Turkey Day Kid's Craft

Okay - so the grand plan was to make a family of these little turkeys to use as place card holders on our family dinner table - but after realizing that would be 30 turkeys, we decided to just make one! I found the idea in a magazine (the ad is for Hidden Valley Ranch).


You will need:
One Idaho Potato - Cut in 1/2 and use one half for the face/body
One Fingerling potato - Cut in half and use as the feet (attach with 1/2 toothpicks)
One Baby Carrot -Cut off two small discs off the widest end for the eyes and the remainder for the beak)
One Bay Leaf - use red marker to paint the gobbler, place under the carrot beak
Toothpicks
Construction Paper - Trace child's hand in several colors for feathers
Red Marker

For photo instructions, please visit my website and see Grace's slide show!

Celebrating Family

So Sunday after Halloween I took down all the decorations and promptly pulled out my Fall/Thanksgiving decor. I have kept tons of my daughters artwork and love to to place them around the house. My 6 year old loves to play with her things and they rarely stay put and even my 17 year old smiles when she sees somthing she did in first grade on the windows. Thanksgiving is for "giving thanks"  and celebrating family. What better way is there to celebrate family than having your children's artwork around your home? Check out the photos!