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With Thanksgiving just around the corner, there’s no better way to appreciate and connect with all the people, experiences, and things around you than by crafting! Whether you create with recyclables, natural elements, or your favorite sensory materials, spend some quality time decorating any classroom or home with seasonal projects! From turkeys and pilgrims to pines cones and pies, we’ve gathered 10 Thanksgiving crafts for you to gobble up this turkey day!
1. Bead-utiful Corn Stalks!
We love a good corny Thanksgiving decoration! Use this husk template to make handmade corn stalks — then, assemble a line of craft sticks into an arrow-shape and glue colorful patterns of pony beads to resemble corn kernels! Flip over the craft and add the finishing touches — attach adhesive magnets to the corn stalks and stick them to a fridge or a chalkboard!
2. A Twist on Tradition!
Display your gratitude this season and recycle all those paper towel and toilet paper rolls around the house to create a thankful turkey and other Thanksgiving characters! Color the carboard body and feathers using acrylic paints. While the pieces dry, write out everything you’re grateful for on this feather template — or have everyone in your family fill one out! Then, attach each feather to the turkey to represent all the things you’re thankful for this Thanksgiving!
3. Hats Off to These Place Cards!
Everyone has a seat at the table with these pilgrim hat place cards! Using construction paper and acrylic jewels, you can transform empty toilet paper tubes into traditional pilgrim hats. Turn the craft table into the dining table by adding mini clothespins and clipping name tags to the hats — to guide everyone to their seats for Thanksgiving dinner!
4. Turkey Day, Every Way!
What craft materials are you most thankful for? Use them to create a colorful collage on a printable turkey template! Season your bird with all the best materials to make it uniquely yours — glue on twisted fuzzy sticks, fluffy feathers, or even paint with watercolors! Then, send your turkey art as a Thanksgiving card — or keep it on the fridge as a festive decoration!
5. Handy Napkin Rings!
Let everyone lend a hand in setting the table this year! Explore the sensory details of finger paint, rainbow feathers, and wiggly eyes while creating with your very own handprints. Decorate one-of-a-kind turkeys to wrap around napkins for your Thanksgiving feasts — and look back on a handful of memories with your one-of-a-kind napkin rings for years to come!
6. A Slice of Thankful Pie!
Pass the plate around the craft table and make a thankful pie! Paint a delicious pumpkin pie on a paper plate and cut it into equal slices — then, add the best pie topping: Whipped cream! Create dollops from white paper circles and write what everyone is thankful for. Then, glue them to the pie slices, connect the pieces together again, and read all the sweetest reasons to be grateful for the season!
7. Recycled Turkey Time!
After enjoying all the apple cider, upcycle those bottle caps into a feathery Thanksgiving craft! Make a turkey face with wiggly eyes and fuzzy sticks on the surface of the cap — then, attach feathers on the back. This upcycled turkey is perfect for a quick after-Thanksgiving-dinner craft or Holiday weekend art project!
8. Thanksgiving Rocks!
9. A Turkey In Nature!
10. Bubbly Thanksgiving Crafts!
How will you make your fall decorations pop? Try out a new art technique with bubble wrap! Brush the uneven surface with different paints to create colorful kernels on our corn template. Tie the ears of corn around a paper bag with hemp cord and display your bushel in any door or window to add an a-maize-ing decoration to your home or classroom!
What Thanksgiving crafts are you most grateful for? We’d love to see your finished creations! Share photos of them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram — tag @craftprojectideas!
