15 EASY DIY THANKSGIVING IDEAS FOR KID
- Owl Handprint
Let adorable little hands do this craft idea. Trace the kids' hand lines on colored craft paper and cut them out. Then glue the owl's paper eyeballs , add another yellow beak and some feathers.
2. Gobbling Turkey Craft
Use an Exacto knife to cut the two small holes on the top of the cup. Thread the string through the two holes and tie a knot in the center of the cup. Tie a sponge to the end of the string. Glue tissue paper covering the cup then stick a pair of google eyes and leather. To make a gobbling sound, wet the sponge and squeeze it around the top of the string. Your turkey will make a fun gobbling sound as the sponge moves along the string.
3. Painted Corn Husk Headband
Transforming corn husks into these colorful headbands is so perfect for your kids to wear while watching the parade on Thanksgiving morning. Just take advantage of corn husks and bold them then let dry. Then paint them with colorful paint then stick them on a headband. You’ve got a brand new headband for Thanksgiving.
4. Quirky Leaf Friends
This craft is actually two activities in one! It requires that you first go on a fun scavenger hunt outside and then get crafty with the materials you find. Collect maple or oak leaves from your yard or road, put them into a thick book and let them dry in some hours. Paint eyes and beak for these leaves. Remember to give them some cute emotions on their faces.
5. Turkey Glove Puppet
Use some old gloves. Then sew the fabric beak to the thumb. The remaining fingers use a stiff cloth to cut into the shape of a leaf and sew them to each finger’s gloves. Remember using colorful fabrics for wing fabrics.
6. Leaf Sprites
Christmas has the Elf on the Shelf; now, Thanksgiving has...leaf sprites! Print out these friendly leaves, then add pipe cleaners to give them a little more personality.
7. Handprint and Footprint Turkey
Paint kids’ hands or feet and put hands and feet that have paint on a frame or paper. You can keep it forever.
8. Pine Cone Turkeys
Gather up the pine cones for this classic Thanksgiving craft, which requires only a few supplies. It's a great activity for almost all ages. Choose pine cones in the garden or on the street. Remember to keep them clean. Then stick the google eye and beak at the top of the pine cones. Then add a few feathers at the base of the pine cone. They'll look so cute.
9. Gratitude Turkey Pumpkin
Gratitude Turkey Pumpkins help teach them what they should be thankful for, and why. After you finish your pumpkins, you can display them on your mantle, put them outside your house, or even save them to be used as a centerpiece on the kids table at Thanksgiving dinner! As the month continues you can keep adding more and more thankful feathers onto your pumpkin.
10. Rainbow Thanksgiving Turkey
Any turkey would be proud to sport such brilliantly hued plumage, which is made with colored craft paper and a template. Select colored craft papers and trace the template patterns on them. Use scissors to cut out the traced patterns. Cut out two white eye rounds and stick two black eyes in the middle of two white rounds. Set all parts into a finished turkey.
11. Turkey Leaf Craft
Instead of using decorative leaves, send the kids on a leaf hunt and have them pick their favorites for this craft. It comes with a template that makes it a perfect preschool Thanksgiving craft, or older kids can draw their own bird. Let the kids pick their favorite leaves then draw a shape of a turkey then cut out. Next, overlap the harvested leaves and then glue the turkey on that group of leaves. Remember to add eyes and beak for cute turkey.
12. Turkey Handprint Craft
Trace the hands on colored papers and cut them, then glue the cutout turkey and stick it on those hands shape papers. Add feet for the turkey.
13. Turkey Juice Box Craft
Cover the juice box with brown paper, then stick eyeballs, beak and feather for the turkey.
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14. Turkey Paper Headbands
Cut out a triangle for a beak and two white rounds and two black rounds for the eyes of the turkey. Cut the feather shape for the tale. Then adhere them in a paper headband. What a cute headband for Thanksgiving.
15. Apple Stamping Pumpkin Craft
Cut apples in half and dip them in color and print them on paper. Decorate and add eyes to your apple. They will look so cute.
