Now
that Halloween is over, November has opened the door to the holiday
season. November is always a reflective month for me. Not only is
Thanksgiving fast approaching, my birthday is also the week of
Thanksgiving.
In
the past couple of years there has been a month of thankfulness on
Facebook. This is nice, but I try to incorporate a few extra ideas to
help our son learn about Thanksgiving and being thankful as well. Today I want
to share a few ideas with you.
My
son and I made a turkey out of a toilet paper tube and some paper. I
had him place his hands down on the yellow and orange paper. I drew
around them and then cut out the hands. We taped the hands onto one side
of the toilet paper tube. (Fingers up, to look like turkey feathers) We
drew on some eyes and cut out a triangle for the nose. My son wanted to
add an eyebrow. While we put this together, I talked about what being
thankful means and some things we should be thankful for. Keeping in
mind that my son is four, we kept this part simple and short. I asked
him what he is thankful for and he named a couple of things.
Making
a Thanksgiving chain is also a great idea. You can cut out strips of
yellow, red and orange paper. For older children you could have them
write something they are thankful for on each strip of paper, staple
them in circles forming a chain. Hang this in your dining room, so that
on Thanksgiving they will remember spending the time with you and what
they are thankful for.
Coloring sheets are popular and I found some free ones HERE
Coloring sheets are popular and I found some free ones HERE
Making
a Thanksgiving tree would be a good idea for a family group activity on
Thanksgiving Day (or an awesome family night). You can call your local newspaper and get the end of
the roll of paper they print on. Usually they give those away for free
or you can purchase some butcher paper. Roll out the paper and draw the
tree trunk, then attach your partial tree to a wall in your dining room.
Make sure your tree is not taller than your kids. They will enjoy
attaching the leaves on to the tree. You can cut out leaves from
different colored paper; red, orange, yellow or whatever you have. Or
you could cut out each child’s hand prints and use those as leaves. Have
each child (and adults) write something they are thankful for on their
leaves. Have the children use tape or glue to attach the leaves to the
tree.
All
of these ideas are simple and open a door for communication with our
children. Talking about why we celebrate is important. I hope your
family has a wonderful Thanksgiving with good conversations. I am so
thankful for all of you.
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