Thanksgiving Keepsake Recipe Sheets for Your Cookbook

Mama's Thanksgiving Turkey Cookbook Entry

 Help keep your recipes organized or preserve memories for the next generation of little chefs with this set of Thanksgiving themed recipe sheets.

Special meals are part of the festivity of many of our favourite holidays - Christmas, Easter, Birthdays and of course, Thanksgiving.  Handing down special recipes is a tradition in almost every part of the world whether it be for Thanksgiving or any meal that we should give thanks to be receiving.  In many families, preparing the food is an opportunity for fun, fellowship and building family bonds. Today's resource is a set of Thanksgiving themed keepsake recipe pages that coincide with our recipe project.  They can also be used separately in any binder style recipe book that you may already have in the works. 

One of our most popular projects we have created for homeschoolers is the Create Your Own Family Recipe Book.  You can see the entire project here.  Today's resource is a special addition which matches the same format and style of the current project.  You will find tabs on the ends and special pages that allow for pictures to be affixed.  This really is such a wonderful projects for families to create together.  We like to set aside time to work on this ever so often.  It allows the children to recall memories, learn new skills and practice writing neatly.  As my children cook things, we simply take pictures of the finished products and add them in.



Jr. Version Recipe Page Set



Sets are available in Jr. Versions (four pages and spaces to add in tools needed etc.) and Sr. Versions (three pages of lined, themed recipe sheets).  These differences in the versions allows for both young cooks and seasoned chefs to make use of our resources.

We hope you have fun creating yummy memories together.

Click Here to download the Jr. Version of the Thanksgiving Recipe Sheets.
Click Here to download the Sr. Version of the Thanksgiving Recipe Sheets.


Blessings,

That Resource Team

Thankfulness Game is a Great Addition to Your Thanksgiving Evening or Virtue Study

Thanks Bingo Game

Game play can help foster fun as well as discussions about Thankfulness.

One of our family traditions for almost every birthday and holiday year round is playing family bingo.  Whoever comes for the holiday meal is invited to play with our cute colourful, non-reading versions.  Our guests usually range from the littlest non-reader to our almost eighty year old Poppa.  We keep a prize platter of goodies and each winner is invited to take a prize.  The prizes are all kinds of little goodies, treats, and neats that must appeal to all ages.  It is a good way to teach about winning and losing gracefully.  We truly believe that this tradition will be one of the memory markers for our children.  Not to mention, every so often you will see charity erupt as we did this past game time as one of our children went up and picked a prize and turned around and gave it to their Poppa who hadn't won all evening.  It lets you know that you are doing something right in your parenting and training. Amen!! :)



The Prize Platter

 This year we built a new set to directly coincide with Our Virtue Lesson on Thankfulness as well as the extra people who joined us for Thanksgiving supper, which we celebrated last month here in Canada.  Today we share our 20 page, full colour Thanks Bingo Game with you.

 



 This game is easy to play and accommodates up to 15 players.  Simply print out the playing cards and laminate if desired.  Print out the call-out cards and cut them apart on the black lines.  Printing them on cardstock or heavier bond paper is best.  Once cut, you may place them all face down in a stack and simply flip a new card each turn or you can choose to glue them onto a juice can lid for added fun and suspenseful play.  We usually just put all of our juice can lid pieces in a big plastic bowl or jar, whip them around a few times and put them out one at a time. 

If you chose to laminate your cards with a heat laminant, then you could use a crayon, wipe off overhead projector pen, dry erase pen, or washable felt marker to mark the cards.  If not you can use beans, buttons, macaroni, or plastic chips from the dollar store.

Discussion Sheet

Each of the graphics used in this game has been specially selected to  represent things we should be thankful for.  As an added bonus to this game, there are three discussion sheets with suggestions for how each individual graphic can tie into our modern and spiritual life.  As a teaching aid for your Virtue Lesson, this is a great way to begin a discussion about what and why we should be thankful for different things in our life and the world around us.  This could also be a game in itself using just the call-out cards and asking children to come up with as many different reasons that each graphic was chosen. 

We hope you have fun with this game and perhaps let it become one of your new family traditions for Thanksgiving.

