Thanksgiving Day, a legal holiday in the United States, is an American tradition of giving thanks and prayers. In 1621, a governor by the name of William Bradford proclaimed a day of thanksgiving and prayer. It was a three day “thank you” celebration of the leaders of Wampanaog, an Indian tribe.  It was the tradition of this Indian tribe to treat their visitors to their home and share whatever they had. In 1863, President Lincoln issued a proclamation for the whole American people.  They observe a special day of thanksgiving.

To observe this occasion, families create traditions and memories that lasts a lifetime. Here is a paper craft that will create memories that best suits the celebration of Thanksgiving Day.

For the Thanksgiving, Woven Paper Fruit Basket Card you will be needing the a card stock or construction paper (colors:  white, dark blue, light blue, red, dark orange, yellow, light green, dark green, dark brown, light brown), glue, scissors or craft knife and a cutting board.

Start with a 5” x 6.5” blank white greeting card. You can make your own fold also from a piece of 10” x 6.5” card stock. Cut a piece of 4” wide x  3.5” high blue card stock. Glue it in front of card.

Now that the card base is done, let us do the basket and fruit

1. Cut fruit shapes from card stock.
2. The dotted lines on the fruit show where to cut the body of the fruit.
3. Cut the stems extra long so that you have space to attach them to the fruit using glue.
4. Set this aside while the glue dries.
5. Do this with other fruit shapes.
6. Cut the basket from dark brown card stock
7. Cut this along with the wavy lines using craft knife and cutting board.  Do not cut it exactly. Leave extra edge.
8. Cut out 6 strips of light brown card stock size ¼” wide x 3 1/2” long. 
9. Weave it in and out between the layers of paper that were done when you made the cuts in the step above.
10. Continue adding web strips.  Alternate warp with each time you add a new strip. 
11. At the back of the basket, push the web strips up towards the top of the basket.
12. Continue adding strips.  Continue pushing them up from the back so that they are tightly in place.
13. Space them evenly.
14. Glue down the ends of each web strip to make sure they stay in place.
15. Trim excess strips.
16. Arrange both fruit and basket on your card.
17. Glue everything.
18. Glue down first the bottom half of the basket before arranging the fruits.

Delight your families with this easy to made, personalize and inexpensive Thanksgiving card.