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If you love decorating with seasonal decorations, you probably have boxes full of items that you get out as each seasonal holiday comes around, and you more than likely use them year after year. After years, though, you may start to get tired of the same old decorations and want to go out and buy some new ones.

If it has been a while since you shopped for decorations, then you may not realize how great things have gotten in the past few years. If you like the idea of decorating with pumpkins for Thanksgiving, then you definitely have some great options to choose from.

You can find a variety of big, small, and medium sized pumpkins, and you can find them in all colors too, though orange is obviously the most common color.

You can find items for indoors plus you can find items for decorating with pumpkins outside if that is what you want to do.

There are so many decorations to choose from – if you can imagine it, you can probably find it, if you know where to look.

All you have to do is to search online or search locally, you’ll find that the variety is much bigger than you think.

If you decide on decorating with pumpkins indoors, then you want to make sure you don’t go overboard. Try to keep it simple or it can become overwhelming.

One of the most common ideas is to have a centerpiece on your dinner table that features pumpkins.  You can place some pumpkins on your mantelpiece or have a few grouped together on a side table or dresser.  If you are using real pumpkins, just keep in mind that they only keep fresh for a short period of time, so make sure you only bring them inside the house closer to Thanksgiving.

Outside, you won’t have this problem, you can start decorating with pumpkins pretty much when you want.

You can find great artificial pumpkins that you can use outside, just make sure that anything light has been weighed down.

You can find some great blow up pumpkin lawn ornaments that make great decorations for Thanksgiving and Halloween alike.

Don’t just limit yourself to only using pumpkins, you can also use other harvest related items, like corn, hay bales, gourds, fall leaves, and pine cones.

They all fit in well with the Thanksgiving themed decorations and will be a perfect accompaniment to your pumpkin arrangements.

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Decorating For Thanksgiving

You may be ready to prepare a big turkey meal in your apartment, entertaining family and guests. However, you can enhance the entire experience by decorating for Thanksgiving. … Scented candles can be positioned at either end, but make sure the flames are far enough away from the centerpiece. The materials are flammable! You can make candle holders by carving out miniature pumpkins.

The Best & Easiest Decorations For Thanksgiving

Use wreaths, gourds, pumpkins, cornstalks, hay and straw to decorate for the Thanksgiving Season.

Easy Thanksgiving Decorating Ideas

As Thanksgiving approaches, stores and shops across the nation offer a wide variety of seasonal decorations, some quite costly, from cute feathery turkeys to ceramic pilgrims to pumpkin-shaped vases filled with silk cattails [...]

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The occasion of Thanksgiving is North America’s traditional holiday to celebrate the survival of the Pilgrims back in the 1620’s through the kindness and knowledge of the Native Indians. It’s an understatement to say that the Pilgrims were ill prepared to survive in the cold, snowy winters of North America.

They had little knowledge of how to find and prepare edible foods. The Pilgrims were definitely people in desperate need, and luckily through the kindness and humanity of the Native Indians, they were able to survive that first cold and brutal winter and went on to establish a community here in North America.

This spirit of Thanksgiving kindness and humanity has continued through the years to this day – we view Thanksgiving as the occasion when we all give thanks for what we have and acknowledge all our blessings.

We typically decorate our homes with themed Thanksgiving decorations and prepare a sumptuous meal, symbolizing all these many blessings that we enjoy. However, while lots of families have plentiful food, there are others that are not so lucky. Some people are in dire need of so many of the everyday items that we sometimes take for granted.

There’s a wonderful way that each one of us can help our less fortunate neighbors. An organized Thanksgiving gift basket drive is one really great idea that can be implemented in your own community. You could begin organizing it through your local church or through a community center such as a Senior service organizations, or maybe through a recreation center.

Another variation on a Thanksgiving gift basket drive is to alternatively have a clothing drive. There are definitely plenty of kids and adults who cannot afford any warm winter clothing. Some examples to include in a clothing drive are warm coats, sweaters, scarves, gloves and socks are great additions to a clothing gift basket.

There are so many ways in which you can make a difference in other people’s lives, these are just 2 suggestions. Why not have a brainstorming session with whatever group you belong to, and see what other types of Thanksgiving gift basket ideas you all can come up with. This is definitely a great way to celebrate Thanksgiving in the true spirit of this special holiday!

Homemade Gift Basket Ideas – Homemade Thanksgiving Cornucipia

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Thanksgiving Gifts

On this festival people exchange gifts with each other which can be anything including flower baskets, bouquets, gift baskets of snacks, fruits, candies, decoration pieces, beautiful serving platters, dishes and many more.

Thanks Giving Gift Ideas – Gift Baskets For Thanksgiving Feast

Give thanks to your family and friends with a Thanksgiving gift basket. Giving thanks to the people in your life is important [...]