Turkey Thanksgiving Crafts for Kids
Sponge Painted Turkey from The Resourceful Mama
Fork Painted Turkey from I Heart Arts and Crafts
Footprint Art from A Little Pinch of Perfect
Easy Paper Turkey Craft from The Inspired Tree House
Treat Buckets for Kids from Happiness is Homemade
Turkey Leaf Craft from Easy Peasy Fun
Cardboard Gratitude Turkey from A Dab of Glue Will Do
Popup Card from Artsy Craftsy Mama
Easy Leaf Craft from Crafty Morning
Turkey Windsocks from Happiness is Homemade
Pom Pom Turkey from Growing Up Gabel
Crayon Turkeys from Paging Supermom
Rock Turkeys from Crafty Morning
Pinecone Turkeys with Feathers from A Pumpkin and A Princess
Mini Turkey Piñatas from Handmade Charlotte
Turkey Treat from The Keeper of the Cheerios
Edible Treat Bags from Clean and Sensible
Pumpkin Craft from One Creative Mommy
Fall Leaf Lanterns from Rhythms of Play
Paper Fan Turkey from A Girl and A Glue Gun
Turkey Treat Bags from Artsy Fartsy Mama
Candy Corn Turkey from Frogs, Snails, and Puppy Dog Tails
Other Thanksgiving Crafts for Kids
Corn Wreath from Real Life, One Day at a Time
Pilgrim Treat Boxes from A Pumpkin and A Princess
Fall Leaf Crafts for Kids
Colorful Leaf Printing from Little Page Turners
Glittery Fall Leaves Garland from House of Jade Interiors
Thankful Tree from Blissful Kids
Fall Leaves Banner from Sondra Lyn at Home
Q Tip Autumn Tree from The Pinterested Parent
Tissue Paper Fall Tree from I Heart Crafty Things
2 Fun and Easy DIY Thanksgiving Crafts
With the Thanksgiving holiday around the corner, I put together a few crafts to get me into the holiday spirit. I know, a lot of people have started putting out Christmas decorations already and have moved straight on to Christmas. But, if you’re feeling crafty and looking for some easy DIY Thanksgiving crafts to do for the remainder of fall, I’ve got some ideas for you.
Decorative Wood Plank
- Wood Plank
- Thanksgiving Stencils
- Tempera paint or some type of wood paint
- Fine point paint brush
Both the wood plank and stencils are reasonably priced and delivered quickly through Amazon Prime. I already had a stack of tempera paint at home so I used that to create my colors.
I did a few practice rounds before painting directly onto the wood plank.
After I practiced a few times, I used painters tape to hold down the stenciling on the board exactly where I wanted it. Next, I mixed my colors to get the color variations of brown, green and orange that I wanted. And then I carefully painted on the board.
After I painted, I let it dry completely in the sun before removing the stencil.
I’m planning to use this as décor piece sitting on my entry table, but also think it would make a cute and festive Thanksgiving charcuterie board.
This was fun and one of the easiest to make of the DIY Thanksgiving crafts. I’m really happy with how it turned out!
DIY Toilet Paper Pumpkin
I’ve seen this idea on Pinterest and always wanted to try making them myself. However, I got a little giggle out of it when I first thought about making these. You know, because back in March toilet paper was such a hot commodity, and nobody would have ever thought about making pumpkins out of toilet paper. But here I am. I chose this black and white checkered buffalo plaid.
- Roll of mega roll of toilet
- 18-20 inch Favorite fall/Thanksgiving fabric
- Green/orange ribbon or yarn
- 4 inch branch or cinnamon sticks
- Unroll your toilet paper roll 10-15 times to get a loose and rounder look and then re-wrap
- Lay out the fabric and place toilet paper roll in the middle
- Tuck the fabric into the center
- Tie the ribbon around the branch/cinnamon stick and stuff it into the center
These were super easy to make and they turned out cute!
I hope you’ll try these DIY Thanksgiving crafts and love them just as much as I do. Would love to hear if you’ve tried them out. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
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Katie is a born and raised Midwesterner. She graduated from college at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in December of 2008. After college she decided to take a leap of faith and moved to Houston in April of 2009. A month later she met her husband David at her apartment complex swimming pool, and I guess you could say the rest is history. She now resides in Katy, TX with her husband David and their two children Avery
