This week for Activity Day (my church calling), we talked about the history of how Thanksgiving became a national holiday by reading from this website, Thanksgiving on the Net the girls took a quiz on it, ate oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, then we made some Thanksgiving name cards. In addition, we did a small service activity by dropping off some cookies to a couple people in our neighborhood. The girls did it door bell ditching style and left the plate of cookies with a note signed by them all. It was a lot of fun and the girls seemed to enjoy the activity very much!
I would like to share how I made the cute Thanksgiving name cards! They could work as a small Thanksgiving card too where the kids could write down reasons why they are grateful for mom, sister, brother, sister, grandparents, and so forth.
You need the following items below:
1. Brown felt ($.25 cents at Walmart)
2. Red and yellow construction paper
3. Feathers from a craft store
4. Small googly eyes ($1.00 at Walmart)
5. Card-stock paper (I used cream)
6. Craft glue, scissors, and markers
First, we cut out several card-stock cards 4X6 inches and folded them in half. Then, we made our own pattern of the turkey's body (brown felt), beak a triangle shape (yellow paper), and wavy waddle (red paper). Next you glue the eye balls, beak, and waddle onto the turkey's body. Then you pick out some feathers. It could be as puffy and colorful as you desire. I liked to cut the stem out on the bottom of the feather before I glue. Then, lightly glue them on the card-stock and glue the turkey body on top of the feather layers. Last but not least, you may write names or Happy Thanksgiving on the cards! So simple and the kids will have a lot of fun! :D
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