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Cranberry Spoon Race

11/25/2013

 
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Cranberry Basketball

11/25/2013

 

Did you know that Cranberries bounce??
Try your luck at bouncing cranberries with a game of Cranberry Basketball. (If the cranberry does not bounce it isn’t fresh!!)

 Supplies:
  • Cranberries
  • Plastic cup

Directions:
Bounce a cranberry off a hard surface such as a table or floor into a plastic cup.


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Cranberry Thanksgiving 

11/22/2013

 
Read the book: Cranberry Thanksgiving by Wende & Harry Devlin. 

A classic, heart-warming, story of a grandmother that makes the very best cranberry bread with her special recipe. The special recipe goes missing while two special guest are visiting for Thanksgiving.

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Our secret family recipe for Cranberry Holiday Crisp!

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Ingredients:
  • 1 can Whole berry cranberry sauce
  • 1 can Mandarin oranges, drained
  • 1 can Pineapple tidbits, drained
  • Optional: diced fresh apples, diced fresh pears, toasted pecans or walnuts
Crisp topping:
  • ¾ cup rolled oats
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup flour
  • ¼ cup butter

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350. 
Mix fruit and nuts in a medium sized bowl. Pour into an 8 x 8 pan. 
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In another bowl mix the brown sugar and flour.
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Cut in butter. Stir in oats. Sprinkle over the top of the cranberry mix. 
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Bake for 20-25 minutes. Serve and enjoy! 
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Fruit Loop Turkey

11/22/2013

 
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Supplies Needed; Print out of turkey (see below), 2 wiggly eyes, a small construction paper triangle (for beak), and Fruit Loops
Directions; Allow children to glue fruit loops to turkey body. When dry, glue on 2 wiggly eyes and a construction paper beak. 
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Turkey Finger Puppet

11/22/2013

 
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Supplies Needed; Brown construction paper, Silk Fall Leaves, Wiggly Eyes, Bit of Red and Orange construction paper, Glue, Pencil, Scissors, Paper Pattern

Directions; Make a paper pattern for the turkey body. If you choose to draw your own body; Draw 2 holes near the bottom of the body big enough for fingers to fit through. If you need a pattern, use the pattern below to trace the body shape. Cut it out. Trace the turkey body onto the brown craft paper.  Trace the leg holes, too. Cut the turkey out. Cut out the leg holes. Draw a beak on the orange craft paper. Cut it out. Draw a wattle on the red craft paper. Cut it out. Glue the eyes, beak and wattle onto the turkey. Glue on the feathers. Once the glue is dry, or hard, or cool, the turkey is ready to be played with.
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Candy Cornucopia

11/19/2013

 
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Supplies Needed; Waffle cone, fall candy, microwave, ribbon or twist tie, and cellophane.
Directions; Dip the ends of the cones in a cup of water, about an inch. Then sprinkle a few drops inside the cone. Too much water will make the cone. Then microwave the cone for 30 seconds on high. As soon as it was done, carefully wrapped the end around a thick pencil and hold it for a few seconds until it held its shape. Fill the cone with candy. Once the cone is filled with candy, wrap a small square of cellophane, about 3x3 inches around the end and secured it with a piece of ribbon or a gold pipe cleaner and tie/twist into a bow.

Turkey Cookies

11/18/2013

 
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Supplies:
  • Sugar cookies (store bought or homemade)
  • Frosting
  • Various items for decorating: candy corn, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, licorice, pretzels, etc.
  • Plastic knife
Directions:

Frost cookie with frosting. Create a turkey with the candies and pretzels.

Some final projects may not look entirely like a turkey do to the turkey parts being sampled prior to finishing the project. 

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Turkey Hand-Eye Coordination Manipulative

11/14/2013

 


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Supplies Needed; Toilet paper roll, Wiggly eyes, Scissors, Long feathers, Rubber Band, Glue, Square piece of brown construction paper (crumpled to soften the texture), Small scrap orange construction paper cut into a triangle, and a Hole punch


Directions; Evenly cut a 3" round off of the toilet paper roll, this will serve as the head and the larger remaining piece will serve as the body. Take your piece of brown 4"x4" square construction paper and use it to cover one end of the body piece affix it with a rubber band, this will be your turkey's chest. Glue the head piece to the edge of the body just above the chest (as shown in the images above). Using your hole punch, create as many holes as desired in the back of the body piece. Now cut a triangle from your orange construction paper, this will serve as your beak. Finally, glue on your beak and eyes.


Instructions; We glued the turkey to a paper plate, to prevent it from falling over. Allow children to place the feathers into the holes/ 

Edible Turkey

11/14/2013

 


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Supplies Needed; Clear Rubber Glove (be conscientious of latex allergies and use only non-powder coated), Fruit Loops, mini marshmallows, yellow construction paper, red construction paper, orange construction paper, two wiggly eyes, glue, scissors, and a rubber band. 


Directions; Fill fingers of the glove with colored fruit loops. Fill the rest of the glove with mini marshmallows. Tie off the bottom of the glove with the rubber band, and cut off any excess glove. Cut out feet from the orange construction paper, a beak from the yellow construction paper, and a gobbler from the red construction paper (see below). Glue on eyes, gobbler, beak and feet. Allow to dry. 
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Candy Turkey - Counting and Sorting

11/14/2013

 
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Supplies Needed; Turkey print out (see below), crayons or markers, and 20 fall colored candies. For our candies we used peanut butter m&m's, but you can easily substitute for candy corn, skittles, gummy bears, raisins or even grapes. 


Instructions; Have children color turkey as desired. give them 20 candies and instruct them to place them in the circles (as shown below). For older children, you can ask them to create specific patterns or to add/subtract candies as a math integration activity.


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