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Thanksgiving Crafts for Kids {The Mayflower Ship}

November 22, 2011 By Heidi 1 Comment

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Thanksgiving Crafts

Following is a fun Thanksgiving Craft and guest post
by Aimee at Its Overflowing ~ enjoy!!

Thanksgiving Crafts for Kids

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School is out!  Are you looking for fun Thanksgiving Crafts that encourage sibling bonding!?!?

This Thanksgiving Crafts is so easy and raises the coolness factor of coloring to a perfect TEN!

Take a creamer carton (pour any extra in a storage container.  Wash, rinse and dry.  Grab some tape, straws, a hole punch and a paper sack (our sacks are always from Braums because they price compare every morning and beat Walmart’s price AND their milk is hormone free)!

Thanksgiving Crafts

Grab an exacto knife.  Sorry, scissors won’t really cut it (hahaha) for this craft.  Seriously though an exacto knife makes it so easy.

For a container that your kids will share do not remove too much of the carton.  For two individual Mayflower ships you could attemp cutting the carton into two equal parts.

Thanksgiving Crafts

Cover the carton with the Braum’s sack.  I used two separate sheets.

One for the square portion and another for the pointed corner.  Use lots of tape and make creases until the cover is secure and resembles the Mayflower!

Thanksgiving Crafts

Hole punch four squares in another sheet from the paper sack.  I doubled mine for a thicker mast.

Be sure to measure the punches to be a little less than the width of the rear portion of the ship so that the straws are able to stand upright easily.

Pull the straws through the mast and secure each straw to the inside of the ship.

Thanksgiving Crafts

Seriously, these sweet little B’s spent at least an hour doodling in turkey theme!  And the roll of paper (from Ikea, but sold everywhere)  still has plenty left.

They’re planning on returning this afternoon to fill another long strip with their fancy Thanksgiving Crafts!!!

Thanksgiving Crafts

I added some wood planks to make it a little more fun and Little B thinks I should go back and add the nails by using dots.  I may leave that idea for him!

Thanksgiving Crafts

 Baby B

Thanksgiving Crafts

Little B

Thanksgiving Crafts

BIG B

Thanksgiving Crafts

Serious Simple Fun!

Thanksgiving Crafts

Aimee is a homeschool mommy to three Sweet B’s and married to a creative photographer and handsome handyman ~ she affectionately calls him ‘Stud!’ Together they’re completely remodeling their 1950s original ranch-style home. Life is full of DIY house projects, designing, decorating, photography, crafting, cooking, baking, organizing and of course, errands! They’re striving to keep things simple so they continue LOVING every moment! You can find her over on her blog at Its Overflowing.

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So… what are some of your favorite Thanksgiving Crafts or Thanksgiving holiday traditions?? 

Leave a comment & share!

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  1. Lindsay says

    November 22, 2011 at 3:38 pm

    I wish I’d seen these before preschool let out for Thanksgiving. These crafts are very cute, thanks!

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