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 November 11, 2007 |
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Happy Thanksgiving to our readers in America; this week we have Thanksgiving Day crafts from around the net, plus a timely article on how to make a family Thanksgiving scrapbook.
We also have some new scrapbooking articles, with tips on how to begin your scrapbooking adventure, easy ways to embellish scrapbook pages, plus ideas for Christmas scrapbooking.
Our new Christmas crafts are earth friendly and easy on the pocketbook, too - each project uses natural media or common household items that are normally thrown away. As well, you'll find loads of ideas for recycling light bulbs, with some new additions for Christmas.
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 Our sister site, AllFreeCrafts Directory, does the searching for free craft projects so you don't have to ... for Thanksgiving, we have two complete pages of high-quality Thanksgiving Crafts from sites all over the world.
Each free Thanksgiving Day craft project includes a photo or illustration, plus instructions on how to complete the craft. | Check out Turkey Crafts for everything related to gobblers; turkey puppets, coloring pages, paper plate or paper turkeys, printable turkeys - even turkey patterns to knit, applique or crochet!
Similar free crafts are available with a Thanksgiving Pilgrim  theme, including the words to the Thanksgiving Song (sung to the tune of Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush), paper and printable Pilgrim crafts, Pilgrim hats of all kinds and even crochet patterns for pilgrim costumed teddy bears or fridgies. |
It's natural, around Thanksgiving Day, to reflect on the things that make us smile and the blessings that life has given us. A Family Thanksgiving Scrapbook is one way to preserve those happy smiles and memories.
If you ask each member of your family Thanksgiving celebration to contribute to the scrapbook, you can watch more smiles blossom as the book is shared with everyone on Thanksgiving Day.
Here's some ideas of what to include:
 Photos of people, places and things that made you thankful - include endearing photos of family pets, action shots or team portraits from sports teams that you belong to; candid photos taken at family weddings or baby showers; or even simple things like a shot of the beautiful tree that you pass on the way to work each morning.
Write a few lines on why the subject of each photo makes you feel thankful. School aged children can write a few words of their own; younger children can rely on you to write down their thoughts. Simple sentiments are often the best; you'll find that just a few words, or a sentence or two, may be all you need to recall those loving memories in future years.
Decorate the scrapbook pages in fall colors and use autumn theme embellishments and stickers. Pressed fall leaves cost nothing and look lovely.
| Take snapshots of your Thanksgiving Day in the making, including pictures of arts or crafts that the children make and any wall or table decorations. How about shot of your turkey "before" it goes in the oven, and an "after" picture of the lovely golden cooked bird? Likewise, a "before" shot of your overstuffed refrigerator makes a great contrast to the "after" shot of your harvest Thanksgiving dinner table.
Take pictures of people preparing and cooking the Thanksgiving Day fare, and include a favorite recipe or two. If some of the dishes arrive pot-luck style, then take a picture of the person providing each dish and ask them to write down the recipe for your scrapbook.
If some of the photos won't arrive until Thanksgiving Day, have a selection of scrapbook papers, stickers, tags, and special pens available so that people can choose their own embellishments as they add photos and create a page for your book.
Be prepared for people to ask for copies! Protect your family Thanksgiving scrapbook with page protectors before handing it around; that way, the pages will remain free of fingerprints or creases and in perfect shape for copying.
You may find that creating the Family Thanksgiving Day Scrapbook becomes an annual tradition. It's a lovely way to count your blessings and preserve some of your family history at the same time. |
Did you know that it's possible to
hollow out a used lightbulb to use as a light bulb vase, light bulb terrarium, or even to make a ship in a lightbulb?
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