Thankful Turkey

What you need

• Paper
• Crayons or markers
• Kid scissors
• Glue stick

How to do it

Grown-up prep: Draw a simple turkey body circle for each kid.

1. Pick your feather colors.
2. Spread your fingers and trace around your hand.
3. Cut out your hand along the line. Ask for help if you need it
4. Make more hands until you have 4 to 6 feathers.
5. On each feather, draw or write one thing you're thankful for.
   Ask: What made you happy this week?
6. Give the turkey eyes, a beak and a wobbly red wattle.
7. Glue the feathers behind the turkey body.
8. Show your turkey to the family, and ask what they're thankful for!
   Ask: How many feathers can our turkey get by the end of the week?

Ideas to try

• Someone who made you smile today
• A food you love
• A place you like to go
• A toy or game you're glad you have
• Something you love about your home
• A friend, and one thing you like about them
• Something your body can do, like run, jump or hug
• An animal you love
• Something outside: the sun, the rain, the trees
• A grown-up who helps you
• Something new you learned this week
• A song that makes you happy
• A book or a story you love
• Something that made you laugh
• A holiday or a tradition you look forward to
• Someone far away that you miss
• Something cozy, like your blanket or your bed
• Something you're good at

Play it again

• Thankful tree: tape a paper tree to the wall and add one leaf a day.
• Guess the feather: read a feather out loud, and everyone guesses who wrote it.
• A turkey to give: make one about a grandparent or a teacher, and give it to them.