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Ideas for Turkey Decorations and Thanksgiving Craft Resources
Find easy Thanksgiving activities for homemade turkey decorations and turkey arts and crafts projects. Make a turkey template pattern and turkey ideas for gifts and more.
It’s time for Thanksgiving arts and crafts. Turkey projects are fun for kids of all ages. Gone are the days of the construction [...]

I’ve never been a big fan of roses. I do appreciate and find it fascinating that heirloom and antique roses are cloned and that we can take a clipping of a rose anywhere and then grow it ourselves, that’s fascinating. I’m sure I’ll warm up to them as I get older.
That said, every house I’ve [...]

Decorating a pillowcase is a great idea for a birthday party craft or for a girl scout meeting or even just for fun. You can decorate plain white pillowcases that you already have, or purchase a Crayola Create Your Own Pillowcase Kit
I want to point out that the last two are by the amazing Kathy [...]

Wooden skewers are so cheap, and so much fun. Whenever I buy them (for kabobs) we end up using the rest in art projects because they spill, or sit in the drawer forever. they’re usually bamboo. I get mine from the dollar store or amazon.
1- Button Flower Bouquets, aren’t these cute, they have felt flowers [...]

And it wasn’t nearly this cool, but hey. We used 10×10 mounted canvas squares and painted. I bought a few paint colors (for less than $5 altogether) and just let each kid do whatever they wanted. Seriously, whatever. We have a mucky muck, some lines and circles, and a princess. Mine [...]

Marbles are so cool, we actually have a lot of uses for them around here. unfortunately, they’re all locked up right now until my baby outgrows the “sticking-everything-in-her-mouth” stage. I always shop around because I’m a cheapskate, the last time I bought them for an art class, i found them cheapest at Amazon the local [...]

1.  Use fancy beads for making Jewelry like bracelets, earrings or even decorative phone chains
2. Design T shirt graphics to sell on cafe press, like the girls at KremeCheezeShirtz
3. Sharpen chopsticks with a pencil sharpener, then paint or lacquer them for homemade hair sticks
4. Make denim purses out of old blue jeans
5. Braid strips of [...]

Making pinatas is so much fun, but most kids would never know this because they aren’t planning their ow birthday parties.  Imagine how much fun a party with friends would be if the chidren had planned the party on their own.  My artsy fartsy kids always plan their own parties, sometimes because I am busy [...]

So- are they a tropical thing or a Pacific Northwest thing?  Why would native people from so far away each use totem poles?
I don’t know but I do know that a family totem pole is a great project.  Everyone has their own personal totem, or animal, that represents them.  In native cultures, if you are [...]

These bowling ball bugs are adorable. I wonder if the bowling alley would give away off-balance, chipped or old bowling balls? Hmmmm…
I love the Piccasso quote featured on thie artist’s website; “Every child is an artist; the problem is how to remain an artist when we grow up.” That’s one [...]