5 Kids Thanksgiving Craft Ideas

One of the ways you can get your child involved in the Thanksgiving celebration is with cool crafts. If you’re you looking for some fun ways to keep your kids busy during the Thanksgiving holiday, we’ve got just the thing for you. Here are 5 Thanksgiving craft ideas for your kids.

Turkey Wreath Craft – Buy a straw wreath and various Thanksgiving decorations, found at dollar stores or on the holiday decoration isles of your favorite arts & craft store. Let your kids glue on the decorations to make a holiday wreath to hang on your front door. For a more natural looking wreath, you may even want to check out the silk flower sections too.

Turkey Cups Craft – With the Thanksgiving family dinner coming soon, you’ll probably have a house full of kids. To help keep them busy and interested in the holiday, buy small kid-sized plastic cups and craft markers. Give each kid a cup and let them write their name on it and decorate it.

Turkey Placemat Craft – Give your kids colored construction paper, pencils/crayons, scissors (optional), and a glue stick. Let them make turkeys from a hand outline or bits of paper cut (or torn) into different shapes. After they are finished, mount each turkey on a separate sheet of construction paper, then laminate it. Now they have their own special turkey placemat.

Pinecone Turkey Craft – Gather pinecones, then cut out colorful turkey feathers from colored construction paper. Use red felt to cut out the turkey’s comb. Glue your Thanksgiving turkey together, inserting the feathers in between the pinecone sections.

Thanksgiving Flower Pot Craft – Buy the smallest red clay pots you can find at your local gardening store (2-3 inches), a bag of potting soil, and packages of various flowers, vegetables, or herb seeds. Let your kids write the name of the seed on the outside of the pot with a plant marker or paint pen. Next, have them place a pebble or item in the bottom to partially seal the hole. Pour potting soil in each pot and plant the seeds. When the seeds begin sprouting in a few weeks, let your kids take their Thanksgiving pots to the local nursing home and give them away as Thanksgiving gifts to the patients.

Use these 5 Thanksgiving kid’s craft ideas to jumpstart a great holiday celebration for your kids and get some wonderful keepsake memories in the bargain. If you have a variation of one of these crafts, feel free to share your ideas in a comment, below.