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Holiday Crafts: Thanksgiving Decorations Kids Can Make
Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday! What a spiritual renewal to take a
day to reflect over the past year about just how good God has been to
you and your family, to give you harvest and shelter, health and hope.
To get the most out of this joyous occasion, make some holiday crafts
with your children. These days, Thanksgiving often gets squeezed out
by Hallowe'en's spooky decorations and the lights and gala of
Christmas. With the following holiday crafts, your home can be
decorated for this quieter but important celebration.
Turkeys are a natural choice for decorations. A familiar project at this
time of year is for a child to trace around her hand and make the
resulting drawing into a turkey. The thumb is the head and the fingers
are the tail feathers all displayed. While many of the turkeys that are
raised for food are now the domestic white variety, the turkeys eaten by
the Pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving were the wild brown ones. The tail
feathers on a wild turkey are brown, but they are iridescent. catching
light and appearing to be multi-colored. This is why children color the
tail feathers in bright colors.
The turkey's head has a wattle under the beak. This is a vertical flap of
loose skin that is red colored. Be sure to draw this in order to make the
hand turkey look like a turkey. Add skinny legs and bird feet. When
done, the children can cut out the turkeys and hang them on the wall. It's
really cute to make a whole flock of these turkeys in the sizes of all the
hands in the family. The little hand shapes are particularly sweet.
Another nice turkey decoration to make when making Thanksgiving
holiday crafts is a turkey door decoration. Make a brown construction
paper body and head of a turkey. Now make a large number of colored
feather shapes. Each family member writes on a feather something he
or she is thankful for before attaching as part of the turkey's tail. Repeat
until all the feathers are used, and hang the turkey on the front door to
greet visitors with a message of gratitude. Make a sign to accompany
the turkey that says "Give thanks to the Lord for He is good!" or simply
"Be thankful!" or "We're thankful for you!" or whatever you like.
Children love making construction paper chains. To further decorate
the house for Thanksgiving, let them make a paper chain in fall colors
as one of their holiday crafts. Using 9 by 12 inch construction paper, cut
the paper in half across the long side and cut the halves into one inch
thick six inch long strips. Use a stapler to attach the ends of the strip
into a circle. Loop the next strip into the circle and staple it. Continue
the process alternating colors of brown, red, yellow, and orange. When
the chains are long, you can drap them along the ceiling or stair rail. If
you don't make the door turkey, the children can write something they're
thankful for on each strip of paper before adding it to the chain.
Thanksgiving is too nice a holiday to let the other more commercial
holidays crowd it out. By making holiday crafts to decorate the home
for Thanksgiving, you can keep this day special, too. The extended
family, aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc., will be pleased to see the
holiday crafts the young ones have made to decorate the house and
make it cheerful for their visit.
Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday! What a spiritual renewal to take a
day to reflect over the past year about just how good God has been to
you and your family, to give you harvest and shelter, health and hope.
To get the most out of this joyous occasion, make some holiday crafts
with your children. These days, Thanksgiving often gets squeezed out
by Hallowe'en's spooky decorations and the lights and gala of
Christmas. With the following holiday crafts, your home can be
decorated for this quieter but important celebration.
Turkeys are a natural choice for decorations. A familiar project at this
time of year is for a child to trace around her hand and make the
resulting drawing into a turkey. The thumb is the head and the fingers
are the tail feathers all displayed. While many of the turkeys that are
raised for food are now the domestic white variety, the turkeys eaten by
the Pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving were the wild brown ones. The tail
feathers on a wild turkey are brown, but they are iridescent. catching
light and appearing to be multi-colored. This is why children color the
tail feathers in bright colors.
The turkey's head has a wattle under the beak. This is a vertical flap of
loose skin that is red colored. Be sure to draw this in order to make the
hand turkey look like a turkey. Add skinny legs and bird feet. When
done, the children can cut out the turkeys and hang them on the wall. It's
really cute to make a whole flock of these turkeys in the sizes of all the
hands in the family. The little hand shapes are particularly sweet.
Another nice turkey decoration to make when making Thanksgiving
holiday crafts is a turkey door decoration. Make a brown construction
paper body and head of a turkey. Now make a large number of colored
feather shapes. Each family member writes on a feather something he
or she is thankful for before attaching as part of the turkey's tail. Repeat
until all the feathers are used, and hang the turkey on the front door to
greet visitors with a message of gratitude. Make a sign to accompany
the turkey that says "Give thanks to the Lord for He is good!" or simply
"Be thankful!" or "We're thankful for you!" or whatever you like.
Children love making construction paper chains. To further decorate
the house for Thanksgiving, let them make a paper chain in fall colors
as one of their holiday crafts. Using 9 by 12 inch construction paper, cut
the paper in half across the long side and cut the halves into one inch
thick six inch long strips. Use a stapler to attach the ends of the strip
into a circle. Loop the next strip into the circle and staple it. Continue
the process alternating colors of brown, red, yellow, and orange. When
the chains are long, you can drap them along the ceiling or stair rail. If
you don't make the door turkey, the children can write something they're
thankful for on each strip of paper before adding it to the chain.
Thanksgiving is too nice a holiday to let the other more commercial
holidays crowd it out. By making holiday crafts to decorate the home
for Thanksgiving, you can keep this day special, too. The extended
family, aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc., will be pleased to see the
holiday crafts the young ones have made to decorate the house and
make it cheerful for their visit.
For Sale By Owner
(selling your home yourself)
If you are trying to save some money by selling your house
privately, without the help of a real estate agent, I have a few
tips for you. Research shows that you can save up to about
$9000 or more if you do it properly.
First there are a great many reasons why an agent is so
expensive. They have a great deal of experience in the market
and are more likely to get you a more secure price for your
home. They also have a network of people and agents that can
reach a great deal of prospects for your home. They have
access to the MLS, or multiple listing service, which is a
database full of homes for sale given out to prospective buyers.
They have a network in place to sell your home faster and
perhaps at a higher price because this is what they are trained
to do.
You will need to find alternative ways to get prospective buyers
to your home. Some of the methods can be things like having
an open house, or putting an ad in the local newspaper.
Remember that you are now competing against professional
real estate agents. You need to do something to make your
house stand out from the crowd. You can find websites that sell
do it yourself home sales kits. You must get as much exposure
as you possibly can to get the buyers to see your property.
One of the benefits of selling your home yourself is that you are
in total control of the transaction. You are always available for
home showings because you schedule them yourself. The
down side to this is that there is a lot of preparation that needs
to be done. If you make a mistake it can cost you thousand of
dollars and there is no one to blame but yourself. With this in
mind you might want to have a conference with a real estate
attorney to get up to date on the legalese concerning the
contract. This could be a one time visit and will only cost you a
few hundred. Much cheaper than an agent. Get this done well
before you have people looking at your home so you will be
prepared.
You need to be aware that when you sell your home yourself
prospective buyers will usually offer you a lower price because
they know that you are not going to be paying thousands of
dollars to a real estate agent. Be prepared to devote at least 4
hours of your time each week directly to the marketing of your
home. With the proper planning you should be able to save
considerable money to spend on your next purchase.
Remember preparation and exposure to the market are vital to
getting the price you want for you property.
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