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• Thanksgiving is an excellent time to get children involved in making crafts for the holiday. Kids can help decorate the Thanksgiving table with festive wreaths and pinecone or construction paper turkeys, or they could use paints to create their own, personal "hand turkey" designs. This page offers some great links to help parents find fun Thanksgiving crafts ideas for children of all ages.

• Fast Facts

  1. Thanksgiving traditionally falls on the fourth Thursday of November in the U.S.Calendar Date: Thanksgiving
  2. Date for Thanksgiving 2009: November 26
  3. Thanksgiving crafts can help kids get involved in the holiday celebrations
  4. Tip: Consider making a model of the craft in advance so children can see the finished producteHow: How to Make Thanksgiving Crafts for Kids
  5. Be sure to carefully supervise children who are making Thanksgiving crafts

• Easy Project

  Have a child trace their hand on a piece of construction paper. The result? An outline resembling a turkey that can be easily decorated with bright feathers, colored markers, paint or glitter. Once the child has finished decorating their "hand turkey," they can cut it out and display it for all to see!eHow: How to Make Thanksgiving Crafts for Kids

  Pinecone turkeys are another fun and relatively simple craft project: use pipe cleaners to make the turkey's feathers, head and feet. The finished pinecone turkeys can then be used as place card holders at the Thanksgiving dinner table.Kaboose: Pinecone Turkeys

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