Thanksgiving and a Winner

Country Living

Announcing the winner for the Shabby Apple Dress giveaway.
The lucky person is...
#18- Podso!

She is such a delightful person. I always enjoy her blog posts. Congratulations my friend!

Some Thanksgiving loveliness from Country Living...

With the warm temps we've had, the above tablesetting is not out of the question. But we'd rather graze around the dinner table from noon until bedtime. My daughter is coming home from college today. It will just be our little family for Thanksgiving but we are happy to all be together. I'm signing off until next week so I can soak up the moments.
Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Turkey Day!

Thanksgiving Table

Welcome to the cheapest table setting ever. Sticking to my "no spending" rule, the Thanksgiving table is set for less than $15. 

For inexpensive place cards:
Use free clipart from Graphics Fairy on cardstock.  An old trick of the teaching trade is to outline with a magic marker.  Just run your marker along the edge and it creates an automatic border.  

Attach to a pine cone from the front yard, and there you have an almost free place card. 

A run down on everything else:

• tablecloth is a curtain
• Pier 1 pillow bought at GW for $2
• dishes, well can you spell C-H-E-A-P?  
• Wal Mart $1 plates 
• Wal Mart .88 stemware 
• bottom plates are from my everyday set
• leave plates bought on clearance last year for .50
• feathers and brown cattails added to faux greenery  (Not exactly what I want but, something I didn't have to purchase.)
• rest of the items were shopped from the house

posting to:
Table Top Tues @ A Stroll Thru Life
Anything Related @All Thingz Related
Penny Pinching Party @The Thrifty Home
Nifty Thrifty @ Coastal Charm

Thanksgiving Craft For Kids

Don't you love when a homework project is sent home?  What that really means is, YOU, my dear, have homework.  My pre-K son came home with this one.  I used it myself when teaching kindergarten.  (It's alright to assign a project when it's cute.) 

There never seems to be much to do for kids on Thanksgiving Day. Why not pull out a craft? This would be a great one for the kids who come to your Thanksgiving Dinner.


"A Turkey in Disguise"

Objecitve:  Make a costume for Mr. Turkey. He wants to disguise himself so he's not eaten on Thanksgiving. 


1.Start with a simple outline of a turkey.  I like using card stock for thickness.  

 2.  Have an assortment of crafts.  Hobby Lobby had Christmas crafts 50% off last week. Maybe they'll do it again.

3.  Make patterns for costume to be cut out on felt. As soon as the word "costume" was mentioned, Prince O shouted "Batman!"  Too late.  Mom already bought Santa stuff.

4.  Dress him up anyway you like. We used white feathers instead of fur assuming Mr. Turkey bleached some of his own.  The plan was to put cotton on the beard but this turkey pattern was too small. My rule of thumb- the younger the crowd, the larger the pattern.

5.  Be clever. We decided to leave Mr. Turkey's feet showing so there's still a hint of his identity. And the sign he's carrying might just be another clue!

Have prizes for the most creative, funniest, etc.  Maybe the winner could get a Chick Fil A gift card!  
Happy Thanksgiving Crafting!

Posting to:
Making Monday Marvelous @C.R.A.F.T.
Making the World Cuter Monday
Market Yourself Monday @Sumo's Sweet Stuff
Mad Skills @Mad in Crafts
Motivate Me Monday@Keeping It Simple