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Entertaining the Kids on Turkey Day

kids crafts for ThanksgivingScratchy clothes, a long meal and aunties who want to kiss you: Thanksgiving Day can be tough on kids.

Keep the peace with these age-appropriate activities to keep kids entertained and happy, from RDLiving.com:

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Pretty Printable: Free Thanksgiving Planner!

Thanksgiving Day is on the way ... will you be ready?

Find a pretty bit of planning help with this free printable Thanksgiving planner from Web site Whaddya Lookin' At?

With menu planner and shopping lists, recipe cards and seating chart, these printable pages would be a nice addition to the Christmas planner or household notebook.

Editing to add: Well, kids, it looks like these folks got too popular and ran out of bandwidth. At this writing (November 19, 2009), this printable is unavailable.

And that cover! Oh, so pretty! In .PDF format:

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Cheap Holiday Chic: Free Thankgiving Printables from Microsoft

Ready to set a pretty Thanksgiving table ... on the cheap? You'll need to have a fairly recent copy of Microsoft Word, but if you do, check out this bonanza of free Thanksgiving printables from Microsoft!

From greeting cards to party invitations, dinner menus to recipe cards, you'll find a bonanza of quick templates to spark your holiday celebration.

Thankgiving Printables for Microsoft Word


Recycle Halloween Candy: Make Harvest S'Mores In A Jar!

Making seasonal S'Mores In A Jar for any holiday is easy--if Peeps ® brand Marshmallow Candies are available for the celebration of your choice. Christmas, Easter, Halloween and Valentines Day are on the list, but so far, Thanksgiving Day is not.

Until JustBorn, manufacturer of Marshmallow Peeps, gets with the harvest holiday, we have a work-around for you! Better yet, it's a frugal way to repurpose extra Jack O'Lantern Peeps left over from Halloween.

These Harvest S'Mores In A Jar are created using the back side of Halloween Pumpkin Peeps. Pointing the Jack O'Lantern faces to the inside of the jar creates a pretty harvest jar gift. Better still, with Halloween Peeps on sale at clearance prices after October 31, it's a frugal and festive way to say "Happy Thanksgiving!"

Add our free printable gift tag, and it's a Thanksgiving treat to treasure:

S'Mores In A Jar Recipe

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Thanksgiving Holiday Planning Book: Print A Custom Holiday Planner!

American Thanksgiving is on the way, and it's time to get organized? Check out this free customizable Thanksgiving holiday planner from OceanSpray.com!

To print pages for a Thanksgiving holiday planning book, check off items from a list of planning pages, menus, recipes and tips. Click the "create book" button at the bottom of the page, and the site will generate a .PDF file containing all the information you requested.

Don't miss the Holiday Countdown! A November calendar, it sets out a four-week schedule to prepare for Thanksgiving Day. Nice!

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Thanksgiving Planner: Checklist for a Low-Stress Celebration

American Thanksgiving is a celebration of family and fruitfulness, but it's hard to cultivate a grateful spirit when you're trapped in a kitchen disaster.

Solution? Follow a Thankgiving countdown to create a step-by-step road map for a stress-free holiday meal.

Put the focus on the feast--not the fuss--with Thanksgiving tips and a day-by-day checklist from RDLiving.com:

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Free Printables for the Thanksgiving Kids' Table

printable Thanksgiving decorationsJazz up the Thankgiving holiday for the short stuff with these free Thanksgiving Kids Table printables from HP.com!

With puzzles, place mats, decorations and coloring pages, you'll set a festive kids' table--and keep the little ones occupied--for Thursday's big feast:

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Last-Minute Thanksgiving Tips

The big day is nearly here--but you're caught like a deer in the headlights? Try these quick recipes and easy tips for a last minute Thanksgiving from AllRecipes.com:

Last Minute Thanksgiving


Thanksgiving Checklist: Plan A Low-Fuss Feast

Thanksgiving is on the horizon: it's time to get organized! Plan the perfect low-fuss feast with this timely checklist from RD.com.

Between step-by-step instructions for preparing a holiday meal, and stress-saving tips to make the process easy, you'll have dinner on the table with ease.  Read more »


Checklist for an Organized Thanksgiving

If it's your turn to host Thanksgiving dinner (and the thought has you paralyzed), here's help.

This comprehensive checklist from FamilyFun.com will take you from today until Turkey Day, in organized style. Get organized for a great Thanksgiving feast:

Thanksgiving Countdown Checklist


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