Let me just start by saying that I feel like a fell asleep and missed all of 2017. Seriously, how is it November already? I can’t believe that Thanksgiving is NEXT WEEK! Not only is this my favorite time of year, but this week marks my FIFTH month blogging! I’ve learned so much over the last five months and made some of the best blogging friends ever (S/o to Kermilia, The Millenial SAHM). If you want to learn about blogging, she’s your girl! Now that I’m officially in the holiday spirit, I rounded up my minions for a holiday craft session. I’ve even added holiday printables to the blog for my fellow mamas!
FYI, I’m not the arts and crafts type. I actually suck at it. I didn’t choose the mom life, the mom life choose me. . . Just kidding, I definitely chose lol.
Tree of Thanks
Materials Needed:
- Construction Paper (Fall colors would be best)
- Pencil to trace
- Scissors
- Elmer’s Glue
- Sharpie
Step one: You need a hand to trace. Preferable a child’s, but if your kids are like mine and don’t like to cooperate, you can always use your own. Once the hand is traced, you cut the hand out and repeat . I did the lazy girl method and traced my toddler’s hand on one piece of construction paper and used that to cut all the sheets of paper at once.
Step two: take the sharpie and write down everything you all are thankful for on the hand prints. Use brown construction paper to cut out a tree shape and glue the hands around the tree. So easy, a toddler could do it!
If you’re feeling fancy, you can try a turkey of thanks as well.
3D Turkey
I’m going to be honest, this one didn’t turn out the way I thought it would. I found this craft on Pinterest and I’m convinced that they used magic to hold this thing up!
Materials Needed:
- Coffee Filter
- Brown construction paper (red and yellow scraps)
- Glue
- Food Coloring
- Scissors
- Tape
- Googly eyes
- Pencil to trace
Step 1: Put drops of red and orange food coloring on your coffee filter. You only have to put a few drops because the color will spread on its on. My advice is to tape the filter in the shape you would like it in, so that it stays in place. I also recommend using a paper towel or plate to hold the filter in case the food coloring bleeds through.
Step 2: Cut ! Cut out two circles on brown construction paper. One of the circles should be slightly bigger than the other to give the 3D effect. Cut a small triangle out of orange construction paper and a squiggly line out of red for the beak and snood. Paste the beak, snood, and googly eyes to the smaller circle to create the turkey’s face. I also suggest cutting two short and thick lines of brown construction paper for the next step.
Step 3: Once the coffee filter is completely dry, glue the bigger circle on to the coffee filter. This is when you’ll need the two short lines of construction paper to give the 3D effect. Accordion fold the lines and glue them to the bigger circle. Space them out because you’ll be using them to hold up the smaller circle. I tried it with one and it was a complete fail. Glue the smaller circle to the accordion lines and let dry.
There you have it, a 3D turkey. It turned out a lot better than I thought it would.
Thanksgiving Paper Towel Roll Turkey
I’m sure there’s a better name for that . . .
Materials needed:
- Paper towel
- Googly eyes
- Glue
- Construction Paper (again, fall colors)
- Scissors
- Pencil to trace
Step one: Trace a hand print on construction paper and cut it like before. You can use the scraps from the first two crafts to get this done.
Step two: Cut the beak, and snood (red thing) out. Glue the eyes, beak, and snood to the paper towel roll. Once, you’re satisfied with the way it looks, glue the hand prints to the back of the paper towel roll.
That’s it . . . I think We’ll name him Oscar
This is a cute little craft for toddlers to do. It’s simple and it doesn’t take long at all.
Hi, I’m Chantal. I’m a mom of two, self proclaimed naturalista, and Author of Growing Girls With Curls: Short Stories For Girls of Color. Being a mom is hard. Pair that with being a single, black, millennial in America and it’s a whole different monster. Feel free to join my mailing list and follow along as I blog through this crazy thing called life.
I love that the tree of thanks includes gratitude for ‘my fidget spinner’ Haha! Also, I’m pretty sure I missed most of 2017 too…how did that happen?!
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Lol I’ll be glad when the fidget spinner craze is no more.
these are so cute! Will have to try these. Luckily my daughter seems to like to trace her hand 🙂
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Great! Let me know how it goes!
These are the cutest craft ideas! I will have to do this with my littles!
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Yes!! There’s still time! Let me know how it goes.
These are super cute! Thank you for sharing I was literally about to Google crafts 🙂 toilet paper turkey will be made 😉
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Ahh just in time lol!
These are great crafts! My girls love drawing their hands on everything, so these will be perfect for them.
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Thanks Ayanna! Let me know how they liked it.
We aren’t doing homeschool this week, so I’m going to try these crafts with the kiddo to keep her entertained.
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Let me know how she likes them!!
These look so fun! Will try this with my toddlers tomorrow!
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Thanks Kimberly!
Love these! I think my little one is a tad too young for the thankful tree, BUT she isn’t too young for the toilet paper roll turkey! Plus, who doesn’t have toilet paper rolls on hand? Lol
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Lol! I’m glad you liked them. Let me know how your turkey goes!
These are super cute! Will have to try with my 2 year old!
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Thanks Lauren! Let me know how it goes!!
that’s so creative!! great ideas, maybe I will try it out with my 2 years old toddler.
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Thanks!! Let me know how it goes!
i remember doing a few of these as part of class parties as the class room mom.. it is always so much fun
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I agree!
My kids loved Thanksgiving crafts when they were little. It’s amazing how many things you can make with hands and construction paper or pie plates.
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IKR! Thank you for reading!
These crafts are so cute! I want to try the paper towel turkey. Love the idea of using hands to outline the feathers. So cute!
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Awesome! Let me know how it goes
It went so well! My son refused to nap on Saturday and it would’ve been a wasted afternoon of just sticking him in front of the TV and counting the hours to bedtime. But instead, we sat down and did the craft and we enjoyed it so much, my husband and I also made our own turkeys. What can I say, we’re a bunch of turkeys! Thanks for sharing!
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Haha that’s great ! I’m glad you all had fun.
Aww these are such cute kids crafts!! My son would love doing these 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
I love these ideas! My littles love doing things like this x
Lovely ideas..easy to make would surely going to try..Thanks for sharing
I love this, Chantel!! Will be trying these on with my little girl this weekend. I bet we’ll have a ball <3
I love this, Chantel!! Will be trying these on with my little girl this weekend. I bet we’ll have a ball <3
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Thanks for reading, I’m sure you will !
Great ideas! I’ll have to try these out with my littles next week!
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Thanks! Let me know how it goes!!
Great craft ideas! Will be trying the paper towel roll turkey this holiday. Thanks for sharing!
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No problem! Let me know how it goes.
Oooh that handprint idea is PERFECT for my toddler! And I think we could handle making a turkey out of it! Awesome — thanks!!
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No problem. Thanks for reading!
I’m loving these craft ideas!!
My son would probably try to eat all of the materials so I’ll give it a year or two lol!
& thanks so much for the shoutout mama!! Blogging wouldn’t be the same without you!
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You’re so very welcome my love <3