by James H. Pence

Believe it or not, Thanksgiving is only a few weeks away. With that in mind, I thought it would be nice to share all of my awesome Thanksgiving craft ideas with you. Unfortunately, I'm not very "crafty". And so instead, I decided to look around the Internet for Web sites with ideas for crafts that you and your children can make for this Thanksgiving. 

I could easily give you hundreds of links, but here are my top five suggestions:

1. When I was growing up, every Christmas I would make red and green paper chains, but I never thought of doing one for Thanksgiving. Here's a link to a site that shows how to make a really awesome Thanksgiving paper chain with each link representing something you're thankful for: THANKSGIVING PAPER CHAIN.

2. We usually have lots of food boxes lying around the house, especially during the holidays. Here's a great idea for taking those boxes and turning them into a turkey. Okay, you can't eat this kind of turkey, but the kids will have a blast making it: RECYCLED TURKEY ON A STICK.

3. Thanksgiving dinner is a big deal around our house. Well, actually we all pile in the car and head over to my sister's, so it's a big deal around her house. But in any case, we have a ton of people there every year, all sitting at this long, long table. And every year we have some kind of placecard so that everyone knows where to sit. Here's a page that will show you how your children can make some really awesome THANKSGIVING PLACE CARDS. 

4. Our children always used to make Christmas cards and birthday cards for us. So why not Thanksgiving cards? Here's an easy little craft that produces awesome results. Don't be surprised if your children want to do this one again and again after they try WAX PAINTING THANKSGIVING CARDS.

5. This last one is a bit more complicated, but if your children want to do something special for a table decoration, this is definitely one worth trying. I can promise that they'll be beaming with pride when they show everyone their HARVEST CELEBRATION GLASS JAR.

I hope you'll check out these Web sites and try out some of these crafts. If you do, be sure and take some photos and send them to me at jim.pence@seethelightshine.com. I'll put some of them up on a future blog or on our Facebook page.

Until next week, keep drawing. And have fun!