Kids Sunday School Thanksgiving Crafts: Cornucopia with fruit, vegetables and a prayer

What is a cornucopia?
What does a cornucopia have to do with Thanksgiving?

A little history and origin of the Cornucopia: "Cornucopia" is from an old Roman word meaning horn of plenty. A non-Christian history of the cornucopia tells when Zeus was playing with the goat Amalthea, he accidentally broke off one of her horns. To make-up for this tragedy, Zeus promised the goat that the horn would always be full of fruits she wanted. This horn became the cornucopia of the Roman goddess Copia, the personification of plenty.

Over time, the goat horn became a woven basket in the shape of a horn - or cone - or curly cone. Christians adopted the imagery of the horn full of fruits, etc.The basket laid down and overfilled with harvest fruits, nuts and vegetables became a Thanksgiving symbol of the bounty for which we are grateful to God. It is one of most recognizable images for Thanksgiving, and has become a traditional centerpiece for the Thanksgiving table.

You might suggest to your class that they offer their horn of plenty to the family to decorate the table for Thanksgiving.

Teacher
Choose from the colored or uncolored set, whichever you have time for.

TIPS ON THE HORN

1. In the uncolored set, if you have control of the printer, here's a creative tip to cut the coloring time. In your printer, insert a gold or yellow sheet of paper first, followed by 2 white sheets of paper. Then for each student, insert 1 gold or yellow sheet, followed by 2 white sheets. This will give you a golden-yellow horn with the fruit and prayer to be colored and finished by the students.

2. In the uncolored set, you can just use a white horn! So color the fruit first and finish the prayer. If you run short on time, just leave the horn white.