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Thanksgiving Printable

November 17, 2015 by Ellen Russell

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I have a fun free 3D printable Thanksgiving craft for you today.

I originally created the shape in Inkscape for my boys because they wanted an “orb” like from Guardians of the Galaxy to play with.

But as I was trying to come up with a fun Thanksgiving craft to do with them, I thought of this shape. I figured it would make a neat thing to write what we were thankful for on and to use as decorations.

Printable 3D Thanksgiving kids craft - share all the things you're thankful for with this free printable activity. "We are thankful for..." tetradecahedron www.createinthechaos.com
You can print off the craft here.

You’ll noticed that the printable looks slightly differently than the one pictured. After we made our craft, I decided it needed a couple tweaks to work better. I made the tabs slightly larger to make it easier to glue together. I also made all the lines grey so they wouldn’t be so noticeable once the craft went together.

I printed mine on regular printer paper, but when we make more in the future I think I will use cardstock (this is my favorite brand of cardstock from Amazon) so it will hold up better.  Also, if you are planning to use them for decorations, I think these would look amazing printed on colored cardstock.
Printable 3D Thanksgiving kids craft - share all the things you're thankful for with this free printable activity. "We are thankful for..." tetradecahedron www.createinthechaos.com
We wrote and drew things we were thankful for.
Printable 3D Thanksgiving kids craft - share all the things you're thankful for with this free printable activity. "We are thankful for..." tetradecahedron www.createinthechaos.com
Some things my boys said they were thankful for were rather normal, like our house, and other things were a little strange, like dragons. And obviously they said we had to put food on it. Because we eat enough to easily keep up with a Hobbit.
Printable 3D Thanksgiving kids craft - share all the things you're thankful for with this free printable activity. "We are thankful for..." tetradecahedron www.createinthechaos.com
Printable 3D Thanksgiving kids craft - share all the things you're thankful for with this free printable activity. "We are thankful for..." tetradecahedron www.createinthechaos.com
Once you’ve decorated it, it’s time to cut it out. Cut on the solid black lines around the shape.
Printable 3D Thanksgiving kids craft - share all the things you're thankful for with this free printable activity. "We are thankful for..." tetradecahedron www.createinthechaos.com
Next, fold on all the dotted lines, making sure to fold each tab as well.
Printable 3D Thanksgiving kids craft - share all the things you're thankful for with this free printable activity. "We are thankful for..." tetradecahedron www.createinthechaos.com
And like I mentioned before, you’ll notice your printable will look slightly different. I enlarged some of the tabs to make it easier to glue together than ours was.
Printable 3D Thanksgiving kids craft - share all the things you're thankful for with this free printable activity. "We are thankful for..." tetradecahedron www.createinthechaos.com
Pick a spot to start at along the shape and start gluing the tabs on, one by one.
Printable 3D Thanksgiving kids craft - share all the things you're thankful for with this free printable activity. "We are thankful for..." tetradecahedron www.createinthechaos.com
Take your time with this step – make sure to glue each tab securely before moving on, or it can fall apart in a hurry. Use the old trick you learned from school and hold each tab for a count of 10 before moving on.
Printable 3D Thanksgiving kids craft - share all the things you're thankful for with this free printable activity. "We are thankful for..." tetradecahedron www.createinthechaos.com
The last face will be the trickiest. Just be generous with the glue, stick the last tabs in, and let it dry.
Printable 3D Thanksgiving kids craft - share all the things you're thankful for with this free printable activity. "We are thankful for..." tetradecahedron www.createinthechaos.com
And there we have it! A thankfulness dodecahedron.
Printable 3D Thanksgiving kids craft - share all the things you're thankful for with this free printable activity. "We are thankful for..." tetradecahedron www.createinthechaos.com
These printable shapes great decorations for Thanksgiving time, as well as a fun thing to keep around year round to be reminded of all the things we have to be thankful for.
Printable 3D Thanksgiving kids craft - share all the things you're thankful for with this free printable activity. "We are thankful for..." tetradecahedron www.createinthechaos.com
Whether that be cousins or dragons.
Printable 3D Thanksgiving kids craft - share all the things you're thankful for with this free printable activity. "We are thankful for..." tetradecahedron www.createinthechaos.com

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