Something for the kids to do at Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our American readers!
Yes, even though this blog is relatively new, and Fabiola & Sing Sing is mostly selling to customers based in the UK, we do have some readers from the other side of the pond.
So, if you’re visiting us from New Orleans or New York, Oklahoma or Oregon, California or Connecticut, howdy – and I hope you’re having a great Thanksgiving with your friends and family.
I spent part of my childhood in Long Island, New York, and fondly remember the fun our family had at this time of year, and that feeling of excitement at the preparation of the feast and the games that would follow.
So, if you’re reading this and at a loose end as to what to do with your kids this weekend, especially if the weather outside is cold and miserable, here’s an idea that was inspired by the graphic I’ve used to illustrate this blog post.
Make a Lego turkey!
Yes, get your children’s imaginations bubbling by giving them the challenge of creating animals or dinosaurs or even monsters out of Lego. It will make a change from the cars, buildings and space rockets they normally make out of the toy bricks.
And don’t worry if you don’t have Lego. You could get the little rascals to make their animals or space aliens out of cardboard, cutting them carefully out of an old cereal packet and colouring them in with felt tip pens.
I’ve often wished that Thanksgiving was also celebrated here in the UK. Maybe we should petition Gordon Brown to give us a Thanksgiving holiday in that long dark stretch between Bonfire night and Christmas Day? It would certainly make November a lot more fun.
PS. If you weren’t impressed with your Thanksgiving table centerpiece this year, how about doing something like this:
Kicking yourself for not doing it now, aren’t you? Well, don’t worry – there are still a few weeks until Christmas day, so get your lego out and start building for the big day.
Have you got your own ideas on something for the kids to do at Thanksgiving or during other holidays over the course of the year? Leave us a comment and tell us about it! And in the meantime, happy entertaining!
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This is a fab idea I wish I read this before thanksgiving. Which by the way I once again ate my way thru. And am now regretting and wishing pj’s were appropriate attire for during the week madness.
- 9:28 pm, November 30, 2008.Miss you heaps
lots of love Sarah