Click Here to download this Thanks Bingo Game. 
Please be patient with this 20 page .PDF as this is a larger file with tons of graphics.

Blessings,

That Resource Team

Create a Fun Fall Holiday Setting With Our Free Printable Table Decorations

Create a fun fall table perfect for Thanksgiving or any fall family gathering.

Yesterday we shared a cute little printable place card resource that we will be using for our Thanksgiving celebration this coming Monday here in Canada.  Inspired by the smiles it brought to my kiddos, I began creating a full matching place setting for each family member for our Thanksgiving table.  I thought that I would share this fun printable set with you for your own Thanksgiving meal whether it falls in October, November, or when you are perhaps doing Our Virtue Study on Thankfulness.

These table decorations are fast to make, fun, and child friendly.  These resources allow children to help set the table with smiles and flare practicing good manners and demonstrating independence.  From place mats with prayers to napkin rings, our Monday meal is sure to be filled with smiles from guests of all ages. 

Our resource set, as pictured above, includes:

Goblet or Wine Glass Marker
All of our guests drink out of these style glasses, even if they are only filled with chilled water.  This resource piece is simple to make.  There are five to a sheet.  Simply print out, cut apart on the dotted lines, write your guest's name on the piece and attach to a stemmed glass as pictured at left.

Click Here to download our Goblet/Wine glass marker resource.

Drink Coaster
These fun coasters are perfect for pre-meal beverages.  I print out ours on cardstock and heat laminate with .5mil sheets.  This makes them very durable and usable year after year.  This resource comes two to a page.  Simply print out and cut apart on lines.

Click Here to download our fall drink coaster resource.

Napkin Ring
There is something about cloth napkins that help make a table seem fancy.  Actually we use cloth napkins in our home for all of our meals because it is more economical and eco-friendly; not to mention it feels nicer on our faces than does paper.  I sewed some napkins using fall fabric a year or so ago.  I simply roll the napkin up and wrap with this paper napkin ring.  Just tape the paper ends together at the back.  This allows it to fit on just about any size napkin.  And don't forget, you could use these with paper as well for a faster meal clean-up.

Click Here to download our fall napkin ring resource.

Place mat
These ledger sized printables are very cute and can be used over and over again during the autumn season if you cover them with contact paper or laminate them.  This two page .PDF file comes with a mat that has a traditional grace before meals printed on it as well as in a blank version without grace. 

Now this is a larger size 11x17" resource so I realize that not everyone has this size setting available on their printer.  Not to fear, I have a 2 page, banner type version also available both with grace and without.  To use the banner type style, simply print it out, overlap the pages to make the graphics match, tape at the back, and you have a neat little place mat.

Click Here to download the ledger size place mat.
Click Here to download the banner type 2 page place mat with grace.
Click Here to download the banner type 2 page place mat without grace.

I hope you find these useful for your fall festivities and family gatherings.  Hopefully I will be able to share and post a few more goodies for fall this week. 

Blessings,


Kalei - That Resource Team

A Cute Resource to Help Prepare for Thanksgiving and Other Festive Autumn Meals

Gear up for autumn and Thanksgiving with this fun printable

As we begin to gear up for the Thanksgiving holiday here in Canada (the second Monday in October), we thought that we would share a cute little printable resource to bring smiles and fun to your table setting.  Whether you have three or twelve for your special fall gathering, these little signs will welcome each guest and tell them where their special place is at the holiday table.

It has long been a tradition in our home to celebrate and prepare for Thanksgiving with a nicely set table filled with fun rather than fancy.  I guess that's not too surprising for us, is it?  We have updated our place setting cards this year as our old style was a bit tired and we thought that we would share it with you.  To use this resource simply print out on cardstock, cut apart on lines and fold in half.  Write your special guest's name in the space provided and set at desired place at the dinner table.  We have included two pages in this .PDF.  One page is for a "Happy Thanksgiving" meal and the other page is for a "Happy Fall" meal.  There are two place cards per sheet.



Click Here to download this fun fall resource.

Check back with us tomorrow for a few matching themed table decorations including printable wine glass markers, placemats, and more festive holiday helpers! :)

Blessings,

That Resource Team