Three Easy Thanksgiving Craft Projects the Whole Family Can Make

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Three Easy Thanksgiving Craft Projects the Whole Family Can Make

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The Internet is filled with almost countless free Thanksgiving images that have terrific potential. They can be used to illustrate the holiday on web pages or blogs, or can be pressed into service for those old-time favorites: Thanksgiving crafts. As an example, crafts made from vintage Thanksgiving cards are easy-as-pie, because vintage images are both versatile and very effective at getting a point across. These pictures also usually cost nothing to download and their use doesn’t have any repercussions because their age puts them beyond copyright protection.

Doing a quick Web search for “vintage Thanksgiving cards” will produce a large number of no-cost images from which many cool crafts projects can be made. And, of course, if you don’t like vintage, contemporary Thanksgiving clip art or Thanksgiving scrapbooking papers can also produce great craft projects.

Here are some examples of simple projects virtually anyone can make by using free images found on the Internet:

* Thankful Garlands *
Making thankful garlands can be as easy as having guests or family members write their blessings on leaves cut from construction paper. Then, just print some vintage Thanksgiving cards and using miniature clothespins, join the vintage cards and the leaves, alternating them onto a piece of yarn or ribbon. In the absence of clothespins, paper clips, colorful clamps from the office supply store or tape will hold the components in place. If you want, you could also use contemporary Thanksgiving clip art instead of the cards to alternate with the leaves. Once finished, drape the garland over a windowsill or a mantelpiece so your guests can be proud of what they created!

* Handmade Thanksgiving Greeting Cards *
When you’ve downloaded the Thanksgiving image you’d like to use, paste it into a word processing or PowerPoint document. You can size the card using the software’s settings. Place the image on one half of the card, so it can be folded in half after it’s printed. Print the card on card stock as heavy as your printer will allow, fold it and and apply just a little glitter glue to make it sparkle. You might also want to make your own envelopes or just buy two-for-a-dollar card and envelope sets at the dollar store and then throw away the cards.

* Thanksgiving Table Place Cards *
Some believe a Thanksgiving dinner table is bare and incomplete without table place cards. Fortunately, you can make them easily with vintage cards or free clip art images. Simply download the the image or images you like and insert them into a table in your word processing or other type of program. The table should have two columns and six or eight rows, depending on how long and thin you want the cards. Place your chosen art into every other cell, leaving room to write people’s names. Then, print onto heavy card stock, cut them out using a paper cutter or a ruler and craft knife and they’ll be ready to fold in half. Voila! That’s it. Your Thanksgiving table will be instantly more beautiful.

I hope you have a great time making these Thanksgiving craft projects and that you have a happy holiday!

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