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Thanksgiving Projects for Preschoolers
These Thanksgiving Projects for preschoolers and toddlers are perfect for a daycare environment or at home with your own kids. All projects have been tested by my own daycare kids to be sure they have the skills needed to participate in the project.
Handprint Turkey(This project involves a lot of cutting. If you're working with a child who is able to cut, it's good cutting practice. If the child is not old enough to use scissors, the adult will have to do the cutting as part of the prep work.) 
Supplies Needed: - Red, Orange and Yellow Construction Paper
- Turkey Template
- Pencil
- Kid's safety scissors
- Glue
- Wiggle eyes
Print and cut out the turkey template pieces. Trace template pieces onto appropriate construction paper colors and cut out. Trace each child's hand on a double layer of each color construction paper. (You will need two yellow hands, two orange hands and two red hands per turkey.) Being careful not to cut through the fingers, fringe the edges to make them look like feathers. Glue the turkey together. (For small children, it works well to put glue in a bowl mixed with a few drops of water to thin it out. Use a large paint brush to paint the glue on to an area.) Start by gluing together the two body pieces. On the backside, alternate the handprints for feathers and also the feet. Moving back to the front side, glue on the red wattle, the beak and the wiggle eyes.
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The Thankful TreeThis project can be used with one child placing many leaves labeled with what they are thankful for or a group of children where each child contributes one or two leaves.  Supplies Needed:
- Construction Paper: yellow, orange & red
- Large white paper
- Thin sharpie
- Glue stick
- Scissors
Trace kids handprints on the yellow, orange and red construction paper to serve as the leaves on the tree. Cut the handprints out.Draw a tree trunk on the large white paper. Have the children tell you things they are thankful for and write their answers on the leaves. For young children, you will have to explain what "thankful" means. Have the children glue their handprints onto the tree.
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