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Happy Thanksgiving Day!
With all the preparations going on today and tomorrow for family gatherings and the big feast, I thought I’d share some of my resources that I’ve collected throughout my homeschooling journey. All of these items I have gotten through various websites for free. If the site still exists I will post the link to the site directly. I hope that these things will give you and your children some fun things to do over this holiday weekend.
Worksheets:
Thanksgiving Worksheet – This worksheet has crosword puzzles, decoders, word searches and more, all with the answer keys. You can find this booklet and more at NewsWord.com.
Harvest Time – This is a word finder worksheet & answer key. How many words can you find in “Harvest Time”? This was originally found at Boggles World.com but they are now Boggles World ESL, you can find more Thanksgiving worksheets here.
Crafts:
Handprint Turkey – I’m sure everyone has done this at one time or another with their children, but it’s such a fun and easy thing to make that I wanted to add it here. Depending on how old your child is you can either let them draw around their hand with their fingers spread apart, or do it for them. The thumb is the head and the fingers are the tail feathers all displayed. While many of the turkeys that are raised for food are now the domestic white variety, the turkeys eaten by the Pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving were the wild brown ones. The tail feathers on a wild turkey are brown, but they are iridescent. catching light and appearing to be multi-colored. This is why children color the tail feathers in bright colors.
The turkey’s head has a wattle under the beak. This is a vertical flap of loose skin that is red colored. Be sure to draw this in order to make the hand turkey look like a turkey. Add skinny legs and bird feet. When done, the children can cut out the turkeys and hang them on the wall. It’s really cute to make a whole flock of these turkeys in the sizes of all the hands in the family. The little hand shapes are particularly sweet.
Turkey Door/Wall Hang – Another nice turkey decoration to make when making Thanksgiving holiday crafts is a turkey door decoration. Make a brown construction paper body and head of a turkey. Now make a large number of colored feather shapes. Each family member writes on a feather something he or she is thankful for before attaching as part of the turkey’s tail. Repeat until all the feathers are used, and hang the turkey on the front door to greet visitors with a message of gratitude. Make a sign to accompany the turkey that says “Give thanks to the Lord for He is good!” or simply “Be thankful!” or “We’re thankful for you!” or whatever you like.
I hope you and your family will enjoy some of these worksheets and crafts for your holiday celebrations. May you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
