Rantin' & Ravin': Thanksgiving

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HOT SPICE PUNCH!!!

Every Christmas my husband has to have one drink!

It's a tradition with his family.

They love to serve this!

It's so yummy and was a perfect side to my Cream Cheese Pound Cake last night.

Here is the recipe:

22 Cups of Water

12- 20 Whole Cloves

3 Sticks of Cinnamon

Simmer in a tall pot till water turns a golden brown.

{This took us about 30 minutes when on med-low heat}

Once golden brown add:

1 tall can pineapple juice {I think it was between 40 - 46 oz}

12 oz can frozen orange juice

12 oz can frozen lemonade

3 Cups of Sugar

Serve hot

THANKFUL COLLECTION!!!

Here is a collection of my favorite Thanksgiving posts to date!

Fall Printables

22 Days of Thanksgiving

Thankful

Making Thanksgiving Day Fun for Kids

The Perfect Turkey

The Best Sides For Your Thanksgiving Dinner

Apple Pie Snickerdoodle Cookie Bars

Thankful Tree

Thanksgiving Kids Crafts

28 Days of Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Banner

THANKS BANNER!!!

You may or may not have noticed a pattern in my Thanksgiving holiday decor.

My colors for Thanksgiving are blue, brown and yellow.

It's not any different with my Thanks Banner.

I love my banner!

I love these colors!

Here is how to make your banner:

Supplies:

Jute Twine

Tiny Clothes Pins

Glue Stick

Scrapbook Paper -

{1 sheet - Yellow. 2 sheets - brown, 3 sheets - blue}

It’s made completely out of scrapbook paper which makes it easy and affordable. I started by cutting the paper in triangles measuring 5″x 7″.

I used this template.

When you print it, make sure to print it at half size for the big ones.

I had a friend cut me the letters from their Silhouette. If you do not have a Silhoutte, do not fear! You can use the alphabet craft stickers from any craft store.

Then glue them all together and hang!

It's pretty simple.

THANKFUL TREE!!!

Last year was our first year doing a thankful tree.

Not too bad.

But this year we opted for something different.

Remember my tree from Halloween?

Well, we kept it up and took off all of the decorations. I changed the bow and I cut out small circles and hole punched tiny holes in them. We will be hanging them on the tree like so.

Each day one person writes what they are thankful for.

We each have our own color and we rotate turns.

It's been fun and helps us to be thankful for the many blessings we have!

THANKSGIVING KID CRAFTS!!!

Thanksgiving is one of those holidays that you don't really appreciate until you have grown up.

You know spending time with family, laughing and reminiscing without the stress of holiday shopping.

As a kid, you look forward to those times of the year when you get gifts or candy... Halloween, Christmas or Easter when you get both!

But sometimes making crafts can get kids into this meaningful holiday!

Here are some fun crafts that can help bring in the grateful spirit! And some that are just fun to make!

Grateful Banner

Accordion Turkey

Give Thanks Cornucopia

Wood Scrap Turkey

Thanksgiving Clothespins

Giving Thanks Plate for Grandma and Grandpa

Finger Puppets

Headband

Turkey Prints

Gobble, Gobble

Need some more ideas for the kids, check out this post, here.

What do you do with your kids?

I prefer a warm wind and neutrals to the cool wind and pastels of spring.

I think one of the best ways to decorate for any season or holiday is a wreath.

Preferably, on the front door!

Do you remember when I did this wreath?

You can find the tutorial, here.

Well, here are a few of my favorite fall wreaths!

Hello Sunshine Home Decor

Aimee Writes

Hello Sunshine Home Decor

Front Porch Decor

Hello Sunshine Home Decor

Wreaths By Emma Ruth

Kut It Out Crafts

Itz Fitz

A Pretty Life

Christina's Adventures

Which is your favorite?

28 DAYS OF THANKSGIVING!!!

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday!

It's my holiday!

Christmas Eve is done with my family, Christmas Eve is done with my husband's family. We rotate Easter between both sides. So, I get a little giddy when Thanksgiving comes around!

Here are some of my favorite crafts, treats and activities for you and your family to do this Thanksgiving season.

Activities:

Thankful Tree

Last year we started a Thankful tree tradition. It's only a tradition because we are going to do it again this year. Check back next week to see our new Thankful tree. With this one I took a couple of sheets of brown scrapbook paper and cut out the base and branches of the tree. Then I hand cut all of those leaves. Luckily last year was only 22 days! But we assigned each person a color and each day we rotated writing down something that we were grateful for. We listed things like each other, family, friends, the military, to live in a free country, toys, cats, a job, cars... You get the idea.

Thanksgiving Countdown

I used this pattern and my oldest and I created a chain link countdown. This is so fun!

Many Thanks Wreath Countdown

Food Drive

You can organize a food drive. If you don't have time to do that, never fear. I usually give my boys some money and we head over to the grocery store and each of us pick out as much non perishables we can get and deliver them to our local food bank or shelter. It's a great way to teach the young ones about giving.

Send a Thank You card to our soldiers

Make sure to do this one right at the beginning of the month, they send them out after the first week of the month. Send them here:

Holiday Mail For Heroes
P.O. Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456

Do not include a picture or name, nothing personal. Just a simple card thanking them for their service!