When we think of Thanksgiving, we think about spending time with our family and giving thanks for what we have in our life. Adults understand the meaning and spend all day cooking up a storm in the kitchen. However, do we think about the kids? They may understand that it's a special holiday, however, do they really understand the true meaning behind Thanksgiving? Wedding and Party Network has some tips to get your kids involved this holiday season.
Ask – First off, ask them what Thanksgiving means to them. Once they tell you, explain to them the history and what it means to you. Take words like giving and thankful and explain the meaning behind the words.
Get It The Spirit – Get your kid's friends or the kids in the neighborhood together and recreate the Pilgrim and Indian Thanksgiving story. This will help them better understand the holiday and know the history.
Get Out –During this time, get outdoors with your children. Celebrate the harvest of nature. There are pumpkin patches, apple orchids and different festivals where you can get out. Teach your kids about how the Pilgrims and Indians harvested their food. Celebrate nature by getting outdoors and learning about the sweet harvest that it produces.
Let The Kids Cook – We all have a harvest of our own during this time. When you're in the kitchen or even the night before, let them get in there with you and teach them some of your recipes or let them create one of their own.
Set The Table – With a lot of families, there is always a kid's table since there may not be enough room at the main table. So, let them decorate their own table and create their own centerpiece. This is fun for them and all the kids will enjoy it. They can even create a unique centerpiece, like a tree, and let all the kids hang what they are thankful for on the tree.
Give Thanks – Of course, giving thanks for what they have is most important. Showing appreciation for what they have in their life is truly important.
Make this holiday more kid friendly with these fun tips that they'll enjoy. Thanksgiving is about showing appreciation and spending time with the ones you love and you'll do just that when you share these activities with your children.
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With the seeming headlong rush to go directly to Christmas and skip Halloween and Thanksgiving, it was refreshing find your about having a kid-friendly Thanksgiving. After all, one of the great things about Thanksgiving is all the memories celebrating this holiday as a child. Thank you for helping create good memories with these very creative ideas of yours.
Here is a story I found which is what I think Thanksgiving is REALLY all about. It's about selflessness. It's about thinking about others.
Two teenagers organizing a neighborhood food drive to give thanks by giving to others. “Bridgett Jenkins recognized a memory in the making when her 13-year-old daughter, Stacy, and her pal Jaymie Grauman, 14, organized a neighborhood food drive late last week [November 1996]. ‘They were just sitting there, and they said 'Wouldn't it be nice to just help someone?' We've been there before,’ Jenkins said. "We know what it's like to be down and out.’ The girls used Jaymie's computer to design their fliers, then they hand-delivered them to the 150 homes in their neighborhood, Tibbitts Landing. That Sunday the girls got a little red wagon and started collecting. With the help of Jaymie's father and a few friends, they ended the day with 10 bags of groceries for the food bank at Elk Plain School. ‘They were really excited,’ Jenkins said of the Bethel Junior High School students. ‘They thought nobody would really put anything out.’ Now they know how one generous act leads to another.”
— Bridgett Jenkins
Stacy Jenkins
and Jaymie Grauman
Tibbitts Landing, Tacoma, Washington
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