Thanksgiving is an important christian holiday and one part of the festivities could be with some creativity and art with children. As I have written elsewhere, give your kids the severe, brave story of masculine men and feminine women who brought christ’s reign of heaven and earth to bear on one specific spot of land, beautifully creating an unambiguously christian state. Here are my thanksgiving book recommendations that can help.
Artists can choose between hand printing their boat or painting it with a brush. Also, you can pick between stormy weather or fair weather to depict your Mayflower, using dark or light blues. You can see ideas for both options in this picture.
MATERIALS
- paper: light or dark blue, and cream
- paint: blues, white, and brown or tan
- paint brushes
- scissors
- glue
INSTRUCTIONS
- Paint or hand print your boat in brown a little below the middle of your page.
- Add waves in shades of blue with some white, instructing children to paint in small circular motions. Add clouds.
- Allow to dry. Cut curved rectangles out of cream paper for the sails.
- Glue paper sails on to the masts.
Here you can see more ideas for art with children and more posts about autumn.
