{"id":25975,"date":"2014-11-25T15:15:59","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T20:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/?p=25975"},"modified":"2019-08-30T11:39:34","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T15:39:34","slug":"thanksgiving-day-activities-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/thanksgiving-day-activities-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving Day Activities for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanksgiving\u00a0should be a day of fun, family, friends and food. Depending on the weather you could end up with a lot of people inside a small space.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-26009\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/thanksgiving-activities.jpg\" alt=\"thanksgiving activities\" width=\"649\" height=\"927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/thanksgiving-activities.jpg 700w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/thanksgiving-activities-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you want to make sure the kids aren&#8217;t bored this Thanksgiving or don&#8217;t end up at your feet in the kitchen here are some activities and resources you can have on hand. These games, crafts, worksheets and snacks will\u00a0help\u00a0keep the kids entertained so the grown ups can enjoy hanging out too.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to check out my <a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/thanksgiving-books\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Thanksgiving book list\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0and head to your local library to grab a few books for your book basket this weekend.<\/p>\n<h3><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bombshellbling.com\/pilgrim-popcorn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pilgrim&#8217;s Popcorn<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25978 alignnone\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/pilgrims-popcorn.jpg\" alt=\"pilgrims-popcorn\" width=\"528\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/pilgrims-popcorn.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/pilgrims-popcorn-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/pilgrims-popcorn-400x600.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cookiesandcups.com\/gobble-gobble-oreo-turkeys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oreo turkeys<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25979\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/turkeyoreo.jpg\" alt=\"turkeyoreo\" width=\"570\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/turkeyoreo.jpg 570w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/turkeyoreo-300x266.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2013\/09\/APPLES-WORD-HUNT.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple word search<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23227\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2013\/09\/Apples-Word-Hunt.png\" alt=\"Apples Word Hunt\" width=\"474\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2013\/09\/Apples-Word-Hunt.png 474w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2013\/09\/Apples-Word-Hunt-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.messforless.net\/2013\/10\/fall-snack-hand-dipped-fall-pretzels.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fall pretzels<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25980\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/hand_dipped_fall_pretzels.jpg\" alt=\"hand_dipped_fall_pretzels\" width=\"434\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/hand_dipped_fall_pretzels.jpg 434w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/hand_dipped_fall_pretzels-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cookingwithruthie.com\/2014\/11\/05\/turkey-color-matching-craft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Color matching craft<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25981\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/Turkey-Color-Matching-Craft-2.jpg\" alt=\"Turkey Color Matching Craft 2\" width=\"646\" height=\"1002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/Turkey-Color-Matching-Craft-2.jpg 646w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/Turkey-Color-Matching-Craft-2-193x300.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-createcrafts.com\/thanksgiving-minute-to-win-it-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thanksgiving games<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-25982\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/thanksgiving-minute-to-win-it.png\" alt=\"thanksgiving-minute-to-win-it\" width=\"649\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/thanksgiving-minute-to-win-it.png 736w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/thanksgiving-minute-to-win-it-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/thanksgiving-minute-to-win-it-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/anightowlblog.com\/2014\/11\/pumpkin-pie-kids-craft.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pumpkin pie craft<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-25983\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/pumpkin_pie_cover_1-720x1024.jpg\" alt=\"pumpkin_pie_cover_1-720x1024\" width=\"642\" height=\"913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/pumpkin_pie_cover_1-720x1024.jpg 720w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/pumpkin_pie_cover_1-720x1024-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reading-with-kids.com\/images\/printable-thanksgiving-craft-cornucopia-puzzle.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cornucopia puzzle<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-25984\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/printable-thanksgiving-craft-cornucopia-puzzle-1024x814.jpg\" alt=\"printable-thanksgiving-craft-cornucopia-puzzle\" width=\"638\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/printable-thanksgiving-craft-cornucopia-puzzle-1024x814.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/printable-thanksgiving-craft-cornucopia-puzzle-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/printable-thanksgiving-craft-cornucopia-puzzle.jpg 1982w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>\u00a0<a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/BME-Turkey-Hat-974763\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Turkey hat<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25985\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/original-974763-1.jpg\" alt=\"original-974763-1\" width=\"262\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/original-974763-1.jpg 262w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/original-974763-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iheartcraftythings.com\/2011\/11\/plump-and-perky-turkey.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paper plate turkey<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-25986\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/Paper-Plate-Turkey-2-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Paper Plate Turkey 2\" width=\"541\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/Paper-Plate-Turkey-2-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/Paper-Plate-Turkey-2-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/Paper-Plate-Turkey-2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nestofposies-blog.com\/2014\/10\/thanksgiving-coloring-pages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thanksgiving coloring pages<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25987\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/Thanksgiving-Coloring-Pages-384x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Thanksgiving-Coloring-Pages\" width=\"384\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/writtenreality.com\/thankful-abcs-printable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thankful sheet\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25988\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/thankful-abcs-printable-free.jpg\" alt=\"thankful-abcs-printable-free\" width=\"560\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/thankful-abcs-printable-free.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/thankful-abcs-printable-free-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/trees-through-the-seasons-art-project\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Trees through the seasons<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25989\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/Trees_Through_Seasons.jpg\" alt=\"Trees_Through_Seasons\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/Trees_Through_Seasons.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/Trees_Through_Seasons-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/catchmyparty.com\/photos\/881621\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donut Mayflower ships<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26004\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/donutmayflower.jpg\" alt=\"donutmayflower\" width=\"419\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/donutmayflower.jpg 419w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2014\/11\/donutmayflower-258x300.jpg 258w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanksgiving\u00a0should be a day of fun, family, friends and food. Depending on the weather you could end up with a lot of people inside a small space. If you want to make sure the kids aren&#8217;t bored this Thanksgiving or don&#8217;t end up at your feet in the kitchen here are some activities and resources [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[947],"class_list":{"0":"post-25975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-helps","7":"tag-fall","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25975"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28327,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25975\/revisions\/28327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}