Simple Tips for Stamping Thanksgiving Memories

Rubber stamping crafts present a fun and memorable way to celebrate Thanksgiving, and preserve those feelings of gratitude in years to come. Rubber stamping is a hobby that is also easy for kids to do. Some fun Thanksgiving ideas you can make with your rubber stamps are suggested here.

• Thanksgiving Place Cards – Use a simple Thanksgiving craft stamp to create cute place cards for your Thanksgiving table. Be sure to save a few of the place cards after the meal to use in your scrapbook memories.
• Create a Thankful Basket – Decorate a simple basket and attach a thanksgiving poem. Use your clear rubber stamps to carry the same elements that you have in your table setting. Attach one of the following quotes to your basket. Place pencils and slips of paper (you may choose to stamp on these as well) into your basket.

• Thanksgiving Photo’s – Take lots of pictures on Thanksgiving day. Consider taking photos of meal preparations, carving the turkey, eating the meal, visiting with family and guests, after meal naps, games that were played and so on.
• Thanksgiving Place Mats - Rubber stamping elements can be carried from the place cards to place mats as well. Kids might have a lot of fun helping to make each one a little bit different.
• Fall Harvest Party Invitations – Thanksgiving rubber stamps work well for a Fall Harvest Party that might be held on a date other than Thanksgiving.
• Build a tree of Thankfulness – Either sketch a tree with branches or bring in a branch from outside. Stamp a number of leaves in different fall colors and have everyone record a blessing or something they are grateful for on their leaf. Attach the leaves to the branch with glue or string. If you have used a real branch, you may use it for a centerpiece. After Thanksgiving, keep the leaves and use them in your scrapbook pages to preserve the memories and the gratitude celebrated that day.

Thanksgiving time represents a memorable time of the year for family and friends to gather and celebrate their gratitude for their blessings. Rubber stamping crafts keep those memories alive on scrapbook pages and thank you cards. Be sure to preserve those special Thanksgiving memories this year as you stamp them upon your heart forever to be remembered.