Daily Idea #203: Thankful Pumpkin

Every year on Thanksgiving we all go around the table and say one thing for which we are thankful. And while I love doing this, it always makes me think that there are so many more things for which I am thankful that I want to share. So, a few years ago, I found this art project that displays a few more things of gratitude and we have been doing it every year since.

ITEMS NEEDED:

Orange construction paper cut into strips wide enough to write a word or a sentence on them (we usually cut the paper along the short side into at least 8 strips)

Green construction paper cut into a leaf shape (one for each person with their name on it)

a pen

a hole puncher

Scissors

“Helicopter” tabs (two for each pumpkin)

For each strip of your construction paper, write one thing for you are thankful. If your child cannot write for themselves, have them come up with the things they would like you to write on the strips of paper. Once each strip has at least one idea of something to be thankful, stack them all on top off each other. Punch a hole in the top and bottom of the pile. Punch a hole in the leaf and line it up with the top hole in your strips of paper. Put the “helicopter” tabs into both the top hole and the bottom hole and spread the strips of paper out in the middle. It will create a pumpkin shape and you can display your “Thankful Pumpkins” on your Thanksgiving Table this year.