Thanksgiving Hand Turkeys
One of my favorite simple activities each year are these classic handprint turkey crafts from Little Miss Fiesta. They are so cute! My favorite is that she even has a version in Spanish for my families that need the translation.

Thankful Placemats – FREEBIE ALERT!
On the day before Thanksgiving break, we also broke into our watercolor paints and I channeled my inner Cassie Stephens to teach them how to “wake up” the paint. Here’s how keep calm and love watercolor painting in kindergarten. First, I talk about how the paint is not wet at first, that’s why we call it watercolor. I am very dramatic and touch the dry paint and say “Oh no! I’m going to have paint on my fingers?” And the kids laugh and tell me it’s dry and I need to add water first. Then, we talk about the brush and how she has “pointy toes” like a ballerina.
When my kids go to do this, it is honestly the cutest thing. A class of five year olds chanting, and saying “Wake up! Ohh good morning! Ola!” And guess what? Watercolor painting in kindergarten is stress free!
Their finished placemats came out so cute too! We let them dry at the end of the day so they could give them to their family for Thanksgiving.
We painted this easy Thankful Placemat Freebie from my TpT! We printed them on large white construction paper and sent them home with students to use for Thanksgiving day!
