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November 24, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving!

Roast Turkey

Mixed Greens With Apples and Cranberries

Pumpkin Pie With Caramel Pecan Topping

Have a scrumptiously Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at CRAFT!

November 21, 2011

How-To: Turn a TP Roll into a Thanksgiving Goody Bag

Instead of tossing your empty toilet paper rolls, dress them up with corn husks and raffia to make this cute Thanksgiving party favor bag. Cris from Crissy Crafts filled hers with candy corn. Once you've made the TP TG loot bag, head on over to Paper Glitter for free Thanks printables to make the tags.

How-To: Embroidery Hoop Turkey

This embroidery hoop turkey from Terri at A Creative Princess is a great idea for adding last-minute Thanksgiving decorations to your celebration. This little turkey is cute, quick, and he's made from supplies that you probably already have on hand. You can go ahead and think of him as a really good excuse to sneak off to your craft room while someone else makes pie crust!

November 20, 2011

How To: Framed Pinecones

This project from Craftaholics Anonymous brings nature indoors during this time of year, making your house festive without the overuse of the traditional greens and reds. These framed pinecones are an alteration of another framed pinecone project posted several years ago.

Give it a try. And you can keep it up year round, just change it with the seasons.

November 17, 2011

Recipe: Pumpkin-Chocolate Bûche De Gratitude

By Jennifer Evans Gardner
Photos by Kellen Gardner

I've always loved Bûche de Noël, the traditional French cake that is rolled and decorated to look like a Yule log at Christmas. I'm particularly impressed that someone had the idea to create meringue "mushrooms" to make it even more log-esque. I have found that though the bûche looks intimidating, it isn't difficult at all. In fact, I have even taught children as young as six to do it. The only downside to the bûche is that it's not a nondenominational cake. Since Noël refers to the birth of Christ, this cake remains firmly in the Christmas camp.

Which led me to the creation of the Thanksgiving Bûche, or Bûche de Gratitude as I like to call it. In my humble opinion, a cake in the shape of a log makes more sense on a holiday that celebrates that first feast between the pilgrims and the Native Americans. One would imagine they ate outdoors in close proximity (or possibly sitting upon) real logs, after all.

For this bûche, a moist pumpkin sponge cake, or genoise, is baked, rolled, filled with cream cheese frosting, frosted with decadent chocolate buttercream, and then studded with - what else - cocoa-dusted meringue mushrooms. The Bûche de Thanksgiving. Just one more thing to be thankful for.

For a PDF of this recipe, visit the build page on Make: Projects!

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November 8, 2011

How-To: Tall Ship Place Cards

Autie from iCandy Handmade fell in love with Thanksgiving-inspired ship decor, and tried her hand at making her own felt tall ship place cards. The full tutorial is on her site, and they're so cute that you just might decide to sit at the kids' table this year!

November 7, 2011

How-To: Corn Candle Holders

Next time you plan on having corn for dinner, buy an extra ear or two, and use the surplus to make these super fast and easy corn candle holders from Crissy's Crafts. Perfect for the Thanksgiving season!

October 16, 2011

How To: Make Pumpkin Coffee Cake

One of my favorite smells in the world is that sweet, spicy, pumpkiny smell that most of us associate with fall and the holidays just around the corner. This twist on the traditional coffee cake from Heather of Heather's Dish is the answer to your sweet craving on a lazy Sunday. It's time to make some cake and cuddle up on the couch with some cider, fresh pumpkin coffee cake and a good book.

October 6, 2011

How-To: Candy Corn Party Favors

This candy corn party favors tutorial from Craftberry Bush is definitely ready to do some crafty double duty. They're perfect right now for making Halloween treats a little more fun, but then you can use the idea again at Thanksgiving to get rid of all of that leftover candy corn! I love multipurpose crafting!

November 25, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving!

From all of us on the CRAFT team, we wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving!

If you are in need of any last minute food inspiration, take a look at our roundup of Thanksgiving recipes which includes gluten-free side dishes as well as great easy dessert ideas! Pictured above is our turkey-shaped cake by Cathy Callahan.

November 23, 2010

Easy Thanksgiving Crafts for Kids

Cassie at The Craft Crow has a large resource of some great Thanksgiving projects. I especially love her roundup of easy Thanksgiving crafts for kids that features this paper bag turkey hat from My Kids Make...

How-To: Make a Potluck Dish Cozy from an Old Sweater

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By Diane Gilleland

I got this idea from my mom - when she brings a hot dish to a potluck, she usually wraps it in old towels so it stays warm in transit. So I decided to refashion a felted wool sweater into a kind of padded envelope to carry potluck dishes in. The food will stay warm, and when you get there, you'll have a built-in trivet to set it on!

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