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Dress Up Like Pilgrims And Indians- Submitted by Cheryl

For Pilgrims:
Make black hats and white square collars out o construction paper.

For Indians:
Make vests out of large brown paper grocery bags. Color Indian designs on them and cut out holes on the sides for arms and a hole on top for head. Cut the bag down the front for opening. Make a headdress out of construction paper. Cut out a strip long enough to fit on the child's head when the ends are stapled. Staple or glue feathers cut out of construction paper to the headband.

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Little Indians- Submitted by Cheryl

Five little Indians, on a nice fall day,
(dance around)
Jumped on their ponies and rode far away,
(hands on next child, pretend to be ponies)
They galloped in the meadow,and they galloped up a hill,
(pretend to gallop)
They galloped so fast,they all took a spill.
(pretend to fall off the ponies)

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Submitted by Sherry

Pilgrim hats or Native American headbands

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Submitted by Sherry

Construct a teepee using a sheet and poles tied at the top with rope.

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Submitted by Sherry

Dance like Native Americans using drums they made.

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Submitted by Sherry

Run a relay race using an ear of indian corn.

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