Many families get together to share a meal on Thanksgiving
During the festivities of Thanksgiving Day many families get together to share a meal, making it a time to not only get kids involved, but keep them busy during the dinner preparations. There are plenty of activities and printable crafts available that will not only entertain the children in the family, but teach them about Thanksgiving. There are also crafts that teachers can use to have a bit of holiday fun in the classroom, while informing kids about the holiday.
Online Activities
There are a number of websites that offer online games centered around the Thanksgiving theme. Kids are able to play games about turkeys, cornucopias and pilgrims while caregivers put the finishing touches on the meal, or enjoy a game of football. Kaboose offers links to three online games, including Turkey Flibrinks, which "tests your memory in this Thanksgiving matching game." Activity Village also offers an online game with a realistic twist. The Thanksgiving Dinner Game gives players the "task of arranging the family members around the table, respecting their preferences of what and who they like to sit next to, or avoid."
Crafts to Get Kids Involved
Many kids love to be involved in holiday preparations, and there are many crafts that kids can create that will not only be helpful, but show off a child's creativity to friends and relatives. Caregivers can find ideas for centerpieces, napkin rings, place card holders and decorations on websites such as Kaboose. One craft idea that gets everyone involved is creating a "sunflower of thanks," which puts kids in charge of collecting pre-cut petals from guests saying what they are thankful for, and making them into a display. Getting kids involved in determining what they are thankful for is also a great option for activities for teachers.
Crafts to Keep Kids Busy
Fun crafts will keep kids busy on Thanksgiving Day. Crafts can be made using leftover toilet paper rolls, which can be turned into turkeys, pilgrims, Native Americans, totem poles and rainmakers, using either a creative mind, construction paper and markers, or templates from DLTK's. These same crafts can also be utilized by teachers. Hand print crafts are also common, using hand print cutouts to form leaves for Thanksgiving trees, or turkey feathers. Examples are available from Activity Village.
Puzzles, Coloring Pages, Games, etc.
Printable puzzles and coloring pages with a Thanksgiving twist are available to be printed from a number of websites. These can keep kids entertained while the turkey finishes roasting in the oven, or at school during rainy recesses or lunch breaks. Activity Village and Kaboose, among others, both offer a variety of printable coloring pages that range from simple to more advanced for older kids.
Printables
Printable bookmarks, acrostic poems, activity cards, and worksheets can be found at Activity Village. These offer activities for caregivers, childcare workers and teachers that will help to get kids involved in Thanksgiving, and can be printed in bulk. Many of the printables can be used as fun activities, but there are also worksheets and printables that encourage children to think about the meaning of Thanksgiving.
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