Introduction to Thanksgiving Crafts

Series Summary

Observed on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States, Thanksgiving celebrates giving thanks for bountiful harvests, as well as celebrating family and friends. It is generally a very traditional family event. Sometimes called Turkey Day, Thanksgiving dinner almost always features turkey, but also stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. Many people also decorate with autumn themes during Thanksgiving to get into the spirit of the holiday.

In this free video series, our expert will teach you how to make a variety of Thanksgiving day crafts. Get easy to follow step-by-step instructions for making a Thanksgiving place mat, Thanksgiving pilgrim and even a pine cone turkey. Also, learn how to make a beautiful Thanksgiving table centerpiece the whole family will love. If you want to decorate your house for Thanksgiving, get the kids involved in these fun and easy Thanksgiving crafts.

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Karina Fraley for Expert Village. I'm a lifestyle expert and I'm also a official mom for the mommywood.com website. Today I'm going to be show you how to make some Thanksgiving day crafts. We are going to mix it up a little bit. There is something for everyone there are a couple of crafts that you can make with the kids. You can either make them ahead of time for Thanksgiving or if you have kids that are coming over there is a nice little projects ot have ready to go. While the guys watch football and the women are in the kitchen the kids can have some fun with some projects. The first one is this little pine cone turkey. It is a old goody everybody loves to make them and there is many different twist on them. This is the one we are going to make I'm going to show you how and this little place card holder is a little pilgrim. Believe it or not he is made out of a paper towel roll and some felt and paint very very simple to make. Very easy project for kids. Then we are going to whip a very quick place mat it is just a little embellish piece of felt very simple again. But very festive it will dress up your table and later I'm going to show you how to make a center piece. It is a little bit from the traditional cornucopia or flowers it is a lot of fun to put together and I would show you how to do that. So stick around and I will show you all of the tricks for a fabulous and festive Thanksgiving home."