The One with a Tree and a Bird

Have a bunch of kids coming to sit at your table on Thursday? Need an idea for your child that’s home from school just to give you 5 minutes of quiet? Here ya go. Easy crafts with minimal preparation are what can help.

This first one just uses a crumbled up piece of aluminum foil and some fall paint colors.

Draw a tree trunk and let them dip in the pain and dab on the paper to make some leaves.

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Coming in hot with the next art project is our niece, Laura Kate. She did this with our mom recently, and I thought it was cute. You use a lego as your paint stamp and stamp all over the paper. Then cut out some feathers using that paper to make a turkey.

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Also, Kat did a post last year about game ideas your day of casseroles. Check it out. It might give you some ideas instead of watching Uncle Ralph loosen his belt buckle or Cousin Zayden go off on a diatribe about why Thanksgiving shouldn’t be celebrated anyways. Maybe those games will shut Zayden up.

See you Wednesday!