Thanksgiving is a special time of year. Most of us will get together with family and friends to enjoy food, festivities and more. These fun Thanksgiving ideas for kids are the perfect way to get ready for this holiday, whether you are celebrating with a large family, or staying home. 

One of the things we like to do is to have our kids really get involved with the planning. Older kids can write down different dishes they enjoy at the meal, look up recipes, and write down ingredients to buy at the store.

 

They can even help prepare the dish, and most kids get really excited about being able to contribute to the family meal. 

Younger kids can also be in charge of parts of the meal, deciding on drinks to serve, helping to make centerpieces and even place cards. Both younger and older kids can be responsible for setting the table, placing tableware, and napkins, too. 

Other fun Thanksgiving ideas for families can include making different crafts to enjoy. Here are are some of our family favorites that will help make your house a festive one this year!

Fun Thanksgiving Ideas for Kids 

 

Toilet Paper Roll Turkey

Supplies: toilet paper roll, brown paint, google eyes, orange and red construction paper, feathers, glue, masking tape

Directions: 

1. Paint the toilet paper roll brown, if desired. This is not totally necessary since most toilet paper rolls are brown-ish. 
2. Glue on the turkey’s face. 
3. Once it’s dry, add the feathers to the back of the turkey. It can be a little tricky for younger kids to use glue in this step, so try holding the feathers in place with a piece of masking tape. You can also cut feathers from construction paper and tape or glue those into place. 

 

DIY Turkey Place Card Holders 

Supplies: clothespins (I used short ones), brown paint, mini google eyes, orange paper, other construction paper, leaves (craft, made from paper or even real ones!)

Directions: 

1. Paint the clothespins brown.
2. Once dry, glue on the mini google eyes and a “beak” cut from the orange paper. 
3. Glue a leaf to the back of the clothespin. 
4. Make place cards out of the extra construction paper and write everyone’s names.

 

DIY Thanksgiving Juice Box Wrappers 

Supplies: Juicy Juice Juice Boxes, construction paper, tape, foam leaf stickers (or any fall stickers).

Directions: 

1. Cut out strips of construction paper, about 1 inch shorter than the juice box.. 
2. Wrap the construction paper around the juice box and hold it in place with a piece of tape. 
3. Decorate as desired. Try festive fall stickers for an easy drink decoration at the Thanksgiving table. 

If you like this festive juice box idea, visit Juicy Juice’s site for so many more cute ideas. We love this Turkey Juice Box! Juicy Juice has plenty of themed at-home recipes, activities, and crafts. They all incorporate their 100% juice and juice boxes. 

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