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The history of Thanksgiving has often been misrepresented in the course of U.S. history.  Some American history books even distorted the origin of Thanksgiving to the extent that they say that it was the Pilgrims who saved the Native Indians, and not the other way around.

In more recent times the history of Thanksgiving has been more adequately researched and delineated, but maybe we’ll never know what really occurred during that time when the Pilgrims arrived. After all, it was such a long time ago and none of us were there to see any of it. So, thankfully, there is a more objective overview of the history of Thanksgiving existing today.

Most people think of Thanksgiving as the time that the Pilgrims came to Plymouth Rock, and subsequently got together with the Native Indians and had a feast. Indeed, the Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth Rock in 1620 via a ship called the Mayflower.  They endured a terribly bitter winter in which many of the original passengers of the Mayflower perished.

Fortunately for the Pilgrims, the Native Indians helped the rest of them survive and then the year after, as a celebration, they were able to have a 3 day feast – This wasn’t necessarily the holiday that we now know as Thanksgiving, since it wasn’t celebrated annually yet, and it didn’t occur again in the next 5 years.

Another aspect that is documented about the history of Thanksgiving is in 1676, when the city of Charlestown celebrated the success of their community. The Native Americans did not participate in this celebration, and in fact, a large part of the celebration was due to the their triumph over the Natives, whom at that time they saw as enemies they had defeated.

Moving on a century, there was a Thanksgiving celebration in honor of defeating the British at Saratoga. Then in 1789 George Washington proclaimed a National Day of Thanksgiving, but many pther people including Thomas Jefferson opposed this proclamation. Finally, though, President Lincoln officially proclaimed Thanksgiving in 1863 after a lady magazine editor named Sarah Josepha Hale had campaigned for a
Thanksgiving holiday for over 40 years. Since then, Thanksgiving has become an annual event, although the date changed quite a few times before it settled on the 4th Thursday of November.

So, if you look back on the history of Thanksgiving, it’s quite fascinating to see how much the holiday has changed over time and how it came to be the occasion it is today. Back then, Thanksgiving feast happened as a result of specific events, but now it’s a regular treasured holiday in North America. It’s become a special time when we adorn our homes with decorations for Thanksgiving, and friends and family gather together to eat and give thanks and count our blessings.

3 Tips To Teach Kids About Thanksgiving History

Thanksgiving is such a special time. It’s a time to reflect on all the blessings in your life. All too often we focus on bad things and don’t take time out of our busy schedules to be thankful for our blessings.

How Thanksgiving Got Its Turkey

The history of Thanksgiving is much deeper than you think.

Thanksgiving History and Origins

From the Pilgrims first landing in the New World to their feast with the Indians, Thanksgiving’s history brings to realization the meaning behind this holiday.

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When in school, kids usually spend some of their art classes making holiday kid’s crafts projects, with the help of their teachers. Nevertheless, there’s always room for a few more unique Thanksgiving decorations around the house, don’t you think?! So, on a rainy, blustery fall Saturday, why not let your kids have some fun and get creative with some simple and inexpensive materials, creating a few more treasured holiday decorations for your home?

Here are 3 Thanksgiving kid’s crafts which are simple, fun to make and keep the kids happily occupied for an afternoon…

Thanksgiving wreaths:

This craft definitely allows plent of room for imaginations. You can buy raffia or straw wreath forms at your local craft store and they make a nice base for the Thanksgiving theme. The neutral color of these forms will accommodate all the traditional fall colors.

First of all, have your kids collect a variety of brightly colored fall leaves. Then lay the leaves out on some newspaper and spray them with a clear acrylic coating to preserve them. When the leaves are completely dry, then turn them over and spray them again on the other side. The acrylic spray will actuallly seal out the air so that the leaves will still retain their bright colors for years to come.

You’ll be amazed at the number of “look what I found” objects right in your own back yard! With a little glue from a hot glue gun to attach these treasures and a bow-tied ribbon, you’ll then have a front door wreath that your kids will be proud to hang for all your guests to see.

Thanksgiving Play-Dough Figurines:

Kids love to make things out of Play-Dough(TM). All you have to do is to ask them to make some small figurines of anything associated with Thanksgiving. Suggestions could be…pumpkins, Pilgrims, gourds, a miniature Mayflower ship or Native American figurines. Just give them a big container of Play-Dough(TM) and sit back and wait and see what an interesting assortment they put together.

You might find anything from a turkey to a loaf of bread and who knows what else! Then let their creations dry overnight and then next day hand out some paintbrushes and a set of small jars of acrylic paint so they can decorate them whatever way they want. Then when it’s time to set the table for Thanksgiving dinner, let your kids arrange them in front of each place setting. By adding a small mini mirror under each group makes each stand out beautifully.

