Thanksgiving Fun!

Thanksgiving Fun

Projects
Circle Handprint Turkey
Cut out a larger circle from brown construction paper and a smaller circle from tan construction paper
Cut out an orange beak and feet, and a red "gobbler"
Paint a hands with different colored paint and press around the paper
Let dry and assemble the turkey - adding googly eyes
Glue the turkey in the middle of the hand prints
Cut around the turkey

 

Turkey Clothespin

Glue on googly eyes and an orange bead - for the beak

Place a small amount of  glue in the clothespin and stick 3-4 feather in the opening

 

 Paper Plate Name Turkey

Cut a brown body and an orange beak and different colored feathers -enough for each child's name

Directions:

Color a small paper plate brown

Glue the body onto the plate

Glue the beak onto the turkey and draw on eyes

Glue the feathers to the back of the plate

Write your name on the feathers - 1 letter on each feather

 

Plastic Egg Turkey

Cut a beak and gobbler from yellow and red felt

Directions:

Glue a matching color pom pom on one half of a plastic Easter egg

Glue on the felt beak, "gobbler" and eyes

On the back, glue on 4-5 feathers

 

Tissue Paper Turkey

Cut a paper plate in half

Cut pieces of colored tissue paper into squares

Cut a circle from brown, craft foam, a triangle and feet from orange craft foam, and a "gobbler" from read craft foam

Directions:

Assemble the turkey

Glue the tissue paper squares around the edge of the 1/2 paper plate

Staple the assembled turkey to the plate

 

Pumpkin Pie Magnet

Trace the lid from an old soup can onto orange craft foam -make sure the lid doesn't have sharp edges.

Cut a triangle out from the orange circle.

Directions:

Glue the orange craft foam to the inside of the lid

Hot glue on a tan chenille stem - this is the pie's crust

Cut a square from a white coffee filter and accordion fold it.  Glue it on top of the pie!

Attach a magnet to the back.

 

 

Learning Activities

 Counting Feathers

Skills:  Math - number recognition, counting, one-to-one correspondence

Cut out "turkeys" from brown construction paper and draw on eyes and beaks

Write 1 number on each turkey along with the corresponding number of dots

Cut out different colored feathers from construction paper

Glue the turkeys to construction paper (leave a gap at the top, so you are able to add feathers later)

Directions: 

Say the number and count out feathers to match the number.  Glue the correct amount of feathers to the matching turkey.

 

Turkey Feathers - Number Order

 Skills:  Math - number recognition, counting, number order

I created this activity and printed it off for Addie to complete.

I cut out the feathers for her and then she put them in order!

 

 

 

Gobble, CVC Word Game!

Skills:  Reading - CVC words, sight words, reading

Here is the link to this great CVC word game

 

 

The Pairs 

 

Thanksgiving Numbers Clip-It!

Skills:  Math - number recognition, counting

Here is the link to this cute Thanksgiving themed counting activity