Sunday School Activities - Thanksgiving Craft for Elementary Classes

With the Thanksgiving holiday fast approaching, it is important to teach the children in Sunday school what it means to be thankful. This time of year is a good reminder to be thankful for God and give thanks for all He does for us. Using Psalm 107:1 and this Thanksgiving flower activity, the children can go home for the holiday and share the spirit of thanks.

The Bible Verse

Start Sunday school class by asking what everyone thinks about when they think about Thanksgiving. Possible answers will include pilgrims and Indians, turkey, football, parades, and spending time with family. We definitely associate a lot of different things with this holiday, but it is important for us to remember who we should be thanking!

Next, share Psalm 107:1, "Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His love endures forever." Explain that we can give thanks to God by praying, taking care of what he created, and being nice to everyone. Have the children discuss how God is good and what they want to thank Him for.

The Craft Activity

For this activity, you will need:

A piece of construction paper for each child to use as a base
Pre-cut construction paper stems, leaves, and petals
Glue or glue sticks
Markers or crayons
For a more personalized craft, a Polaroid camera or digital camera with printer

Have the children glue the pieces onto their construction paper to make a flower. If you have a camera with instant printing capabilities, take a picture of each child and cut a circle around their face to use as the flower's center. If this isn't possible, you can use construction paper circles, jewels, or fuzzy balls for the center of the flower.

For each flower petal, have the children write one thing that they are thankful for (or, if they are too young, write it for them or have them draw a picture). Have the children decorate the rest of the paper with their name and pictures of all that God has created.

Wrap Up

Once the children are done with their flowers and the glue is dry, have them share with the rest of the class what they decided to be thankful for on each petal. Before taking them home, have the children spread their flowers on the table or floor so they can see what everyone made. Talk about the beautiful field that God has clothed in such splendor!

Finish off the Sunday school class by giving a Thanksgiving prayer. Thank God for each person in the class and ask him to bless each petal of their flowers.

Handprint Thanksgiving Crafts

Print this page turkeys are an easy craft for your children to do for Thanksgiving. They are simple and small enough for preschoolers to do, but older children will enjoy tracing their hands to craft fun Turkey.

Supplies needed:

Brown felt
Colorful feathers craft
Google eye
Red Pipe Cleaners
Scissors
Black permanent marker
Rubber cement or craft glue

We decided to make our turkeyof brown felt. This is just one of many possibilities, you could brown foam rubber construction paper or even brown.

First, use the black marker to trace around the child's hand on the brown felt. Then, cut the hand of analysis. For younger children, you must do it for them.

To the left of the piece of felt so that all the markings permanent marker on the back of the felt.

The thumb of the hand, Turkey will be around the neck and head, haveYour child has glue on a Google-eye, the eye should go to attach.

Cut a small piece of red pipe cleaners for the beak Turkey, about 1 / 2 inches long. Fold the cut piece in half and have the key child under Turkey's eyes.

You also have your child brush bit 'of glue on each of the other fingers, and then press down a finger every spring.

This is it! A simple thanksgiving crafts, sure it will be fast, please contact your child. There is also a greatWay to preserve your child is small, charming hand, the greater the next year.

Preschool, Sunday School Thanksgiving Craft Ideas

Making Thanksgiving crafts is a great way to bring your preschool Sunday school class together and teach the values that Thanksgiving stands for. You can choose to make beautiful color pages to display on the wall, or make pilgrims from tissue paper rolls. There are tons of fun crafts available. Consider that any project you choose for a preschool class should not include small parts or require sharp objects. There are many categories of Thanksgiving crafts as well. You can choose from decorations for the wall or window, table decorations, or just crafts to display throughout the house.

If you want to focus on table decorations, you might use place setting cards, napkin rings, or even place mats. You could choose to make a different craft each week so students would have a complete setting by the big day. Some great crafts used in years past were the photo napkin ring and the turkey place mat. These items can be laminated and saved as keepsakes or used for a few years. It is always fun to pull out crafts from years back and show kids what they did.
 
Another fun idea is to make a life size Pilgrim. Let the children trace themselves on paper and then decorate the cutout with construction paper to be Indians or Pilgrims. You can make hats, clothes, belts, and even moccasins out of different color construction paper for a true Thanksgiving effect. Make a whole village on the wall for decoration with the children's look alike. Include a tee pee and you have a mural of Thanksgiving fun.
 
Turkey crafts are probably the most popular, for this holiday season. There are turkeys made from paper plate, leaves, and even toilet paper rolls. You can use leaves to make the feathers of this fun animal or use multicolor feathers you can find at the local craft store. One fun craft idea is to use children's hands for a cut out template. In this fun craft, you can trace and cut out the child's hand to use as the turkey body, draw in eyes, and add feet to make the turkey complete.
 
There are many other fun crafts for kids to enjoy as well. Consider making a Thanksgiving wreath for the front door. You can use a paper plate and cover it with leaves; real or fake it does not matter. Or make a pretty tissue box for the bathroom covered in colored thanksgiving pictures.
Search the Internet or crafts books, and you are sure to find fun for children for all ages. There are even books to buy that list hundreds of fun Sunday school Thanksgiving crafts. Whichever craft you choose, you are sure to have fun and find plenty to be thankful for.