Kids Thanksgiving Crafts
Here is a good idea for Thanksgiving craft that will get the whole family involved. And, as always, there are various things you can do with this, by just using your imagination and some simple tips. This idea, while aiming for Thanksgiving, it can be done for various holidays with only slight variations.
- Colored paper (construction or scrapbook), craft foam, or felt (all in autumn colors)
- Poster board, cardboard, or foam core board.
- Scissors and / or exacto knife
- Glue
- Ornaments – These can be key, berry, pom poms, pipe cleaners, ribbon. You name it, you can use it.
Here’s what you want to do:
1. Cut out shapes for your wreath. You can make your bouquet a circle, oval, or even square. The choice is yours. You will do this with poster board, card board or foam core.
2. Next, trace the hands of every member of your family. And cut out shapes. If you make a large wreath with a small family, then you will need more than one pair of hands every person. Cut multiples if necessary. For this, you will be using the wrong paper, colored craft foam, or felt in the colors of autumn.
3. After all the hand prints of your cut, lay them on your wreath so the wreath form you covered. Now you can glue it down.
4. It’s time to spice up! It’s also time to use your imagination. You can change the mood of the entire bouquet of flowers you based on how you decorate it. Buttons are placed in small groups of 1 to 3 in the vicinity of your bouquet will be funny, feel the hand-crafting. If you use a pipe cleaner (probably spinning into a circle) and your pom pom to make a much lighter and feels weird. Or you can use fruit and bow. This will create a sophisticated effect. The choice is yours.