Thanksgiving Crafts for Kids – Kindergarten

Thanksgiving is fast approaching, which also means the weather is changing. The holidays are a great excuse to pull out your craft supplies and get those little hands moving. While we all love good old handprint turkey, there’s so much other crafts that you and your children can do together. And the best part (besides staying active and creative on a rainy day)? You can display your child’s creations on Thanksgiving Day in the form of place cards, centerpieces, and even accessories.

Some of these crafts take time and supplies, while others are as simple as kneading pumpkin spice into your play dough.

We’ve got something for every type of crafty mom this holiday season with 8 Thanksgiving crafts for kids to make.

1. Egg Carton Turkey

If you want a different kind of turkey craft, these egg carton turkeys are adorable and fun for little hands to make (with a little help of course). You will need the following supplies to create these colorful little gobblers: washable paint, construction paper, scissors, glue sticks, egg cartons, googly eyes, and a pencil.

Once you’ve collected your supplies, the first step is to cut out two cups from the egg carton. Glue the pieces together and fill in the spaces with the excess cardboard, then paint the body any color you or your child desire. While the paint is drying, make your tail feathers by cutting out seven two-and-a-half-inch pieces of multi-colored construction paper and gluing them in a fan shape around a circle of brown paper.

Now you will want to cut up the other pieces of your turkey. A red oval about an inch and a half high for the head and a small oval for the waddle; a folded piece of orange paper cut into a triangle along the crease for a beak; and an orange “Millenium Falcon” shape three inches long for the feet.

When the bodies dry, you can let your child put their turkey together by gluing all the pieces together (or not. Picasso turkey!). Add the finishing touch – googly eyes – and voila, your child has a new best friend!

Check out the full tutorial at Live well mom.

2. Grateful tree

This homemade tree is a fun way for kids to think about what they’re grateful for this year. For this craft you will need a vase, a hole punch, string, colored paper, a leaf pattern printing, and some tree branches (branch hunting can be a fun activity in itself!).

Once you and your kids have found the perfect branches (make sure they have plenty of offshoots for more places to hang your leaves!), Place them in a short vase so that they are tipped over. a side. Then print and cut out your foil template to use as a stencil on the colored paper. Cut out the festive foliage you just traced and poke a hole in the top of each leaf, then thread a loop of string through the hole so you can hang the leaf from the tree.

You can plump your thankful tree in different ways, by having your family write their thanks each day throughout the month or by taking the tree out on Thanksgiving Day and asking each guest to fill in a sheet. Either way, your colorful and thoughtful display will be the perfect centerpiece when you sit down for Thanksgiving dinner.

Check out the full tutorial at Better houses and gardens.

3. Popsicle stick scarecrow

Scarecrows might not be a traditional Thanksgiving mascot, but kids love them, so why not let them make a new fall friend?

This easy craft requires popsicle sticks, googly eyes, orange and black washable paint, yellow grass or paper thread, wood glue, and a hot glue gun.

To make the scarecrow, line up seven popsicle sticks vertically and glue them together, then add one diagonally about an inch from the top of the sticks. After the glue dries, let your child paint the diagonal stick and anything above it orange. It’s the scarecrow hat! Glue googly eyes just below and paint an orange triangle for the nose. Use black paint to make its mouth and glue yellow paper grass or thread behind the brim of the hat to create hair.

Although an adult should be the one using the hot glue gun, encourage your little ones to draw their scarecrow’s face and design their hat and hair however they want.

Check out the full tutorial at Simple mom project.

4. Turkey place card with fingerprint

These fingerprint turkey place cards are a great way to literally get little hands involved. Before you begin, you’ll need brown, red, yellow, and orange paints, googly eyes, card stock, scissors, glue, and felt.

Once you’ve gathered your supplies, take your card stock and cut it in half, then fold each piece in half to make your place cards. Then comes the fun part: dip your child’s index finger in the yellow pain and press seven fingerprints into an arch near the crease. This will be the turkey’s outer layer of feathers. Once it dries, dip your child’s finger in orange paint and press seven fingerprints slightly overlapping the yellow to make the next layer of feathers. Let it dry, then dip your child’s finger in red paint and press five fingerprints to create the innermost layer of feathers. Once all the feathers are dry, dip your child’s thumb in the brown pain and press under the last layer of feathers to form the body of the turkey. Once it dries, help your child paste googly eyes on their face and paint a little yellow or orange beak. Use your marker to draw feet and let your child write their name under the turkey.

Check out the full tutorial at How is she?

5. Painted animal leaves

The most beautiful thing about fall is the leaves that change color, and when those leaves eventually make their fall, kids go crazy to pick them up (or jump in) them. If your child loves collecting fallen leaves, take the next batch home and paint them to create animals!

In addition to the sheets, you will need a black and white marker or paint pen, construction paper, glue, and two leather cords. Once you’ve tucked your sheets inside, squeeze them between the pages of a large book for several days. When they’re completely dry, help your little one draw faces on the leaves to turn them into cats, mice, birds, or whatever their heart desires.

Once they have created their characters, your child can tell a story by gluing their leaves on construction paper and using the leather cords to create tree branches, water, or whatever theirs. little creative mind can think.

Check out the full tutorial at Charlotte in hand.

6. Mini Washi Tape Pumpkins

It doesn’t get much easier (and mess-free) than making washi tape pumpkins. All you need for this craft, however, are plenty of mini pumpkins that you want to decorate and rolls of washi tape. To sublimate your squash, just pull the ribbon a bit and stick it near the stem of your pumpkin, then pull the ribbon down, tear, and press the ribbon as flat as possible. Continue all around then smooth at the end. These decorative pumpkins make the perfect centerpiece for Thanksgiving dinner!

7. Turkey headband

If you want to incorporate your child’s handprint into another type of turkey craft, try these headbands. What you’ll need are red, yellow, orange, brown, and green construction paper, googly eyes, glue, scissors, pencil, and a stapler (optional).

The first step is to create the actual strip, which involves cutting two strips of brown construction paper and stapling or gluing the ends together, then wrapping the long strip around your child’s head to determine where to staple or glue your circle closed (note: if you decide to glue, be sure to wait until it is dry before measuring on your child’s head).

Once you have completed the strip, cut the body of the turkey out of the brown construction paper. Cut the orange paper into strips for the turkey’s thighs, and keep some to cut out its beak and legs. Now have your child put their hand on a piece of red construction paper and trace around it using your pencil. Stack the green, yellow and orange paper underneath and cut them all together to create four feathers.

When all the pieces have been cut out, let your little one glue the googly eyes and beak to the turkey’s body. For the legs, fold the orange bands accordion (back and forth) to form a crumpled pattern, then glue the legs to the ends. Glue or staple the handprint feathers to the back of the headband, inside the circle, then let your child show off their new accessory this Thanksgiving!

Check out the full tutorial at Simply today’s life.

8. Pumpkin and spice modeling dough

Make your plasticine festive for Thanksgiving by adding a little scent. All you need for this DIY is play dough (it’s easy to make your own!) and ground cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. (If you want to do things really simple, you can even use pre-mixed pumpkin spices.) Help your child knead the spices, then let them build their own pumpkins, turkeys, scarecrows or whatever creation they can imagine. Just try not to let them eat the plasticine – it won’t taste as delicious as it smells!