Sample file. This book can be used for penmanship, art, music, and Christian studies.

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1 This book can be used for penmanship, art, music, and Christian studies. Photos on this page show the Dunlap family front yard and mountain view, living room fireplace, and a basket of pears picked from their own backyard orchard. Photos throughout this book were taken by members of the Dunlap family, on their one-acre property beside a wheat field (above). After moving to the country over four years ago and planting their own fruit orchard, Joy Marie Dunlap and her family know first hand about the seasons of planting, pruning, and harvesting. Thanksgiving takes on new meaning when you harvest the produce of your own land. But Thanksgiving is a time for everyone to look back at what God has done to sustain us and protect us as a family. In this book, we have given you words from 0 Thanksgiving Hymns to copy for penmanship, along with the following: Photos by Joy Marie Dunlap WHAT YOU GET IN THIS BOOK: 0 hymns to copy in Cursive and Manuscript Beautiful paintings to enjoy by 8 artists A brief discussion of each of the paintings Thanksgiving activities and crafts Harvest theme coloring pages Bible verses to memorize as a family Harvest theme table decoration ideas The Dunlaps' special Thanksgiving recipes Photos of the Dunlap family planting their one-acre orchard and gardens WHAT'S COMING UP NEXT FROM LIGHTHOME: While this book was being made, we were already working on our next book, which will feature oldfashioned Christmas cards we have enhanced with glitter glue, craft jewels, and other embellishments, which you can do, too, with your own Christmas cards this year or next. Available in December. 2 This book is reproducible for purchaser's own household use only, or to share with a truly needy family. All rights reserved.

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Things to Make and Do for Thanksgiving Page Thanksgiving Table Decoration Ideas... 4 Thanksgiving Menu Art... 5 Thanksgiving Recipes... 6 Thanksgiving Crafts: Leaf Suncatcher, Gold Leaf Bag... 7 Pressed Leaf Bookmark... 8 Coloring pages (2 coloring examples included) Hymns for Copying, with Bible Verses We Gather Together For the Beauty of the Earth We Plow the Fields Now Thank We All Our God This Is My Father's World O God, Our Help in Ages Past Praise to the Lord, the Almighty I Sing the Mighty Power of God O Worship the King Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee Copywork pages: 6 pages in 6 different sizes Our family orchard and photos More coloring pages (2 coloring examples included) This book is reproducible for purchaser's own household use only, or to share with a truly needy family. All rights reserved. 3

3 Here are some ideas for decorating your Thanksgiving table. We used real fruits and vegetables on this table (with a couple exceptions.) One of the nicest touches you can add, even if the table is full of dishes, are apples or oranges at each place. We have often used an apple as a symbol of Thanksgiving. Our oldest son, Josh, once made a wreath of apples and nuts around the turkey. In the cornucopia above, Jonathan set an apple on top of Indian corn and fall leaves. Below L to R: Joy Marie James, Jennaya The watermelon and butternut squash are from our garden. If you don't have a leafy Thanksgiving tablecloth, try scattering fall leaves amidst the dishes. Every year, we get out our two Pilgrim figurines and set them on the table with to scale pumpkins around them. I almost bought an Indian figure to go with these but put it off and it was gone the next time I shopped. We also put corn shaped candles on the table, and two taper candles with leaf shaped holders (see photo at right.) You can see a burgundy corn candle in front of Jennaya's plate, above. Photos by the Dunlap family 4 This book is reproducible for purchaser's own household use only, or to share with a truly needy family. All rights reserved.

4 This is an activity I used to keep my younger kids occupied while my older kids helped make our Thanksgiving dinner. In later years, Jennaya started doing both. In this photo, my two youngest kids, Jonathan and Jennaya use leaf stencils to make pretty Thanksgiving menus. (The "mess" on the middle of the table is actually our cornucopia, arranged by one of the kids. ) See Jennaya's menu below. HOW TO DO IT: There are several ways you can make a fancy menu. You can use leaf stencils, pilgrim stencils, food stencils, or any other stencils that seem appropriate for the theme of Thanksgiving, fall weather, and things you are thankful for. I recommend Dover Publications ( which sells little one dollar activity books, including on the theme of Thanksgiving, with stencils, stickers, paper dolls, etc. You can also press leaves and glue them around the border of the menu, or you can make leaf rubbings. To do a leaf rubbing, gather any non-crinkly leaves and place each one, one at a time, under a piece of paper. Color on the piece of paper, on top of the leaf, until the whole outline of the leaf is showing, as well as its veins. Then cut out the leaf to use on your menu. Jonathan's leaf rubbing This book is reproducible for purchaser's own household use only, or to share with a truly needy family. All rights reserved. 5

5 Recipes by Joshua Dunlap Sauté: 2 /3 cup chopped onion large apple, chopped /2 cup butter Add: 0 cups bread cubes /4 tsp garlic 4-5 tsp leaf oregano (not powder) /2 tsp sage tsp rosemary leaf (optional) /2 tsp salt 2 /3 cup raisins Stir well and cook until bread is heated. Boil: 8 medium fresh sweet potatoes, cubed, in water to cover until potatoes are tender. Mash like mashed potatoes, then add: 2 cans crushed pineapple 4 tsp cinnamon /3 cup orange juice concentrate 2 /3 cup brown sugar or honey /3 cup molasses /2 tsp salt 6 TBSP butter Serve warm or cold as desired. 6 As We Gather: Songs of Thanksgiving Compiled by Joy Marie Dunlap - lighthome.net Reproducible for purchaser's own household only, or to share with a needy family. All rights reserved.

6 This pretty bag is easy to make. I just used gold leaf sequins from a sequin jar I bought at Lakeshore Learning Materials. (You can visit them online at learning.com.) I also used a gold leaf craft marking pen. I wrote "All good things God gives to us," as a reminder of the many times in our lives when God has provided and protected us even against great odds. I emphasized God's name by writing it in gold glitter glue. To make the lettering special, I give the letters a little curve at the ends. Curves always make things more artistic and decorative. I glued the leaves around the outside of the words, and then added a few inside the circle. I made sure that none of the leaves are exactly parallel. It often ruins the effect to have two leaves side by side, horizontally or vertically, and pointing in the same direction. It's okay if they line up diagonally, but not horizontally or vertically unless they are a long way apart. Pointing the leaves in many different directions makes them look more windblown. You can use any kind of sequin. I recommend that you use Elmer's Glue-All all purpose white glue, or Aleene's Tacky Glue, or Fabri-Tack. Those are the glues that have worked best for me when I do crafts. Don't handle the wet glue too much or it will make ugly smudges. Just set the sequin on top of the glue and press it in place with your fingernail. (Fingernails are less likely to smudge the glue at the edges.) On page 30 I share ideas for using this pretty bag on Thanksgiving. Here is a pretty suncatcher that a friend, Amy Duberville of Michigan, made for me many years ago. She collected leaves in the forest around her cabin with her kids. They pressed the leaves in a heavy book until flat. The next step is to cut a circle of clear, sticky shelf paper about 8-0 inches in diameter. Arrange the leaves on the circle until you like the way it looks. Then press the leaves into place. Now take the circle and stick its sticky side to the sticky side of another piece of clear sticky shelf paper and press them together, working all the wrinkles out. Now cut around the first circle so that you have two circles stuck together with the leaves in between. Lastly, punch a hole in the top (wherever you decide) and tie some yarn or ribbon through it to hang it by. Hang your pretty suncatcher in a window or on a lampshade. We kept ours on a lampshade for many years. This book is reproducible for purchaser's own household use only, or to share with a truly needy family. All rights reserved. 7