Putting the Kids to Work for Thanksgiving Dinner
November 14, 2008 by SP Bragg
Filed under Table Decorating, Thanksgiving
Unless the kids can cook, you won’t be sending them to the kitchen… that comes a few years down the road, but there are things that they can do to keep them busy and let them feel that they have contributed to the holiday table. They can make the holiday place cards for the table!
All you need in some construction paper, some templates of autumn leaves, pencils, glue and scissors (age appropriate of course) and some gel pens… kids love them. What they are going to do is simply trace and cut out leaves from whatever color of construction paper that appeals to them and glue them to fold over pieces of construction paper. (Don’t worry if the cards aren’t perfect… they are going to become cherished heirlooms in the years to come
So, while you are going to praise their artwork big time, actually the messier they turn out the better.) Now write a list of who is attending the dinner and allow the children to print the name on each card. Again, a child’s handwriting makes the cards even more charming
If dinner is still an hour or so away, let the kids make you tons and tons of construction paper leaves to decorate the window sills, the center of the table… anywhere there is a bare spot.
