How to Make Cool Stuff
I have a great Thanksgiving craft for you that will be not only useful, but very memorable as well. I am going to show you how to make Thanksgiving place cards. But, not just ordinary place cards…. these are place cards that your guests at your Thanksgiving feast will write down what they are thankful for. Keep the place cards as a keepsake for years to come.
If you are looking for a cute game to occupy the kids during the Thanksgiving Holiday I have one for you. It’s a Turkey printable that is actually a game too. Simply print off for the kids and with just a few materials you should be good to go. No more bored children during the Thanksgiving football games…. just let them play the Turkey game.
For the past few days I have been showing you how to make different Thanksgiving crafts. Well, today I’m going to continue with the Thanksgiving fun by showing you how to make a Log Cabin Paper Sculpture. This is a fun craft and will show you how creative you can be. Made from magazines or newspaper this is a clever craft perfect for the Thanksgiving season.
Today I’m going to show you how to make a Paper Doll House Table & Chairs perfect for any doll house. The craft is easy to make…. perfect for a child of any age. Simply print, cut and fold. You can choose to print off the color templates or if you would rather color your table and chairs yourself all you need to do is print off the black and white templates. The choice is yours. So, let’s get started.
Well, earlier today we made an Indian boy out of paper. It would make sense that I would post an Indian girl next. If you thought that, you are absolutely right. Indians were a very important part of Thanksgiving happening at all. They taught the Pilgrims how to grow food…. before that the Pilgrims were starving to death. After the Indians taught the Pilgrims how to grow food we had an amazing harvest and that’s how Thanksgiving came about. So, let’s make our Indian Girl out of paper.
The Indians were an important part of the first Thanksgiving. After all, if it wasn’t for the Indians the Pilgrims wouldn’t have had such a wonderful Harvest back in 1621. And, if there was no harvest there would have been no Thanksgiving. The Indians taught the Pilgrims how, what and where to plant the food. So, today I’m going to show you how to make an Indian Boy out of Paper.
I have a paper craft that is perfect for kids of all ages…. even the youngest of children. In this post I’m going to show you how to make a Pilgrim Boy out of Paper. Just use the included template, cut and paste… that’s it. And, don’t be fooled by the ease of this craft…. it is still a ton of fun Keep an eye out for other Thanksgiving paper crafts as I will be showing you how to make a Pilgrim girl, Indian boy and even an Indian girl.
Today we are going to make Stand-up Turkeys made out of paper. This is a great craft for young children as there are a limited amount of steps. However children of all ages will enjoy this craft. These will be great little turkeys for decorating the Thanksgiving table for your big Turkey Day celebration.
If children have not had much experience with 3-dimensional work, you can introduce them to paper sculpture through “drawing” with strips of paper. This method can be the basis for developing an understanding of sculpture, or form in space. Since children are familiar with line drawing, the transition to drawing in space would be logical. Strips of construction paper, cut to one inch widths on the paper cutter, can be made in advance. Demonstrate how a strip can be a straight line, a curved line, or by folding the strip it can be a zig-zag line. Everyone can try it and see how many different kinds of lines they can make. A line can enclose space so that basic geometric shapes —triangles, circles and squares—can be formed. These outline shapes can be combined with scotch tape, paste, or with a stapler. What can we make with these shapes?