Thankful for our Teachers

There's been lots of talk about things we are grateful for at our house this month.  One of the things we are grateful for are the teachers at school.  We have had a pretty good year, so I let my kids fill out the acorn card telling their teachers something about their teachers they are grateful for, then attached  some fun leaves with the card to some sparkling cider.

FHE Thanksgiving

We did some fun activities for FHE this month that focused on Gratitude and Thanksgiving.  I loved how the kids' prayers changed over the month as we talked about things to be thankful for and how we should express our gratitude. 

Paint Sample Turkeys: The kids thought of things that they were grateful for and wrote/drew them on the "feathers" 

We also found this simple and fun game and played it one night for Family Home Evening:
Game from The Moffatt Girls

Wooden Fall Leaves

They are incredibly simple, but they look great with my Thanksgiving decor. 

Wooden Block Pumpkins

I had a great girls' crafting day with my mom, sister and sister-in-law.  I love when we get together and have great conversations while creating cute decor for our homes!!  This time we worked on fall decor.

Turkey Toes and Fingers

Had  a little Turkey fun with Kyla over the weekend:

Thanksgiving Wheat

This summer I was offered some wheat from a field.  So I took some thinking I would put it out for Thanksgiving.  Then I saw an idea on pinterest to put the wheat in a tall glass vase.  I came across this tall glass vase at the dollar store....so it was a cheap and easy project that added a nice touch to my Thanksgiving decor. 

Thanksgiving Charger

I found this Thanksgiving Charger at Walmart for $3, then I added this vinyl saying that I liked.

It was a perfect addition to my shelf in the dining room. 

Gobble and a Turkey

I made these cute things for my shelf last year, but I never got around to posting them. They were fun to make and go great with my other decor!

Thanksgiving shelf

So this is how my black shelf looks for Thanksgiving:

Harvest Blocks

Another cute idea my sister found was these Harvest blocks...so we got together and made them last month. I put them out with my Thanksgiving decor:

2x4 Turkey

My sister found this cute idea for a turkey at Ucreate, so we got together and made them this summer....now it's cute on my shelf for Thanksgiving.Kyla made one, too:

Thankful Tree

This year I finally got our Thankful Tree made:
It was fun to add leaves as we thought of things we were thankful for. Kyla liked cutting out the leaves. It was a nice fall decoration for our hallway. We will have to do this again next year!