Indian Corn Cob Napkin Ring - We did this idea last year for our Thanksgiving napkin rings. The kids loved it. Cut a toilet paper roll into four equal pieces. These are the napkin rings. Dip a Q-tip into paint and make a line of dots on the roll -- this is supposed to be the corn. Keep putting dots onto the roll until you fill it all up. Let dry. The paint colors can be any indian corn color you choose... we used yellow, blue and red. My son who what 2 at the time had a ball, but it didn't look like corn. My 4 year old did a pretty good job of making corn. We made one for everyone in the family for Thanksgiving and the kids were so proud to set the table with them.

Pinecone Turkey - There are a lot of variations on this idea... some are pretty elaborate. This one is simple so that young children can do most of the project by themselves (supervised of course). You'll need one large pinecone, feathers, brown and orange pipe cleaner, wiggle eyes, orange construction paper (or felt), glue, scissors. When you choose your pinecone, try to find one that will sit flat (or you can make feet for it). The pinecone is the body of the turkey. Glue some feathers for the tail. Twist a pipe cleaner around the pointed end of the pinecone and roll up the other end for the head. Glue on wiggle eyes. Cut a small diamond out of the orange construction paper and fold in half to create the beak and glue it on the head.

Indian Head Band - Cut brown construction paper into strips for the head band. Measure your child's head for fit and staple or glue it in place. Glue feathers onto the band so that they stick up. Very easy kid thanksgiving craft idea! There are so many variations on this project, but kids love just any type of head band. You can omit the feathers altogether and use construction paper cut into feather shapes, you can use glitter, sequins, etc. to embellish the headbands, you can go hog-wild and create a chief's head dress. It all depends on how much work you want to do for a project that they will probably tear up before the day is through.

Pilgrim Girl - This is a simple color, cut and glue together pilgrim girl.

Pilgrim Boy - This is the boy that goes with the pilgrim girl above. It's nice to do them in a pair!

Handprint Turkey Placemat - This is a great project for young children. You can use paint or washable stamp pads for this project, and what ever kind of paper that is appropriate for the paint. Paint your child's palm and thumb brown. Then paint each finger a different color and press their hand onto a piece of paper. Add a beak, gobbler, eye ( a wiggly glue on eye is great), and feet. This makes a cute front page for a card or you can cover is with contact paper or laminate it to make a great Thanksgiving Dinner Placemat. Last year, we didn't even laminate them, but the kids loved being able to contribute to the feast.

Hands and Feet Turkey - Trace the child's two feet (with shoes on) on brown construction paper; trace two hands on tan construction paper; trace two hands on red construction paper; trace two hands on orange construction paper; trace one hand on yellow construction paper. Then cut out all the pieces. You'll have to do this for very young children. Next, put the two feet tracings together to make the turkey body and head, matching the heels together, and spreading the bottoms apart. Glue in place. Cut two feet out of the orange scraps, and cut a diamond shape for the beak. Draw the eyes on white paper and cut them out, or use wiggle eyes. Make the wattle out of red construction paper. Glue them onto the body. Glue the red, orange, and yellow construction paper hands behind the brown body to make the tail. Position the two tan hands to either side to make the turkey's wings and glue them in place. Don't forget to put the date on the back so you can dig it out for next year and see how much your child has grown.

Toilet Paper Roll Indian - This is a printable craft from DLTK. Just cut out the pieces and glue onto an empty toilet paper roll. I like this one because it's a more realistic Indian, rather than a cartoon.

Paper Plate Pilgrim - Paint the back side of a paper plate skin color and let dry. Use markers to draw on a face. Cut out a pilgrim hat shape from black construction paper and a buckle for the had from yellow paper. Glue the buckle onto the hat and the hat onto the paper plate to create a paper plate pilgrim. You can also glue some yarn onto the plate so that it comes out of the hat if you want to be more creative.