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Turkey Puppet

10/24/2013

Trace children's hands onto construction paper and then have them cut them out to use as feathers for their turkey. Provide eyes, a beak and wattle. Allow the children to glue all the pieces onto a brown paper lunch bag to make a turkey puppet.

Thankful Turkey

10/24/2013

Make all the body parts needed to make the turkey. Allow children to glue together their turkey and then color Popsicle sticks. Have the children tell you what they are thankful for and write them down on the Popsicle sticks.

Popcorn Corn

10/24/2013

You may want to print or draw corn in only black. Pop popcorn. Have children color the corn and then cut it out. Allow them to glue the popcorn to their corn and then glue a Popsicle stick to the bottom for a handle.

Button Corn

10/24/2013

You may want to print or draw corn in only black ink. Have children color the corn and then cut it out. Provide Yellow, Red, and Orange buttons to glue onto their corn.

Hand Turkey

10/24/2013

Trace each child’s hand. Then allow them to color them, cut them out, and then glue them to a piece of construction paper. These can be used to make Thanksgiving cards.

Turkey Snack

10/24/2013

Let children make their own turkey snack or make them ahead of time and serve. Use different food items such as:

Pears or Apples
Mandarin oranges
Raisins
Cranberry
Pretzels
Cheese
Sprinkles
Peanut butter or cream cheese

Hedgehog Leaf Project

10/24/2013

Print off picture outlines of hedgehogs off of the internet. Take children outside to collect leaves to use on their hedgehog art project. Bring the leaves inside and let them dry for a day if they are wet. Allow children to color them, then glue on the leaves that they collected.

Toilet Paper Roll Pumpkin

10/24/2013

Have children wrap orange construction paper around a toilet paper roll using scotch tape to secure it. Let them cut out 10 one inch width strips of orange construction paper for the body of their pumpkin. Starting at the top end of the toilet paper roll, have the children attach a piece of scotch tape to one end of the construction paper strip and tape it into the inside of the toilet paper roll. Have the children repeat the process, going all around the toilet paper roll, until all the construction paper strips are taped inside.
After that, have the children attach scotch tape to the other end of the construction paper strips and tape it to the opposite end of the toilet paper roll. Lastly, have the children cut out a green leaf and a brown stem. Then tape them into the opening to complete their Toilet Paper Roll Pumpkin. To make this project easier you can pre-cut everything that the children will need to complete this project.

Counting Candy Corn

10/24/2013

Make corn using yellow and green construction paper. Add numbers to the bottom of the corn. Have children put the correct number of candy corn on the corn.

Candy Corn Bingo

10/24/2013

Use candy corn in place of bingo chips for a fun and festive holiday game.

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