Download the Thanksgiving Family Book Club activity guide from our website OR pick up kit/guide to enjoy gobblin' good books and activities with your family at home. Registration required for kit.
**NOTE: Kits contain supplies for 1 of each craft. If you have multiple children in your family, please register each child separately.**
The Thanksgiving holiday is more fun when you share books and activities with your family! (Note: This is NOT a Zoom meeting event.) We've prepared a Book Party Plan (click link) suggesting some fun family gathering books to share along with related activities and crafts that you can do together when the big dinner is all over.
This program has supplies to be picked up at the KidSpace Youth Reference Desk at the Main Library (270 N. Grove Ave, Elgin). Program supplies will be ready for pick up between Monday, November 8th through Friday, November 19th. The kit will include some of the materials for the suggested craft projects. You will need to secure the ingredients for the snack ideas as well as some basic crafting items listed below. Best for families with children in K-5th grade.
If you would like to pick up the supplies at the Main Library Drive Up Window instead of inside the library at the youth desk, please call the youth desk at 847-429-4685 before arriving at the library.
Program Supplies in the bag:
1 Book Club Plan packet
1 Gratitude Game 1/2 sheet
1 Family Mad Libs Packet
1 Thankful Dodecahedron template (white cardstock)
1 paper plate
2 white pom poms
1 length of yarn
1 half circle brown construction paper
2 large googly eyes
1 square orange construction paper
1 square red construction paper
4 feathers
Program Supplies to gather at home for CRAFTS:
Scissors
Markers/colored pencils/crayons (your choice)
Glue stick
Elmer's Liquid Glue (recommended for turkey craft)
Stapler
Tape
Supplies to gather at home for GAMES:
Skittles candy (either snack size bag for each player or large family size bag to share)
Sweet potatoes/yams- uncooked
Clothespins
Ingredients to gather at home for SNACKS: (if you want to make all the snacks listed in the book club plan)
1 bag caramels
Braided pretzel sticks
Chocolate candy melts, chocolate chips, or something equivalent for melting
Mini donuts
Fruit Loops, Cheerios or other "loop" cereal
Toothpicks
Candy eyes
Peanut butter, or any type of non-nut butter or hummus
Nuts like cashews or almonds
Craisins or raisins
Pretzel twists and/or Veggie straws
Variety of fruits
Waffle cones