I love crafts — Thanksgiving crafts, Christmas crafts, Easter crafts, any craft will do. When I was a kid, I was — or at least my somewhat biased memory remembers me as being — very creative and crafty. My parents really weren’t into coming up with great holiday projects, so perhaps that’s why I love to find great projects myself.
Nowadays holiday crafts are much easier for parents. The Internet is an amazing resource for finding activities and projects for the kids, and with parents being so focused on the food aspect of Thanksgiving, kids often need something to entertain them. One of the sites that offer a variety of crafts is American Greetings.
One of the Thanksgiving activities offered by American Greetings is this Create & Print concept that adds a little hyperspace to the traditional card making equipment of markers and scissors.
While it is expected that AG would have greeting cards on their site, they also offer other fun crafts like coloring sheets, printable hats (no Thanksgiving without a pilgrim’s hat!), and napkin rings. These craft projects will keep kids busy for a good long while, after which they can watch with pride, as parents and other Thanksgiving guests wear their hats, use their napkin rings, or just admire the bright Thanksgiving coloring pages.
There are lots of other Thanksgiving craft resources out there. I like ones that provide me with printables, and ones that just use simple materials that are likely to already be spread around the house, and for kids they absolutely must be easy to do.
So let’s have fun this holiday and get the creativity flowing with colorful decorations to brighten our Thanksgiving dinners.
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