Thanksgiving Activity and Song–Thankful Turkeys

I started this Thankful Turkey tradition before Thanksgiving last year and really liked it.  I found a turkey picture online and cut off the tail.  Then I hung it on a cupboard in the dining room and cut a bunch of “feathers” out of construction paper.  Every day before dinner, everyone would share something that they are thankful for and write it on a feather, then we added it to his tail.  By Thanksgiving, the turkey’s tail covered the cupboards and we had all spent some time every day focusing on our blessings instead of our struggles.  This year, the first three days of “thankfullness,” Curly said that she was thankful for the letter M, soft pillows, and chapstick.