A Crafty Kids' Guide for Thanksgiving Day!
Now that Fall is officially in full swing, bring out the Turkey Day Crafts! Thanksgiving is right around the corner on November 23rd! Don't miss out on these fun and easy Thanksgiving Day crafts!
Paint with Kwik Stix! Kwik Stix Tempera Paint Sticks take the mess out of painting while keeping all the fun! Simply uncap, twist and paint! Kwik Stix have a fast drying formula that allows them to dry in 90 seconds while still leaving a paint-like finish! No cups, smocks, water or brushes required. Kwik Stix come in assorted vibrant colors with coverage that won't crack. Great on poster paper, cardboard, wood and canvas.
Fall Leaves Turkey Craft
Materials Needed: Kwik Stix, fall leaves, mix media paper, and glue gun sticks
- Paint your leaves with Kwik Stix
- Transfer onto paper
- Repeat steps 1 and 2 until you have a bunch of feathers for your turkey
- Glue onto sheet of paper
- Use unpainted leaves to form the turkeys body
- Add googly eyes and feet to your turkey
Check out this craft on Instagram @meet_the_hric_family
Fall Clothespins
Materials Needed: Magic Stix, Fall Clothespins, and cardboard
- Color your fall clothespins with Magic Stix
- Place your clothespins on cardboard or around the house for decorations
Check out this craft on Instagram @this.little.learner.playground
Scarecrow
Materials Needed: Clear bin, Wonder Stix, corn kernels, scarecrow printable, and mini hay bails and pumpkins
- Print out an outline of a scarecrow
- Color with Wonder Stix
- Cut out each piece
- Place in your bin with fall accents
Check out this craft on Instagram @playingcreatingeducating
Cotton Round Turkey
Materials Needed: cotton rounds, Wonder Stix, hot glue gun, cardboard, and color/water mixture
- Draw your turkey onto the cardboard by using Wonder Stix
- Fold cotton rounds and glue onto cardboard
- Combine water and food coloring to make your desired colors
- Squirt onto cotton rounds to color your feathers
Check out this craft on Instagram @twotolove_bairantwins
Giving Thanks
- Use Wonder Stix Placemats to draw and wipe away
- Express what you are thankful for this Thanksgiving
Check out this craft on Instagram @mrsgreaux
Pumpkin Seed Crafts
Materials Needed: cardboard, Wonder Stix, pumpkin seeds, glue, and string
- Cut out shapes with cardboard
- Glue string onto the border of the shape
- Paint your pumpkin seeds with Wonder Stix
- Glue on the pumpkin seeds
Check out this craft on Instagram @twotolove_bairantwins
Turkey Plates
Materials Needed: paper plates, construction paper, googly eyes, glue, scissors, and Kwik Stix
- Cut your paper plates in half
- Paint with Kwik Stix
- Cut out the turkeys head with construction paper
- Glue on beak and eyes
- Glue onto plate
- Use as a festive decoration
Check out this craft on Instagram @thechildhoodglen
Turkey Hand Art
Materials Needed: Wooden pumpkin, Kwik Stix, and Thanksgiving stickers
- Paint your hand with Kwik Stix Paint
- Stamp onto wooden pumpkin to create the turkeys body
- Draw on eyes, beak, and legs
- Decorate the rest of the pumpkin with stickers
Check out this craft on Instagram @mamaknowsbestactivities
Turkey Wreath
Materials Needed: paper plates, googly eyes, Kwik Stix, feathers, foam shape stickers, glue, scissors, and ribbon
- Cut the inside of the paper plate out
- Paint the outside
- Paint the circle that was cut out
- Glue onto the outside of the paper plate
- Glue on googly eyes, and use foam shape stickers to make the mouth
- Glue on feathers to the outside of the paper plate
- Tie a ribbon through to hang up as a decoration
Check out this craft on Instagram @teachtalkinspire
What I'm Thankful For
Materials Needed: watercolor paper, paper plates, glue, marker, Kwik Stix, and chunky yarn
- Cut the center out of two paper plates
- Glue the two outsides together
- Use water color paper to trace and cut out leaves
- Paint the leaves with Kwik Stix
- Write what you are thankful for on the leaves
- Glue to paper plates
- Tie a piece of chunky yarn to hang up for display!
Check out this craft on Instagram @playingcreatingeducating
Thanksgiving Print Out Cards
Materials Needed: Kwik Stix, construction paper, scissors, Printable turkey, glue, and Magic Stix
- Start by painting the turkey with Kwik Stix
- Cut out with scissors
- Glue onto a piece of construction paper
- Add a nice message in the card with Magic Stix
Check out this craft on Instagram @kindergartencoffeetalk