Thanksgiving Kids Table

Happy November! How was everyone’s Halloween? We had SO much fun trick or treating with little man…though it was extremely cold! Now that Halloween is over & November is here, I feel like the holiday season has officially begun! I can listen to my Christmas music, and start on Christmas decorations without fear of ridicule {though I’ve been listening for about a month now}.

If you’ve been reading for a while, you know that my husband works in a large church. We always plan that we’ll be spending holidays in town since he works on or around most of the major dates of the season. {He always calls this his “busy time” at work – which is completely true}. So, this year some of my family is coming up between Thanksgiving & Christmas to celebrate what we’re calling “Christgiving”…it’ll be a thing – you’ll see! Basically the plan is to have a huge Thanksgiving feast with Christmas decorations & presents!

We’ll have four under-fives at Christgiving, so I wanted to make it a fun time for them also. I’ve whipped up this adorable kids table set-up & I hope it inspires you to get creative for the kids you’ll be celebrating with!

Almost everything on this table is from the dollar section at Target – umm…is it weird to admit that’s my favorite place to shop?

Here are the things I picked up:

• Cups, plates, and snack cups: sets of 10 for $1 each
• Metal buckets: $1 each
• Festive kids fork & spoon sets: $1 per set
• Glittery Fall-colored leaves: $1 for 9
• Festive toothpicks: $1 for 10

*TIP: I visited my Target November 1st & all of these items were 50% off!!! That makes the cups, plates, snack cups, buckets, utensil sets, leaves, and toothpicks only $.50 each!

I used the buckets to hold crayons & markers for each individual place setting, so {hopefully} no fighting will occur. I taped a glittery leaf to the crayon buckets with the children’s names so they know which seat is theirs. The buckets are so adorable on their own, if you don’t want to assign seats, just use the leaves as decorations.

*don’t mind my obsession with taking panoramic photos on my phone…*

The $1 Spot also had some cute kids coloring sheet place-mats. They were adorable, but were definitely made for older children. So, I thought it would be fun to make my own & share the printables with you!

This is the one I made for older children. They can draw in the faces of the Pilgrims & Indians, plus practice writing skills!

I simply printed these on regular printer paper on the landscape setting. If you would like to re-use these for a few years, laminate them & have the kids use dry-erase markers!

The left-over glittery leaves were used as a simple centerpiece. I wanted to keep the clutter down, and keep any breakables away from the table. That way the kids don’t have to worry about being “proper,” they can just play & be kids.

I am obsessed with these adorable snack cups! You could use them for anything: candy corn, trail mix, ice cream, etc. But, how cute are these little Fall snack cakes with the themed toothpicks in them?! Plus, I like that the children can have a small snack before dinner is prepared.

It’s the little touches, like having a table just for the kids, that always makes a memorable get-together. I can’t WAIT for everyone to arrive! It’ll be the first time our kids are getting together for a holiday!!!

Do you have big plans with the family for Thanksgiving or Christmas?