Paper Mache Fruit Bowl:

The final craft is making a paper mache fruit bowl – this one is a little messy, as kid’s Thanksgiving crafts go, but cleanup is easy enough and your kids end up with a stunning centerpiece for the dinner table. This one takes a bit longer to do as it requires some drying time between the layers, to make it a sturdy bowl.  So this craft needs to be done over a few days.

Lay out plenty of newspaper on the workspace and you’ll defintely need to supervise this project when younger kids are involved. To make the paper mache paste, all you have to do is mix together 1 part flour to 2 parts water.

You want it to be the consistency of a thick glue, but on the other hand, you also want it to be runny and not thick like paste. Add more water or flour as you feel is necessary. Mix well to remove any lumps.

Next, you’ll need a lightly oiled plastic bowl, turned face downwards. Tear newspaper into strips. Dip one piece of newspaper at a time into the prepared paper mache paste.  Hold the newspaper strip over the paste bowl and run it through your fingers to squeeze off any excess paste.  Then stick the newspaper strip over the plastic bowl, smoothing it down with your fingers.  Get your kids to completely cover the bowl with a layer of newspaper strips. The strips should all be over-lapping.  Once the paper mache has dried, it will easily slip off the bowl (Ideally, it’s best to do 3 layers of newspaper strips, allowing the project to dry 24 hours between each layer).

With a pair of sharp scissors, you can remove any excess paper around the rim to give it a more even look. Next, bring out those acrylic paints again! When the bowl is decorated enough to your kid’s satisfaction, then seal their artwork with a couple of coats of clear acrylic spray. Then fill the bowl with fruit – Beautiful!

All 3 of these Thanksgiving kid’s crafts help to spark those creative juices and their imaginations, build fond memories, beautify your home and make a fun, rainy afternoon activity.

Thanksgiving Crafts For Kids To Make

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Thanksgiving Activities and Thanksgiving Coloring Pages for Kids

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Thanksgiving Cool Craft Projects

DLTK’s Give Thanks Turkey Paper Craft. This one is absolutely adorable. Print-and-fold, color or black and white. From DLTK’s Holiday Crafts for Kids: “This is a fun craft to do with the entire extended family.

How to Make an Edible Thanksgiving Craft

This is an edible Thanksgiving craft as long as you don’t let it sit out too long before replacing the lollipops. Nonetheless, it’s great for kids to help out with.

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The holiday of Thanksgiving is a great opportunity to teach your kids not only American history, but also life’s lessons about thankfulness, giving, tolerance and humility that will serve them well for the remainder of their lives.

A great way to achieve this is to search for Thanksgiving costumes for your kids and let them play out the roles of the Pilgrims and the native Indians who saved them that first, harsh and brutal winter in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Although there were earlier documented “Thanksgivings”, the holiday itself has its roots in the harvest festivals of fall – the concept we are familiar of today, of a specific American Thanksgiving feast, came from the Pilgrims of Plymouth Plantation in 1621.

The first pastor of Plymouth Plantation, William Bradford, wrote in his memoir Of the Plymouth Plantation…

“They began now to gather in the small harvest they had, and to fit up their houses and dwellings against winter, being all well recovered in health and strength and had all things in good plenty. For as some were thus employed in affairs abroad, others were exercised in fishing, about cod and bass and other fish, of which they took good store, of which every family had their portion. All the summer there was no want; and now began to come in store of fowl, as winter approached, of which this place did abound when they came first (but afterward decreased by degrees). And besides waterfowl there was great store of wild turkeys, of which they took many, besides venison, etc. Besides, they had about a peck a meal a week to a person, or now since harvest, Indian corn to the proportion. Which made many afterwards write so largely of their plenty here to their friends in England, which were not feigned but true reports.”

There’s an idea for a Thanksgiving costume – you could dress up as William Bradford, the Pilgrims‘ pastor, and read from a book about that famous winter. Dressing up in a Pilgrim costume would fit really well into the theme of the Thanksgiving feast.

The other important part to the history of Thanksgiving in America, is the role of Squanto, the Patuxent Indian lived with the Wampanoag Indians, and who taught the Pilgrims how to catch eel and grow corn and was an interpreter for them (Squanto had learned to speak English as a slave in Europe). Thanksgiving costumes that represent Squanto, or are native Indian themed costumes, are easy to find online or in stores.

And, if none of that suits you, there’s always the most traditional of Thanksgiving costumes, the big turkey costume! Go that extra mile this year, beyond the lavish turkey dinner, the colorful Thanksgiving decorations, and dress up in Thanksgiving costumes, it will help to remind everyone the origins of one of our treasured and important holidays.

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