DIY Thanksgiving Crafts with Kids

Last updated August 21, 2024

By: Natalie Dalpias

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Natalie is a crafty, DIY mom who does everyday mom stuff with just a little glitter in her hair and paint on her jeans. And she blogs about it along the way. She's a firm believer that no matter the project, with the right tools, good instructions, and a little bravery, you can do anything.

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The Creative Mom Natalie Dalpias is taking Thanksgiving dinner to the next level this year with the help of her kids! Read this blog to see how you and your family can impress your relatives this holiday season with unique and sentimental decorations at the Thanksgiving table.

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DIY Thanksgiving Crafts with Kids
Flower Pot Thanksgiving Hat
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DIY Thanksgiving Crafts with Kids

I’m Natalie, from TheCreativeMom.com. I’m so excited to show you how my kids and I made these DIY Thanksgiving Crafts. We used them to decorate our Thanksgiving table, and they turned out so cute!

Family standing in front of their gorgeously decorated Thanksgiving table.

We are going to show you how to make this really cute rope pumpkin. It’s really simple and makes a huge impact.

Two children holding up their rope pumpkins.

And we are also going to show you how to make this cute little Thanksgiving hat out of a flower pot.

We have loved doing The Home Depot Kids Workshops, and my kids thought it would be really fun to come up with their own project, shop for the supplies, and put it together themselves. So we headed into our local Home Depot store and got creative!

Flower Pot Thanksgiving Hat

To make this Thanksgiving hat, you’ll need a few things you can find in your local Home Depot store, and around your home.

Materials mentioned above laid out on the ground next to one another.

Step 1

The first step is to make a brim for our Thanksgiving hat. We found a bowl that was just a little bit bigger than the diameter of our terra cotta pot, and we traced the bowl onto a sheet of cardstock.

Child using a bowl to trace the outline onto a sheet of cardstock.

Step 2

After you trace your circle, cut the circle out. Don’t worry if these circles aren’t cut out perfectly. In fact, they won’t be perfect. But the kids will love doing this themselves.

A child using safety scissors to cut out a circle from the sheet of cardstock.

Step 3

Now that you have that circle cut out, you are going to use hot glue, and run a bead around the top of the flower pot.

Hand applying hot glue to the top of a flower pot.

Then glue the circle to the top of the flower pot. Be careful not to burn any fingers with the hot glue.

Child pressing the flower pot onto the cutout cardstock.

Step 4

Now we have the shape of our Thanksgiving hat, we are ready to spray paint it. Make sure to spray in a well-ventilated area and use caution.
We put our Thanksgiving hats in an old cardboard box, outside in our backyard where we had plenty of fresh air.

To prevent drips, spray several light coats, letting the paint dry between coats. But just know, with kids, you’re probably not going to have a great spray paint job, and that’s ok.
You’ll also want to spray paint your washers gold while you are painting.

A mom helping her kids spray paint their thanksgiving hats.

Step 5

Once the spray paint is dry, the Thanksgiving hats are ready for their hat band.
We used white electrical tape. You could also use white duct tape.

Just roll the electrical tape around the brim of the hat. Try to keep it even and straight. Once you get to the end, just cut the end and stick it down.

A child applying electrical tape around the brim of the hat.

Step 6

Now our Thanksgiving hat is all done, but we thought it might need a buckle. So we spray painted a 5/16” washer and hot glued it onto the band of the hat, and it turned out so cute!

A close-up picture of the thanksgiving hat.

DIY Rope Pumpkin

This rope pumpkin is super simple. It only takes a few minutes, and a couple of supplies that you can find in your local Home Depot store, and around your home.

Rope
Wire
Hot Glue Gun
Hot Glue Sticks
Twig or Stick about 6 inches long

Materials listed above laid out on the ground next to one another.

Step 1

A child wrapping rope around a bottle to create bends in the rope.

Step 2

After you trace your circle, cut the circle out. Don’t worry if these circles aren’t cut out perfectly. In fact, they won’t be perfect. But the kids will love doing this themselves.

Fanned out bent rope being manipulated to form a pumpkin shape.

Step 3

Now that you have that circle cut out, you are going to use hot glue, and run a bead around the top of the flower pot.

Thanksgiving Table

Now we have our Thanksgiving crafts done, we are ready to set our table for Thanksgiving! This is my kids’ favorite job to get ready for Thanksgiving. We used the following items for our table.

For the centerpiece, we started with a wooden crate, then added a pumpkin inside. We spread some rope pumpkins around the middle of the table and added a Thanksgiving hat to every place setting. Then we added a fall leaf garland to finish it off.

Wooden crate filled with thanksgiving decorations.

Our Thanksgiving table turned out so cute, and my kids were so excited to be able to contribute to this special holiday.

Thanksgiving table fully decorated with dinnerware set and decorations.

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