Thanksgiving Place Cards

This year, my mom tasked the kids and I with making place cards for our family for Thanksgiving dinner. I wanted to do something the kids could help with that incorporated the purpose of Thanksgiving: gratitude! These turkey gratitude cards fit all requirements.

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Start with half a sheet of card stock paper. Fold each in half from the top down, like a card.

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Inside each card write, “I am thankful for…” Before dinner, have everyone write what they are thankful for, so they can share during dinner.

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Now we add a turkey. I thought about just cutting out a turkey and gluing it on, but I wanted the kids to be more involved. I found a free turkey picture on Clip Art, and cut out everything but the turkey feathers. I tasked the kids with making the feathers.

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Using five or six pipe cleaners per turkey, hold each pipe cleaner on a pencil, with about 1 1/2-2 inches hanging over the side to remain strait. Sorry for the fuzzy pictures. Just pretend it’s interpretive art.

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Now start wrapping the pipe cleaner around the pencil. You should end up with a spiral with a strait end.

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Now hot glue the “feathers” onto the front of the place card, in a fan shape.

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Glue the turkey body in place.

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Now just add the name and put it up by opening the card and letting it balance on itself.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

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