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Pine Cone TurkeyCraft Ideas for Kids
This pine cone turkey
is
a fun nature craft for children to make for the Thanksgiving season!
These make adorable table decorations... one can be placed by
each place setting for the big day! This is also an excellent
preschool craft or school art project for children to make and bring
home. This turkey craft is made from a pine cone.
Make sure you rinse and completely dry your pine cone for a
few days, so make sure any critters go away. If you want to
use the pine cones immediately, you can also bake them in the oven at
200 degrees F for 30 minutes to one hour to kill off any bugs.
The heat may cause the pine cone to "open" a little more, so
just be aware. For this turkey craft, I think an "open"
pine cone looks best anyway!
 Things Needed:
1. Begin the pine cone turkey by squeezing some glue onto the point of the pine cone, where the pine cone tapers together to a point. Try to find one good protrusion to use and dab it with glue, as shown.  2. Next, put the red water balloon over the tip of the pine cone which you glued. This will be the turkey's waddle. You can also trim the balloon stem if you need to make it a bit shorter, you don't want it to drag on the ground.  3. Next, cut out a base
for the turkey to balance on. This step may not be necessary
if the pine cone sits well on its own, but most I found do not.
Cut the base using black or brown Foamie board, or use some
cardboard or stiff card stock. Then add glue and sit your
pine cone turkey on top, and allow it to dry well. A glue gun
works best here since it bonds fast and is strong, but only if an adult
can do this part.  4. To make the beak,
glue two pumpkin seeds together at the base. Allow to dry.
Then, place some glue on top of the waddle and glue the beak
on top.    5. To make the eyes, use
a black marker to draw a dot on two pumpkin seeds. Then, put some glue
on a leaf of the pine cone above the beak. Glue on each eye,
as shown below.   6. Glue on some craft
feathers to make the tail. Red, orange, yellow, and browns
look the most natural. Place the feathers in the leaves of
the pine cone, with some glue to secure.  7. Your little pine cone
turkey is now done and ready to decorate the Thanksgiving table! 
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