This thankful turkey craft would make a beautiful centerpiece
for the Thanksgiving table. Not only is it fun for the children to
make, but it gets them thinking about things they are thankful for.
Each feather can be written with a word or phrase. Another nice
tradition is to have a feather at each person's place setting, and then
each person can write what they are thankful for, and the feathers can
then be added the turkey.
Things Needed to make a
Thankful Turkey Craft:
- Two paper bowls
- One toilet paper tube
- Card stock in various colors
- Small red balloon
- Orange poster paint, and paintbrush
- Small paper cup (like a dixie cup or
small condiment cup)
- Toothpicks
- Scissors
- Glue
- Stapler
1. Begin this thankful
turkey craft by painting two bowls and the toilet paper roll the color
you want your turkey to be.
 
2. When
they are dry, glue the rims of the two bowls together. You can use
clothespins or paper clips to keep them together if needed.
3. Next, glue the toilet paper roll to the bowl. This will be the
turkey's head and neck. So glue it so that the bowl will stand up when
the toilet paper roll is attached. Allow to dry.
4. To
make the turkey's face, you can cut black dots from construction paper
or glue on googly eyes.
5. To make the beak, take a small square of yellow or orange card stock
and fold it into quarters. Then, cut off a triangle, with one edge
along the fold (see photos). Open up the card stock, and then cut the
resulting diamond in half. This becomes the beak, and it can be glued
on as shown.
 
6. Take
the red balloon and cut off the stem of it, where you would normall
blow, into a "V" shape. Glue on the red balloon below the beak to
become the gizzard.
7. For
the hat, use a small dixie cup or other small paper cup. Paint it
black. For the brim, draw a circle on black card stock, which is a
little larger than the hat. Cut out the circle and glue it carefully to
the hat. Then, glue the hat to the turkey.
8. For
the feet, have your child trace her hand on brown card stock and cut it
out. Then glue the hand to the bottom of the turkey. The fingers are
the turkey's toes!
9. To
make the feathers, stack a few sheet of colored card stock on top of
one another, then fold them in half. Cut out a feather shape. You will
end up with duplicate feather shapes for each color. Apply glue to one
whole side of the feather, then add a toothpick near the bottom, with
half of it hanging out. Then apply the other side of the feather, so
the toothpick is “sandwiched in”. Allow to dry.
10. Poke
holes in the back paper bowl, near the rim, with a nail or thick pin.
Make the holes about 1.5 inches apart. This is where the feathers can
be poked through the turkey.
11.
This thankful turkey craft is complete! He will
look great as a centerpiece this Thanksgiving, and is something your
child will be prould of!
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