With Thanksgiving fastly approaching, how about working with your kids to do an awesome centerpiece? Here is one I found on familyfun.com that is sure to be a hit with everyone old and young :)
Pilgrim Hat Centerpiece
Filled with potted mums or other fall flowers, this fun centerpiece will top off your Thanksgiving table in fitting fashion.
Materials:
Black felt, square yard
Terra-cotta pot
Permanent red marker
Black poster board
Carpet tape
Yellow poster board
Instructions:
Tape a square yard of black felt to your work surface and set a terra-cotta pot (ours is 7 inches tall and 7 1/2 inches across) on its side at one edge of the felt, as shown. Roll the pot, tracing along the top and bottom edges with a permanent red marker as you go, then cut out the felt arc.
Next, cut two 15-inch circles, one from black poster board, the other from the remaining black felt. Set the pot upside down in the center of the poster board circle, trace around its rim, then cut out the inner circle to create a large ring. Now trace the rim of the pot in the center of the felt circle and cut an asterisk in the center.
Tape the felt circle atop the poster board ring. Set the bottom of the pot on the asterisk and slide the brim up to the rim of the pot. Attach strips of carpet, tape to the outside of the pot, then tape one end of the felt arc to the side and wrap the arc around the pot, sticking it to the tape.
Trim away any excess felt. For the finishing touch, tape on a buckle cut from yellow poster board.
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