Thanksgiving Fun Inspirations

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays to celebrate.  Not only do you have a delicious meal and time to enjoy with your family, but it is the "kick off" to the holiday season.  We always put our Christmas tree up that weekend and pull out the Christmas decorations.  What a fun time of year we are entering into!

Here are some of the amazing ideas I have found that have inspired me for this Thanksgiving.  And... to kick it off, I'm also sharing with you three of my favorite recipes that I use each and every Thanksgiving.  Enjoy!!

    

Easy Herb Roasted Turkey               Slow Cooker Stuffing               Apple Pie by Grandma Ople

Now for some Thanksgiving Fun!!

Personalized Decorations for the Thanksgiving Table

at Country Living

Thanksgiving Day Scavenger Hunt

at Family Fun

Book of Thanks

at Eighteen25

Making Thanksgiving Special - Kid Friendly Thanksgiving Ideas

at How Does She?

Tommy the Turkey Lunch

at Meet the Dubiens

Make a Thankful Garland

at Tatertots & Jello

Thankful Wall

at This & That Creative

 

Thanksgiving Crafty Roundup

at Sweet Designs

DIY Thanksgiving Treat Holders

at Sheek Shindigs

Pumpkin Pecan Dessert in a Jar

at Glorious Treats

Thanksgiving Food Tradition - Gratitude Rolls

at Balancing Beauty & Bedlam

Thanksgiving Lapbook

at 1+1+1=1

Adorable Thanksgiving Table - Thanksgiving Crafts

at Parents.com

Honeyed Pears in Puff Pastry

at Sprinkle Bakes

M&M Turkey Favors

at Pink Ink Doodle

Free Thanksgiving Kids' Table Printables

at Shindig Parties To Go

Chalkboard Table Runner

shared at Celebrations at Home

Glittered Pumpkin Place Card Holder

at Infarrantly Creative

Gumdrop Turkey

at design.wash.rinse.repeat...

Making Decorative Pie Crusts

at Martha Stewart

Indian Corn Favors (with free printable)

at The Fickle Pickle

Thankful Paper Leaf Garland

at Simply Modern Mom

 

8 Free Thanksgiving Printables

at Living Locurto


Thanksgiving Story Bracelet
at First Grader... at last!


Thanksgiving Cookie Pop
at My Creative Life

Turkey Face Shirt
at She She Made


Birds of a Feather Footprint Craft
at Family Fun

  
Thanksgiving Blessing Mix
at Happiness Is...


Kids Table Pumpkin Pie
at Schwan's


Printable Thanksgiving TV Bingo
at Family Fun


Handprint Turkey Friend
at Pebbles in my Pocket


Pumpkin Spice Latte
at Love Veggies and Yoga


Gobbling Turkey Apples
at Make and Takes


Thankful Leaf Place Settings
at Make and Takes


Pilgrim Hat Cookies
at Women's Day


The Kids Table - Thanksgiving Place Cards
at One Charming Party


Who would have thought Thanksgiving could be THIS much fun!!!
So many awesome ideas.  I am thankful for all of you who share these fabulous ideas!!



Happy Thanksgiving!

A Gift Of Love: A Mother's Poem and Art Gift

Abstract Metal Art Gift: Mother's Pot of Love
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A Pot of Love and A Mother's Pride
A Narrative Poem About Mothers Love
By Injete Chesoni

In our kitchen above the stove
Sits a pot my mother calls love
It’s a strange little pot you see
Decorated with eyes that always watch me
Much like my mother’s eyes follow me

One day I decided to ask my mother the story
that lay behind her little pot of mystery
She sat at the kitchen table
And took me up on her knee
Then began to tell me the pot’s history

When I was a young woman
A little older than you
My mother came home
With a package wrapped in blue
She called me into the kitchen
And gazed down at me
Then handed me the package
much to my glee
I tore off the blue wrapper
expecting to find
Baubles or jewels of some kind
Instead what I found
Was a pot drawn with eyes all around

My mother sensing my dismay
As I put the odd little pot away
Smiled her gentle smile
And said in her loving way
I know you don’t understand this gift my child
But you will one day
And on that strange note she rose
and strode over to the stove
To begin cooking our supper

I stomped out of the kitchen with my odd little pot
And tossed it in the corner wishing it would rot
Many years later after my mother died
Is when I finally realized
That the pot was her way of letting me know
She would always be watching over me
with a loving glow
Stored in the eyes of the pot
that she gave me so long ago.

I looked up at my mother as
tears rolled down her face.
That’s the end of the story she said.
I reached for the pot
And caught her teardrops
As they slowly slid off her face
And for the first time that night
I saw the pot with different eyes
It was a pot of love and a mother’s pride.

A Poem of Thanksgiving for a Mother's Love from Mothers Poems, Narrative Poems and Story Poems by Injete Chesoni.