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Printable Thanksgiving Crossword For Kids

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Post sponsored by Alpha-Bits as part of the Mom It Forward Blogger Network.
Family Traditions are so important and with Thanksgiving coming up it is nice to find ways to involve everyone, even those tiny hands. Sometimes they get bored waiting for dinner to be prepared or come in looking to sneak a snack for their patient little tummies. A Thanksgiving game that combines snacks, fun, and learning is just the ticket!
Download the Free Thanksgiving Crossword Puzzle Key Printable.
This Thanksgiving crossword will keep the kids at bay until you can get that bird that perfect golden. Just print it out and give them a cup full of Alpha-Bits cereal to see how many letters they can match up. It will keep them busy searching and they can eat the letters that aren’t on the page. The letter shaped cereal helps them learn their letters while they think they are just having fun! Plus, with 20g of whole grains and 12 essential vitamins and nutrients (per 30g serving) you can feel good that you aren’t filling them up with junk.

It also seems that the older kids like to have a game too, even though they might not like to admit it, so here’s a blank template to make it a little more challenging for the older kids.

You’ll find that some of the letters are easier to find in the Alpha-Bits than others so give the kids fair warning so they don’t get frustrated. You can give them a pen to fill in any missing letters they could not find in their cup.
Let them loose and watch their minds work their magic!
Other fun Alpha-Bits Thanksgiving games:
See how many Thanksgiving words you can spell with the letters in your cup of Alpha-Bits.
Play Thanksgiving Bingo using the cereal as space markers.
String Alpha-Bits to make edible necklaces.
Let the kids make up their own games. I am always amazed at the creative things they come up with!
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Thanksgiving Place Setting

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November is here and soon it will be time for Thanksgiving! A holiday all about family, food, and giving thanks? I’m there! It’s fun to have a beautiful table and even better to have one that does not break the bank. Here’s a pretty place setting using simple items like paper, ribbon and stickers to take your Thanksgiving table up a notch.

Supplies to create place setting:
  • Silverware
  • 12×12 patterned paper*
  • Plate & Bowl
  • Orange Fabric Napkin
  • Brown Satin Ribbon
  • Gold Leaf Stickers*
  • Glittered Goblets
  • Brown Cardstock
  • Rounded Leaf Circle Edge Punch*
  • Circle Edge Punch Starter Set*
  • Gold Acorns (Plastic ones from Target dollar spot painted with brass liquid guilding*)
  • Orange Cardstock
  • Gold Edged Labels*
  • Glitter Markers*

*Martha Stewart Crafts Products 

1. Place a 12×12 paper at each place. Top with plate and bowl and place silverware on the sides. Put brown ribbon around orange napkin and embellish with a gold leaf sticker. Place napkin on top of bowl.

2. Make the place card by cutting a rectangle out of brown cardstock. Fold it in half to make it stand up. Cut a strip of orange cardstock to make a stripe. Write names on gold labels with orange glitter marker. Place the label on the orange stripe. Surround with gold acorns made by painting plastic acorns with gold liquid guilding.

3. Make the paper coaster by punching brown cardstock with the rounded leaf circle edge punch on the 6 inch setting. Place the glittered glass on the coaster and surround with more gold acorns.

A little extra effort can go a long way for your Thanksgiving table! And the best part is that much of it can be thrown away after dinner. No washing stains out of placemats!

Disclosure: Martha Stewart Crafts provided product for this post.

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Printable Thanksgiving Place Cards

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Amy from The Happy Scraps here again.  I’m excited to share this simple Thanksgiving Place Card Printable with you today.

The Thanksgiving place cards come four to a sheet, and when cut they are 3 1/2 x 5.  You will need to trim all sides, and the middle horizontally and vertically. If you would like to download the printable file, watermark free, you can do so here.

Once you have the place cards cut, you can write the names on them.  I opted to score mine on the line to make folding easier. 

And that is it!  They are ready to use. 

So very simple and easy.

And everyone will be excited to find their names. 

If you are looking for my Thanksgiving decorating ideas, come on over to The Happy Scraps and see what I have to share!

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Thanks Amy these are great! I feel like we are always scrambling to decide who sits where keeping couples together and lefties together, etc. These will be great to create some order and add some charm!
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Mom of Boys: Comic Relief for Moms of the Male Variety {round 3}

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I started writing down things I hear myself or my boys say that I never thought I would hear because, well, they make me laugh. I hope you like them too cause Mom of Boys is now a series on the 3rd Sunday of each month. I know, this is the fourth Sunday. We are tardy this month. If you missed our first Mom of Boys posts be sure to go back!
Let’s explain how this will work and who things were said by…

A = my skinny, karate obsessed, nearly 6 year old 

L = my spunky, snack loving, nearly 3 year old

J = my geeky chic husband

M = me aka mom of boys


This is in no way meant to be a parenting lesson. Just a little peek into our crazy and at times comical lives. 


Mom of boys…things you never thought you’d hear in your home, then you birthed a boy.
A: I want someone to play chess with me. L: I want to play chest.
A: We both peed in the tub and we both tooted in the tub. (a minute later) M: Don’t spit water at each other. Do you really want that water in your mouth?
A: What if I came out of mommy’s tummy when I was a teenager? Ya, that would hurt. And then one of those dentist girls would pull me out of your stomach and be like, whoa.
A: Mom, if you want any of these cookies you better get up here. M: Whoa, maybe you better be done. A: What? You said we can have as many as we want. M: I know but… A: Well, I only want seven and this is my sixth.
M: Get your head out of the toilet.
A: Mom, we are all brothers and sisters because God is everyone’s Father, right? M: Yes, that’s right. A: So, you and Dad are not my Mom and Dad, you are really my brother and sister.
A: You know that brain floating in your head. Well it has radios in it with arms and they play songs that power your brain and your whole body.
M: You are one rad kid! A: Mom, what is rad?
A: Does this scare you because my muscles go in and out and in and out?
M: Rub my feet and I’ll give you a point. L: Rubs feet softly. M: A little harder L: If your feet fall off you won’t have no feet.
A: Mom, someone robbed me and put me in these handcuffs. But, at least they’re blue my favorite color.
M: Don’t eat that, it’s dirty. L: But it doesn’t have a hair on it.
M: Come over here Aiden and let me give you a scar. (Dressing up as Harry Potter)

I am also happy to include my favorites from the comments on last month’s Mom of Boys post:

One of the many funny things I remember them talking about while sharing some sour patch kids candy went a little something like this: 3 yr old: These are hot!!! 9 yr old: (said quietly under his breath) No they’re not…Girls are!!! -Stephany13

My 3 year old, car loving boy sitting on the toilet w/ knees apart and holding onto the toilet bowl rim between his knees “look mom, I’m driving a toilet car!” – Kat

Mine does not even walk or talk yet but somehow this week managed to put ALL the cordless phones on silent mode and it took me 4 hours to figure out how to fix them. The next day he somehow without me seeing, got to the computer and pressed a series of keys locking the keyboard that resulted in having to call our family computer tech friend to fix it.  – The Superior FinishHave your kids made you laugh lately? What comical things have you said or overheard your kids say? Share in the comments and we will choose our favorites to share in our Mom of Boys post on November 17th!
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