Happy Thanksgiving

 Last week we celebrated Thanksgiving here in Canada.

Such a beautiful time of year and lots to be thankful for. 

We celebrated with creating lots of turkey themed crafts and learning.

So, here's what we got up to.

Sitting Turkeys

Turkey Number Match

"T" for Turkey

Paper Bag Turkey

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Turkey Windsock

Rainbow Turkey

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We made a scarecrow!

Thanks for taking a look.

Happy Thanksgiving

 Welcome

Here in Canada, we celebrated our Thanksgiving at the beginning of October.

We had fun making lots of turkeys and learning about them.

So, here's what we got up to.

Sitting Turkeys

I made a brown paper cone and we decorated them to look like turkeys.

Turkey Wreath

Inflatable Turkey

We used a plastic glove, decorated it with feathers and details and I added it over a cup with a straw.  

When the kids blew into the straw, the turkey would inflate.

THEY LOVED IT!

'T' is for Turkey

Turkey Gluing

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Fall Tree

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Happy Thanksgiving and Scarecrows

 Welcome

This post will be 2 weeks rolled into one post.

I have to say that I don't know how my weeks get so busy and I run out of time.

We sure have been keeping busy though.

Here in Canada, we celebrated Thanksgiving on Oct. 10th so this post will include some turkeys and some scarecrows too.

So, here's what we have been up to the last 2 weeks.

Turkey Wreath

This simple wreath was fun to create and the kids loved hanging them up at home.

Sitting Turkey

We made this simple sitting turkey by starting with a cone and then added all the features.

Turkey Hat

We made these fun hats to wear for Thanksgiving and learned our 'Turkey Song'.

(Sorry for the blurred pic, little people are always on the move.)

Turkey Song

A turkey is a funny bird,

His head goes wobble, wobble

The only thing that he can say is...

Gobble, Gobble, Gobble

Thanksgiving Placemats

I printed off this sheet and the kids coloured it and glued leaves around.  

I added some sticky plastic to make it waterproof.

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Cornucopia Gluing

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Pumpkin Dot Gluing

Paper Plate Scarecrow

We used the back side of the plate and glued on all the features.

Scarecrow

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Crow Puppets

I used an envelope as the base and the kids coloured and then glued on the features.

FINALLY........

We finished off our week of scarecrows by making a life sized one.

It was so fun and the kids did all the stuffing with old paper.

They loved scrunching the paper up and then adding it into the clothes.  

They are all so proud of him and get excited to see him every morning as they come in the door.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Scarecrows and Crows

 

Welcome

Fall is upon us as the temperatures get a lot cooler and we are into sweater weather.

Another fun, but short 4 day week of creating.

Lots of scarecrows in our neighbourhood to find. 

I have one too, that the kids love, so I thought that would be a fun theme to work on.

My Scarecrow

So here's what we did last week.

Paper Plate Scarecrows

We decorated a paper plate to create our scarecrows.

Fall and Scarecrows

I had this printable in my files so we coloured it and added leaves to the bottom.

Sitting Crow

The body is a simple cone shape and the kids added the details.

Decorative Corn

Simple fine motor activity making some decorative corn.

Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.

Gobble Gobble and Happy Thanksgiving

 

Welcome and so glad you could pop in for a visit.

This past week, we celebrated Thanksgiving here in Canada.

My little ones did lots of creating for this celebration.

So  here's what we did last week.

Sitting Turkey

This turkey was made from folded paper.  I've had it in my stash for years so I'm sorry there isn't a link I can pass along to you.

Turkey Wreath

Just a simple wreath made with a paper plate.

We glued paper strips to decorate.

Tickle the Turkey

This little book is so fun.

It is about tickling the turkey until he runs away.

I taped a feather onto a craft stick for the kids to tickle the turkey in the story.

(Here is a printable of the same story, just different pictures)

Turkey Card

I traced the kid's foot for the body and their hands for the feather.  

A great keepsake for the parents.

Well that's all for this past week.

More to come and thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Happy Thanksgiving- Gobble, Gobble

 Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Canadian friends and family.

This week we had such fun creating lots of turkeys for our holiday celebrations.

So fun and happy they can share with their families.

So here is what we did this week.

Turkey Wreath

Who doesn't need a turkey wreath to welcome Autumn and Thanksgiving.

Simply made using a paper plate and some cut out shapes.

Turkey Sitter

Here is a fun turkey we made by stuffing a paper lunch bag with newspaper and adding all the turkey details.

This is the song we learned.  The kids love it!

Turkey Puppets

Simple turkey puppets to use with our song (above).

Pumpkin Pie with Whipped Cream Game

So fun and simple.  I printed out the pieces and we glued the numbers to a paper plate.  

They counted and added the pieces.  A big hit with the kiddos.

Here is the link to the printout:

Pumpkin Pie game

Turkey Pie Boxes

We made these fun boxes but instead of adding pie as it was too messy, we added some snack crackers.

Here is the link to the printable:

Pie Boxes

Colouring Turkeys

I drew some turkeys for them to colour but you could just print them out.

More colouring

Baby Pumpkins

These little pumpkins are made using this punch.  So cute and the perfect size for little hands.

....and finally....

What do you do on a rainy day when you have to stay inside.

Well, you make some Cheerio necklaces!!

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Thanksgiving

Welcome.

This week, we celebrated Thanksgiving by making turkeys and learning another new song....they loved it!

Here is what we created this week.

Who doesn't need a turkey wreath for their door.

We created ours using a paper plate and some construction paper for the feathers.

I am teaching my kiddos how to write their names and this was a really fun project helping to 

learn the letters. (I used my name for the picture)

They coloured a paper plate brown, we decorated it with some google eyes and a beak then glued on the letters of their names.  The clothespins had the letters on them so they could clip them on...great fine motor practice as well.

We created a Thanksgiving card for them to give to their parents.  

We made a giant stuffed turkey to sit on their table by stuffing a brown lunch bag and added construction paper details.

Turkey hats to finish off our week of creating and celebrating for Thanksgiving.

We played a fun game...super easy to create as well using 2 small brown lunch bags and one larger one.  The game is called 'Stuff the Turkey'.  Throw rolled up newspaper balls into the turkey....they loved it and played it over and over again.  

Here's a picture of the one I made and a link to show you how to make it.  I think it would be super fun to use this for a family get-together.

Stuff the Turkey

https://kidfriendlythingstodo.com/stuff-the-turkey-thanksgiving-game-for-kids/#_a5y_p=4571986

Our song this week:

A turkey is a funny bird,

His head goes wobble, wobble.

The only thing that he can say is, 

Gobble, gobble, gobble.