food, crochet, merriment
…that my sweet daughter has such a kind and generous heart.
…that there’s cranberry juice in that goblet.
…that this year we have a sagey, roasted turkey for our feast.
…to have my family–
who are my most treasured friends.
…for a new perspective now and then.
…to have those strong, turkey carving hands back again.
…for all that Heavenly Father has blessed us with this year…family, home, love and friends.
Hope your feast…
was positively perfect!
In this season of gratitude, we’d like to wish you and your family all the time and space you need to truly focus on the good things that are yours. We at Gracious Rain count you, our friends, as some of our greatest blessings.
Oh, baby–here they come. Pocahontas and her pals. Just in time for Thanksgiving!
Remember last year when we filled the table with Pilgrims? Well, we have their counter parts all ready for you.
You can download your very own Personal Native American Placecards–right this minute. Color them or use them as a pattern for colored paper cut outs…
or let the papooses do it for you…either way.
Cut out the pieces–clip the fringe strip so it looks like…fringe.
Now you can do this a couple of ways. Either roll the dress and staple it–like we did for the pilgrims–or wrap the dress and fringe around a tissue tube–which is what we did.
Next, glue or tape the family face of your choice above the neck of the dress…
or whatever you call it when you force a brave to wear it.
You can tape or glue the fringe at the neck or at the bottom…or in the middle for that matter. But that would be kind of ugly. We’re letting the older kiddos make their own –so I’ll show you the results of that soon. But I wanted you to have the pattern now so that you could get going on them before the table is set.Â
I think your little babies will love these little babies.
Ours did.Â
Looking for a fun way to help the kiddos focus on their blessings while the turkey is cooking?
How about making a simple little Thankful Pie?
Paint the edges of a paper plate a light brown–to look like pie crust.
Next, use a bowl to trace a circle out of pumpkin colored scrapbook paper. Cut it out and glue it to the middle of the paper plate.
Attach a plain paper plate to the back of your “pie” with a brad fastened in the middle.
Cut out a wedge from the top “pie” plate–being careful not to cut too near the middle.
You can write whatever you’d like on your pie. We passed out stickers for everyone to write their “blessings” on.
Then, we stuck them on the wedge space, turned it a few inches and attached another. You’d be surprised at how many blessings your pie will hold.
As you can see…everyone had different ideas…of what to be thankful for.
For me…it’s all pretty obvious. Don’t you think?
“This Sabbath day has been designated as a day of thanksgiving, a day of gratitude—even a day of prayer. We pause, we ponder, we reflect on the blessings an all-wise Heavenly Father has bestowed upon us, His children, by bringing comfort to the hearts of so many in this wonderful world where we live and which we call home”
~Thomas S. Monson