Thanksgiving Napkin Rings

These napkin rings are a perfect addition to the Thanksgiving table.

Thanksgiving Napkin Rings Craft
Thanksgiving Napkin Rings Craft


What You'll Need:
  • Paper towel tubes
  • Ruler
  • Scissors
  • Construction paper
  • Craft glue
  • Craft supplies (markers, paint, paintbrush, ribbon, beads, feathers, etc.)
Measure and cut the tubes so each ring measures 2 inches in length. (Make enough so everyone coming to dinner has a napkin ring.) Cut the same number of 2-inch-wide colored paper strips. Glue the paper strips to the tubes.

Now decide how you want to decorate your napkin rings. You could make each different, or you could make them all the same.

Draw a turkey, autumn leaves, pumpkins, or something else you're thankful for on construction paper, and cut it out. Glue it to the ring.

Use markers, paint, ribbon, beads, and feathers to decorate the rings. Here is your chance to be really creative and fanciful.

How about drawing pictures of each family member for their own personalized napkin ring? Your artwork will be the talk of the table!

A Regular Holiday
Today, Thanksgiving is celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday of November. But did you know that the holiday was not celebrated every year after the first Thanksgiving, in 1621? Two hundred years after that first Thanksgiving, in 1863, Abraham Lincoln made it a national holiday.


Each year pine trees shed their cones. Did you know this is a great time for crafts? Keep reading to learn about a pine cone craft.

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