Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Thanksgiving Crafts...
The first Thanksgiving in the USA was a feast in 1621 shared by the Pilgrims (who had recently settled Plymouth Colony in what is now Massachusetts) and the Wampanoag Indians, who shared their corn, squash, and wild turkeys. This first feast was not repeated until over a decade later. Thanksgiving was declared a national holiday in 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln.
Thanksgiving time is nearly upon us and I'm sure you are wondering what activities and crafts you can do with the children in your care. Well here are some of my favorite craft links:
The first Thanksgiving in the USA was a feast in 1621 shared by the Pilgrims (who had recently settled Plymouth Colony in what is now Massachusetts) and the Wampanoag Indians, who shared their corn, squash, and wild turkeys. This first feast was not repeated until over a decade later. Thanksgiving was declared a national holiday in 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln.
Thanksgiving time is nearly upon us and I'm sure you are wondering what activities and crafts you can do with the children in your care. Well here are some of my favorite craft links:
- Better Homes & Gardens: Thanksgiving Crafts has Thanksgiving craft projects run the gamut from Kids' Crafts (scroll down a bit) to hostess gifts, but all are illustrated and well documented.
- DLTK-Kids: Thanksgiving Activities At DLTK, it's not just about Thanksgiving crafts, but also about online games (Thanksgiving Word Searches and Jigsaws), recipes ("some for mom, some for kids"), songs, greeting cards, coloring pages, and printables.
- Enchanted Learning: Thanksgiving Crafts Enchanted Learning specializes in printable crafts to cut, color, glue and fill-in. If your kids are under ten, their Thanksgiving collection will not disappoint.
- Kids Domain has some excellent craft ideas and activities for you and your kids to enjoy.
- Family Fun also has a lot of Thanksgiving craft ideas and decorations.
- 123Holiday.net has Thanksgiving crafts, stories, receipes, and songs.
- Homeschoolzone has a limited amount of craft ideas and some receipes for you to look over.
- MakingFriends.com has some great ideas including hats, centerpieces, and more.
- AmazingMoms has Thanksgiving crafts AND games.
- FamilyCrafts has everything from turkeys to tidbits... crafts, games, stories, songs, poems, coloring pages, even Thanksgiving trivia and tips.
Hope this gives you lots of ideas to share with the children in your care. If you have a favorite site that you would like to share, let me know.
// posted by Tammy Wachter @ 5:53 PM 
