Thanksgiving with Kids
Yummy treats for Thanksgiving that kids will want to gobble-gobble!
Thank goodness for little boys and girls! Harvest the good times with the kids this
Thanksgiving and even encourage them to play with their food with these fun ideas:
Jive Turkeys:
Turkey for dessert? Yes! Thankfully, a Thanksgiving with kids calls for fun and we have
some Thanksgiving treats for kids many of which are both entertaining to look at and
will keep them busy for the long meal. Gobble up the fun with these turkey ideas:
Pilgrims of Plenty:
Tee Pee treats
Mayflower fun
Harvest fun
Here are more cute Thanksgiving ideas for your little pumpkins:
More fun ideas for Thanksgiving:
Yummy treats for Thanksgiving that kids will want to gobble-gobble!
Thank goodness for little boys and girls! Harvest the good times with the kids this
Thanksgiving and even encourage them to play with their food with these fun ideas:
Jive Turkeys:
Turkey for dessert? Yes! Thankfully, a Thanksgiving with kids calls for fun and we have
some Thanksgiving treats for kids many of which are both entertaining to look at and
will keep them busy for the long meal. Gobble up the fun with these turkey ideas:
- Turkey hand-print cookies. Wash your hands!Take your favorite recipe (try our big
batch sugar cookie recipe), then use your hands to cut a turkey. Design with icing
the way you would design a hand drawn turkey and us one candy corn for the
beak. The transformation from picture to cookie plate is what will impress guests
with your cleverness. As a project to entertain kids, bake cookies using your
children's hand prints ahead of time, then allow the kids to decorate their own
creations to take home.
- Fowl Play. Make a mini feast as a project for Thanksgiving with Wilton's cute as
can be fondant turkey. Top them on cupcakes or allow the kids to set out a
Thanksgiving feast for their Barbie dolls. Fondant is a fun and edible activity for
kids. They can use it like Play Doh. See also Wilton's mini fondant yams and
fondant corn for the complete look. Then create your own, such as a pumpkin, a
cornucopia, and bread.
- Turkey popcorn balls: Don't worry, these look like turkeys. They aren't flavored
like turkeys! They are a yummy combination of peanut butter cups, butterscotch
chips and a dash of cinnamon.
- Turkey apple. This sweet treat doesn't taste like turkeys. It's just an apple with
colored marshmallows on toothpicks. Easy and fun for kids to assemble, or you
can create them in advance for a centerpiece at the kids table.
- Berry good turkeys! The kids will want to gobble gobble up these cute as can be
chocolate covered cherry turkeys cookies. Berry cute indeed!
- Assemble a candy turkey. Nutter Butter cookie body, fruit roll up feathers,
gumdrop waddle, pretzel stick legs, raisin eyes. Stick together with icing gel.
- They'll gobble up Turkey Kebabs (made with fruit, not turkey).
Pilgrims of Plenty:
- Our hats off to this recipe. Buckle down for these tasty Pilgrim hat cookies.
- Pilgrim hat Marshmallows. Here's an easy and impressive looking treat. Dab a bit
of icing gel to your favorite round cookie and affix a marshmallow. Next, dip it in
melted chocolate and affix a yellow jellybean for the buckle.
- Stick it to them. Stick candy transforms into a sweet centerpiece display for the
children's table. Martha Stewart's Pilgrim finger puppets are made of felt.
Tee Pee treats
- Your little Indian braves and squaws will love to feast on these Tee Pee Treats
made from an upturned ice cream cone. These Tee Pee Cupcakes are another
version that are much easier , so constructing your village will take less time.
- Stick a feather on the napkin with Martha Stewart's Headdress napkin idea.
Mayflower fun
- Set sail for fun with Mayflower boats from Martha Stewart, which includes a
template. Martha suggests serving nuts for kids, but you should never serve nuts
to kids under five years old as they not only provide a choking hazard, but you
must be cautious of possible nut allergies. Stick with M&Ms or your favorite snack
mix recipe.
Harvest fun
Here are more cute Thanksgiving ideas for your little pumpkins:
- Kid's Cornucopia treat: Have kids scoop up their own cornucopia. Provide a sugar
ice cream cone and have kids fill it with colorful "0" and Chex cereals, fruit roll-ups,
yogurt raisins, m&ms and malt balls.
- Get corny: They'll be all ears when you tell them they can eat the Indian Corn Cobs
(an idea from Family Fun), right. These corny cookies are also made from fruit
rollups for the husks, and M&Ms for the corn.
More fun ideas for Thanksgiving:
- Have the kids perform the Chicken Dance. The chicken is pretty happy that it's not
being eaten and the kids will be happy to perform. All you need is to download
the music to your MP3 on Amazon, or buy Elmo Chicken Dance, below.
Kids party ideas:
Guide to kids theme parties.
Guide to kids theme parties.
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