November 15, 2010

Thanksgiving Crafts & Books

I went crazy with the Thanksgiving crafts last year! Here's a few of my favorite crafts and activities to celebrate my favorite holiday...

Mod-podged leaves labeled with all those things we are most thankful for hang decorated our table for the season.



I made an appliqued hand print turkey for each person in our family. The girls were thrilled to pull them out again this year and see how much their hands have grown.



I love these guys so much. I think we'll need to do them again this year.



And of course we read a slew of Thanksgiving-related books...


This First Thanksgiving Day: A Counting Story

Thanks for Thanksgiving
by Julie Markes

Thanks for Thanksgiving

The Very First Thanksgiving Day
by Rhonda Gowler Greene

The Very First Thanksgiving Day

Cranberry Thanksgiving
by Harry Devlin

Cranberry Thanksgiving

10 comments:

  1. An Almost Unschooling MomNovember 15, 2010 at 7:31 AM

    Those apple turkeys were very cute!

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  2. Miss Val's CreationsNovember 15, 2010 at 10:17 AM

    Now I want to make apple turkies!!! Very cute!

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  3. Miss Val's CreationsNovember 15, 2010 at 10:17 AM

    Now I want to make apple turkies!!! Very cute!

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  4. silly eagle booksNovember 15, 2010 at 5:13 PM

    love that tree!

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  5. stephaniegieseNovember 15, 2010 at 6:55 PM

    These are awesome ideas! I would love to have you link them up to my first party!

    http://binkiesandbriefcases.blogspot.com/2010/11/introducing-mommy-made-monday.html

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  6. Charlene JulianiNovember 15, 2010 at 7:55 PM

    Such cute crafts and snacks (as in the case of the apples) and I picked up a few of those books at the library last week.

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  7. SherriNovember 15, 2010 at 11:18 PM

    These are all such great ideas!

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  8. MichelleNovember 16, 2010 at 9:22 AM

    Those turkey placemats are just too cute! Awesome that you are getting some use out of that sewing machine. I am so proud of you, my friend!

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  9. Judy WhatiliveforNovember 24, 2010 at 10:22 PM

    I made a gratitude tree, but the leaves were just out of paper...I totally love that you used real leaves and just Mod Podged the things you are grateful for onto it! I will definitely have to keep that in mind for next year.

    Thanks for stopping by my blog!

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  10. Judy WhatiliveforNovember 24, 2010 at 10:23 PM

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