We read a few Thanksgiving books and then created small Mayflower boats out of cardboard, the sails listed what children were thankful for.
Materials:
brown cardboard strips (from box), stapler, brown construction paper, black and brown markers, Dixie cups, Popsicle sticks, Elmer's glue, white paper, pencils, scissors
Steps:
1. Build a cardboard frame out of a strip of cardboard, you could also use milk cartons
2. Cover the frame in glue
3. Wrap the frame in construction paper (making sure there was a bottom for the Dixie cup)
4. Draw "wooden" boards and windows on our ships
5. Turn the Dixie cup upside down and cut a slit in the top
6. Insert the Popsicle stick mast7. Write our thankful items on the white paper and cut it out
8. Attach it to the mast
Extension(s): the children can also create Pilgrims to ride the ship, write about the activity from a historical event perspective, as a "how to" paper, or a fiction story from a Pilgrim's perspective
