Gratitude Turkey 2013

Last week we started our traditional Gratitude Turkey!

Every year in November, I make a turkey body and stick it to the wall. Then I cut out a bunch of feathers and put them in a bowl or a bag with a marker, near the turkey.

When we think of something we're thankful for during the month, we write it on a feather and add it to the turkey! (We stick them to the wall with sticky-tack)

It's so fun to watch our turkey grow and grow throughout the month as we think of the MANY blessings we have in our lives.

Here are the posts about our turkeys from years past:

2012:

2011:

2010:

Turkey Graphing

Originally posted: November 16, 2011

For this game, I drew a big fat turkey with 6 rectangle feathers. 

Each feather was a graph for numbers 1-6.

The boys took turns rolling a dice and LM (4) would mark on the "graph" which number was rolled.

We played until one of the numbers reached the top of the graph.

LM really liked this game and wanted to play it over and over. 

Luckily the turkey-graph is pretty easy to draw, so I made several. :)

OR

Instead of marking an X in each box you could place a bean or something small so you can play again and again!

Craft Stick Scarecrows!

Originally posted November 8, 2011

I saw an idea similar to this over on apples4theteacher.com. So cute!

Ours were made with:

• craft sticks
• felt
• googly eyes
• tacky glue
• cardstock
• marker

Here's how we made them:

1. Before we began the craft, I had cut out the hat, hair (about 7 small rectangles), and nose from felt using different colors.
2. We started by cutting out a square from cardstock and gluing the sticks onto it to keep them sturdy & together.
3. The boys then took turns choosing which color hair and hat they wanted for their scarecrow. We glued the hair on first, then the hat.
4. Next, we glued on the googly eyes & nose and drew a mouth with a black marker.
5. Later, I glued a ribbon on the back so we could hang them up! (not pictured).

They're hanging up in our kitchen & the boys love them. Best of all: they were SO easy to make!