THANKSGIVING BOUQUET OF THANK YOU CARDS!
By: Amanda Formaro
Difficulty: Very Easy
Age: 4 and up
Express everything you are thankful for this Thanksgiving
season. This simple project makes a wonderful centerpiece and Thanksgiving
activity for your guests. Just before Thanksgiving dinner, have everyone choose
a card from the bouquet and take turns reading them out loud.
What you'll need:
Construction paper (yellow, red, brown, green,
and orange)
Scissors
Black Sharpie marker
dowels and/or craft sticks
White craft glue
Basket of your choice (woven baskets work well)
Floral foam
Spanish or American moss
Wide decorative ribbon
Leaf pattern - See printable
PDF of leaves (Requires
Acrobat)
How to make it:
1. Cut out leaves from pattern sheet or make your own.
2. Fold construction paper in half evenly.
3. Lay leaf pattern so that the end of the leaf rests on
the crease.
4. Trace around leaf pattern and cut it out, you should
end up with leaf-shaped cards.
5. Write the name of each of your guests on the front of
the leaves.
6. After your guests have written what they are thankful
for inside the card, glue a dowel or
craft stick to the back of it and let it dry.
7. Tie a piece of decorative ribbon around the rim of a
basket.
8. Place a chunk of floral foam inside the basket and
cover with moss.
9. As the sticks dry, insert them through the moss and
into the floral foam.
