So you love those elaborate Thanksgiving decorations that show up every year. Craft stores and home furnishing stores seem to abound with lots of detailed, time consuming, and seemingly spectacular crafts. But what if you don’t want to spend hours, days or even weeks doing Thanksgiving crafts? There is an answer! There are lots of really great simple Thanksgiving craft ideas. So find your glue gun, gather your kids (of all ages) and read on for some really great ideas for Thanksgiving crafts that will still leave you plenty of time to enjoy that Thanksgiving turkey!
A Place Card Turkey
You will need:
A pinecone for each turkey you are making
Several brown pipe cleaners
Craft glue
Assorted feathers (available at craft stores)
Step One
To make the head of the turkey bend a 3-inch piece of brown pipe cleaner and attach it to the top of a pinecone with craft glue.
Step Two
Glue 3 of the feathers near the base. Station each turkey with a place card at each table setting and you are ready to go!