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This week we read My First Thanksgiving, by Tomie dePaola. This book simply and clearly explains the first Thanksgiving as well as why and how we celebrate Thanksgiving today. I thought that is was a great introduction to talking about Thanksgiving with Emily.
To go along with this book we made these cute placemats with our Art Group. I loved that Emily and Juliette were both able to make one. I printed the saying “For Our Blessings We Give Thanks” on a piece of paper and then had the girls glue it onto the construction paper. They used crayons and Thanksgiving Stickers (from the Target Dollar Spot) to decorate it. I laminated them once they were finished so they would last longer.
Emily’s Placemat
Juliette’s Placemat
(She did all the stickers I added some of the crayon drawing)
We will be able to use these when we celebrate Thanksgiving with our family as we remember all the things that we are thankful for throughout the year.
Nice placemats. I have this book on our list to read next week. I am glad to hear that Emily could understand Thanksgiving more with this book. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteMy boys would love to make placemats for Thanksgiving. I think I'll try to see if that book is at the library.
ReplyDeleteI'd planned to make placemats and we haven't gotten around to it--definitely for Christmas:-).
ReplyDeleteYour placemats turned out super cute, as always!!
Nice idea! My husband guards our laminator a bit too zealously :) We read this book a couple of years back - we like this series for toddlers.
ReplyDeleteThese will be an excellent edition to any Thanksgiving Day Feast! :0)
ReplyDeleteWe love doing place mats. Our most recent was fall leaves. Thanks for sharing=)
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I love the placemats. What a great idea!
ReplyDeleteI love the placemats. I know Selena would love this craft!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea to make place mats ~ very fitting!
ReplyDeleteWe actually did some arts and craft this week (I was so proud of myself! lol)
Thanks for hosting, Michelle!
I love the placemats...do you laminate them yourself or did you take them somewhere?
ReplyDelete@Charlene ~ I laminated them myself.
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