Three Festive Thanksgiving Centerpieces
When you think of Thanksgiving you may be focused entirely on the meal. With all the planning, shopping and cooking it can take a lot of time and money. But if you want to add flair to your Thanksgiving table, a centerpiece is the place to start. But if money, time and creativity are in short supply consider recruiting your kids to help make decorations for the table with what they can find at home. With a little resourcefulness and creativity you may just have the best decorated table in the neighborhood! And best of all it may cost you next to nothing.
Grocery Bag Turkey-
This simple centerpiece is so cute it may just be the star of the show on your Thanksgiving table. Kids love making this guy and best of all you should be able to find everything you need right at home!
What you need-
Fall leaves (a fun nature walk can precede making this craft)
A grocery bag for every turkey that is being made
Assorted colors of construction paper
Craft glue
Instructions for preparation-
Clean and sort your fall leaves. Cut out two circles from each grocery bag about 5 or 6 inches across about midway on the bag. For the head glue eyes, beak and waddle cut from construction paper. Glue the leaves to the outer edges of one of the circles with most of the leaf sticking out over the edge to look like feathers on the turkey. Add two legs from construction paper.
Apple Turkey-A gaggle of these can make a cute Thanksgiving centerpiece and allows each child to design their own unique character.
What you will need-
A large apple for each child.
Home made play dough tinted brown with food coloring (there are several recipes on line basically just flour, salt and water mixed.
Cocktail toothpicks with the frilly tops
Craft paints or small pens
Instructions for preparation-
Wash and dry your apples. Make sure the apples can stand up on the table and trim the bottom if they cannot. Use the play dough to make a turkey head on each apple. The kids can decorate the faces using craft paint or small craft pens. Poke in several of the toothpicks until just the frilly ends show for feathers. Group together on the table.