scissors Cut corn shape from orange paper and stem form from the green paper. Let the children glue the corn all over the orange section. Title: Gluing Paper Corn Squares Materials: Manila paper, Black felt marker, Paste, Scrapes of colored paper Procedure: On manila paper, draw a large ear of corn with the shucks peeled halfway back (like a banana) for each child. Add kernels by drawing a brick- wall design in the exposed half. Cut tiny pieces of colored paper the same size as the kernels. Have the children paste the small paper kernels onto their corncob shapes. Shade shucks lightly with green and brown chalk, if desired. Hints: Either pre-paste the colored paper kernels or dot paste on the children's corncobs. Most two-year-olds will not care to paste on more than six to ten kernels. Have some real Indian corn on hand to show children. Hand Indian Materials: Drawing paper and crayons or markers Place the child's hand near the top of the paper with fingers slightly open. Trace around the fingers and hand but not the thumb. Draw a head band across the base of the fingers. The fingers now can be colored to resemble feathers. A face is drawn on the palm of the hand. If desired the children can then go on to draw the body, arms and legs. Hand Turkey Poem This isn't just a Turkey As anyone can see, I made it with my hand Which is part of me. It comes with lots of love Especially to say, I hope you have a very HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY!! GROCERY BAG TURKEY Take a walk & gather fall leaves. Cut out two circles from grocery bag about 5 or 6 inches across. On the head glue eyes beak & waddle cut from construction paper. Glue the leaves to the outer edges of one of the circle with most of the leaf sticking out over the edge. Glue the other circle on top . Add two legs from construction paper. Thanksgiving Characters Toilet Paper Roll, Crayons, Glue, Construction Paper, Scissors Cover roll with black paper. Cut a small circle, draw a face on it, & glue it onto the roll. Other things to add: arms, feet hair hat brim, apron, ect. You can also make indians & turkeys this way. Indian Drum Oatmeal Box or any Can with Lid, Tape, Construction Paper, Rubber Bands, Crayons, Scissors Cut a piece of construction paper to fit around can. Draw "Indian" pattern designs on it, & tape it onto can. Cut 2 circles out of construction paper about an inch bigger than the lid. Put it over the top and bottom of the can, & use rubber bands to hold it on. Thank You Book Construction Paper, Magazines, Stapler or Yarn, Glue, Crayons, Scissors Fold paper or papers in half and staple fold or poke holes & tie them with yarn. Find pictures in magazines of things you are thankful for & glue them into the book. Totem Pole Egg Cartons Scrap Paper, Feathers, Beads, Ect Crayons Glue Scissors Cut egg cartons into 4 rows of 3 cups. Glue 2 sections together, back to back, to form the totem pole. Decorate as desired. Thankful Wreath Cut out an orange or yellow circle to fit a paper plate, & have child glue to center. Then have them crumple up & glue colored tissue paper (fall colors) to the outside of the wreath. Cut out a bow shape and either glue a small picture of the child in the center of the bow, or have the child write his/her name on the bow. Glue the bow to the outside of the plate. Discuss thankfulness, & ask the child what they are thankful for. Then write that in the center of the plate i.e. "I am thankful for my parents.". Then attach a ribbon or string on the back to hang the wreath. What's Inside A Pumpkin? Cut out a brown pumpkin stem, a green leaf, and two identical orange pumpkins. Label the first pumpkin, "what's inside a pumpkin?". Have the child glue small pieces of yellow/orange yarn, and pumpkin seeds to the other pumpkin. Assemble the pumpkin and place a brad at the top to hold it all together. Now they can flip and see..."What's Inside a Pumpkin" LEAF MAN Glue on of the leaves onto the center of paper (use the leaf as the body) draw head, arms and legs. EGG CARTON TOTEM POLE Cut egg cartons into 4 rows of 3 cups. Glue 2 sectons together, back to back, to form totem pole. Decorate with colored macaroni , foam shapes or whatever you desire. Corn Cob Painting Wash corncobs and let them dry for several days. Make paint pads by placing folded paper towels in a shallow container and pouring on temepera. Let the children roll the corncobs on the paint pads, then roll the cobs across cheets of construction paper to make prints. CORN COB Yellow paper cob and green husk. Wad up yellow tissue paper and glue to cob or glue on popcorn INDIAN VEST Grocery bag...cut a circle in the bottom of bag. Turn inside out and cut fringes on the bottom and write the Indian name of the child on the back of vest. Tree of Thanks 2 Paper Grocery Bags Construction Paper (fall Colors) Crayons, Markers, or Pencils Glue Scissors Cut open the grocery bags so it lays flat. Cut out a tree trunk & branch shapes . Use colored paper and cut out leaf shapes. Have children write what they are thankful for on the leaves & hang them on the tree. Glove Turkey clear disposable gloves popped popcorn different colors tissue paper brown tissue paper moving eyes brown yarn cut out small triangles for waddle Let children stuff the colored tissue paper in the fingers of the glove. Put brown tissue paper in the thumb for the head, put a different color of tissue paper in each finger. Put popcorn in the hand part of glove. Tie a piece of brown yarn to close the glove. Leave a little of the yarn hanging to make the legs. Glue the moving eyes on the thumb, the waddle on bottom of thumb. These are so cute for our bulletin board in November. Cornucopia Draw a picture of a cornucopia, one for each child. Let the children color it. Cut out the cornucopia and glue it on a large piece of paper. Using real vegetables cut in half, such as celery, carrots, potatoes, onions, etc. have children dip the veggies in paint and put on their paper with the cornucopia. A Big Book of Thanks Refer to the song, "Thank You, Thank You; This We Say" to initiate a discussion with students about the many things for which they are thankful. Encourage the children to consider the places they go, the things they do and have, and the people they spend time with as they brainstorm during the discussion. Then give each child a 12" x 18" sheet of white construction paper. Have him illustrate one person or thing for which he is thankful on hispaper. Ask him to dictate a completion to the sentence " (Child's name) is thankful for (person or thing) because ______________." Write the completed sentence on his paper. Then assemble all the papers between two construction paper covers. Staple the book together along ethe left edge; then write the title "A Big Book Of Thanks" on the front cover. Invite small groung of children to share the book with one another. Linda (LinHubb@aol.com) '97 file Subj: Plastic disposable glove turkey For all those that have left over disposable gloves from Hallloween, this one is for you. Fill fingers of gloves with colored candy or different colors of tissue paper to resemble turkey feathers. Then fill the thumb of the glove with brown candy or tissue paper. Stuff cooled popcorn into the other portion of the glove. Gather the wrist of the glove and secure it with a pc of brown yarn. Add black eye with marker and candy corn beak on outside of bag. We are making hand print turkeys: Paint a toilet paper tube brown. Glue on a brown construction paper head. Add an orange beak and a red waddle. Draw on eyes. Trace children hand prints onto fall colored paper and cut out. Glue to back of tube to make feathers. HARVEST CENTERPIECE foam meat trays burlap pinecones, acorns, leaves, nuts small plastic fruit/vegetables glue gun Cover meat tray with burlap. Have children arrange pinecones, etc., on tray. Afterwards you can use the glue gun to glue on pieces firmly, trying not to change their arrangement. Note: White glue isn't strong enough to hold the heavier items together. Log Cabin Monday, on our paint table we put craft sticks and painted one side brown. Wednesday, we "built" our log cabin (on a sheet of construction paper)with 6 sticks for our log cabin and an extra one we used for a tree. We talked about how the pilgrims built their houses from logs and how how theygot the logs etc. Friday, we will add a door, window , roof (from rafia) and a chimney with cotton smoke coming out. The tree will have a circle top.