The harvest festival of Thanksgiving is celebrated as an expression of gratitude
and appreciation, for a good annual reap. It even has certain religious
sentiments associated with it. Primarily celebrated in the United States and
Canada, the festival is a unique concoction of religious values and secular
outlooks. It is this combination that makes the occasion popular in other
countries as well. Today, the festival is observed on the 4th Thursday of
November every year in the States and on the 2nd Monday of October in Canada.
The prime attraction of the festival is the getting together of friends and
families for the popular ‘Thanksgiving Dinner’.
‘Thanksgiving Dinner’ is a scrumptious meal, comprising of a large roasted
turkey, roasted duck, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, cornbread, mincemeat
pies, etc. To make the festival even more interesting, you can decorate your
house with the innumerous Thanksgiving decors available locally in any gift
store or décor shop. This includes a variety of festive table-scapes,
centerpieces and wreaths which you can use in different ways, to bring the magic
of the autumn season inside your house. If you are a little creative and
inventive, you can even craft decorations by using easily available materials.
Make beautiful Thanksgiving decorations or engage your kids with interesting
Thanksgiving crafts on this holiday, using our quick and easy art & craft ideas.
Thanksgiving Crafts For Kids
Thanksgiving Turkey
* You can use walnuts to make easy turkey ornaments. Just brush glue on the
fabrics and stack them on the sides and bottom of the walnut. Then, cover it
with aluminum foil, to make it look like turkey's body.
* Next, fold strips of cotton fabric into pleats in accordion style, to make the
tail of the turkey and glue one end of the pleats together.
* Glue this tail to the bottom of the turkey. Use a piece of sisal rope to make
the head and neck of the turkey.
* You can embellish the turkey by adding a small wattle made of red felt, on the
front of head and a small diamond-shaped piece of yellow felt as the peak.
* Use black marker to mark the eyes of the turkey.
* Cut out small diamond shaped wings from a matching fabric or paper and attach
it to your turkey's sides.
* Now, place these turkeys near your table centerpieces, on candleholders and on
the sides of decorative vases in your room, while entertaining your guests on
Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving Headbands
* Cut a strip of paper about 2 inches thick from the paper bag that is long
enough to be wrapped around your forehead.
* Paint random designs on your headband. Cut feather shapes from the
construction paper and glue them to the top edge of your headband from inside.
* Wear the headband and to staple the ends together at the back of your head.
* Now you can play Native Indians and welcome Pilgrims from Mayflower to your
home (land).
* Children especially love to make headbands that resemble those of Native
Indians and wear them later to show them off to their friends.
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