For Thanksgiving morning, I put together a fun Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade tablescape for my kids to sit and enjoy their cinnamon rolls and watch the parade. I used cardboard boxes, our road toys, and a collection of character balloons to create the scene. It was so fun to make and my kids were so excited for this special morning surprise.
I originally saw the idea last year, from Occasions By Shakira, using a purchased skyscraper scene. I loved it so much I have been thinking about it all year! After our son's fire engine birthday party, I knew the cardboard city buildings I made would work perfectly for this. So I saved those boxes hidden in the closet for seven months! But it was well worth it to have it set and ready to go.
I also brought out the same tracks that we used for the birthday party. Our car loving boy already had a few taxis and I added in our Christmas plates and their homemade snow globes we put out during the holidays. All I needed was the balloons for the parade.
I ended up finding mini character themed balloons from Balloons Online under their "minishape" balloons. These were really hard to find anywhere for a reasonable price. After some research I confirmed that the site was reputable, I just had to pay extra shipping as they come from Canada. It ended up costing me $19 for the balloons (and less than $2 a balloon) which I didn't think was bad considering I had everything else on hand. We will also likely set this up again next year.
What I didn't expect was that they wouldn't come with sticks but I was able to find some on Amazon.
I set it all up on our train table in the living room and the kids got to wake up to this festive Thanksgiving Day parade scene. It made for an especially sweet and memorable morning.
The girls also had some turkey hats that they had made! Too cute!
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