Holiday Kids Craft
Thanksgiving Crafts. To Celebrate Autumn
and the Fall Season.

Its that time of year again! Thanksgiving crafts, (look for the PRINT THIS PAGE button to create printable crafts instructions). Start the Autumn Holiday season right and deck the halls.These preschool crafts are one-of-a-kind gifts or a festive holiday decorations. Designed with simple instructions and pictures make it possible for anyone to create Thanksgiving crafts they can be proud of. Thinking of gift giving? How about some easy and fun Christmas crafts for children to make in the classroom. You will find complete instructions to easy printable kids crafts. Here are some excellent kids craft ideas. We use these each year in our house. This simple Harvest crafts for kids will leave them feeling very successful upon completing it. These cute little Thanksgiving characters are made from a paper towel roll and lots of imagination. They look hard but they are actually easy to make.
Put together a harvest family!

Materials:

1 paper towel roll cardboard tube
2 small feathers
acrylic paint: brown, flesh,
black fine tip marker
felt: brown and choice of two or three of the following: gray, white, black, orange, peach, or green
scissors
hot glue gun
white craft glue
paintbrush
Optional: mini pom pom, puffy paints

Instructions for a Paper Tube Character

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Paint the top 1/3 of the cardboard tube with brown paint.

Roll up tube in a piece of colored felt. Trim felt to 1/3 the height of the roll and be sure you have enough to wrap all the way around it as well, overlapping slightly.

Glue the another color of felt around the tube for his clothes, seam should be in the back. (tip: we cut fringes on the shirt to add variety..we did this BEFORE trying to glue it on)

Cut a piece of black felt wide enough to cover the top of the tube and long enough to reach the bottom of both sides of the tube. Use hot glue to attach the hair to the top of the tube. Dot a bit of glue at the tops of the sides as well, but not all the way down, just to hold it in place. Cut the hair on both sides into three pieces and braid together. Hot glue the braided ends and glue to the side of the tube.

Glue two feathers to the side of the head, then wrap headband around the head, seam in the back and glue in place. (TIP: we used small rubber bands to hold the hair in place until dry)

Feet can be added by cutting a small piece of brown felt and gluing to the bottom.

Glue on Google eyes OR Use the handle end of a paint brush dipped in white paint to dot on eyes. Do not add black until white is dry. Use a scruffy paint brush or a roughed up cotton swab to add cheeks using pink paint. Be sure to dab off excess pink paint before applying cheeks (dry application). Paint or draw a nose.

Add more detail after your native is dry by using puffy paints for beads and designs.

 

here's some more inspiration:

Pumpkin Crafts Calico and fabric pumpkins frolic and play on these cute kids crafts. OR make a salt dough pumpkin display suitable for the youngest crafter. Create pumpkins on a fence with popcicle sticks and construction paper. Scarecrow Corn Crafts they make wonderful decorations all Fall Season Thanksgiving Centerpieces simplicity and beauty created by the whole family Thanksgiving Gifts an ediable gift to help remind family of the many blessing we have Home from Thanksgiving Crafts

Don't miss our section of easy Christmas crafts for children. Use these ideas to help fill those bored moments between snow storms or shopping trips. Thinking of something to give to distant relatives who are visiting? Kids craft ideas can turn into one of a kind Christmas gifts.

 

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