As parents, the answer to "what are you thankful for?" is pretty easy. Just look around at the little ones in your life for the obvious answer. Sure, they may leave sticky fingerprints on cupboard doors and you may step on a toy car from time to time, but smiles and hugs and peals of laughter are the well-deserved payment for the tough job of parenting.
Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Why not spend some time with your kids and make some Thanksgiving crafts? Washable fingerpaint is one of the easiest craft elements and it provides kids (and adults) with the chance to get a little messy and have a lot of fun.
You can help your kids make a brightly colored turkey by painting their palms brown and painting each finger a different bright color. After they've made their hand print, your kids can add eyes and a beak onto the thumb print (the head) and legs to the bottom of the palm print (the body). Or, paint a tree trunk on to a page and then let your kids dip their thumb into different colors and use their thumbprints to make a technicolor fall tree. For older kids, cut a cornucopia shape out of brown paper and let them paint fruit and other contents for the horn of plenty.
Jake, Age 3
Kalie, Age 5
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