Here’s a fun Thanksgiving project made with things you can find in nature!
What You Need: Pinecone; 2 acorn tops; 2 googly eyes (optional); scraps of orange and red cardstock or construction paper; 6 to 8 feathers (dyed or natural); scissors; glue.
How You Make It: Use glue to stick feathers in back of upright pinecone. Glue on 2 acorn caps for eyes (they should slide right over the pinecone parts). Add googly eyes. Cut out orange triangle for beak and red wattle shape and glue on.
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Pinecone turkey
Thursday, October 11th, 2007Clothespin and muffin paper turkey
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007Make a bunch of these cute clothespin turkeys for a holiday party. You can even use them to mark guests’ places at Thanksgiving dinner!
What You Need: Flat clothespin; two small googly eyes; muffin (cupcake) pan paper liner; red, orange and yellow markers; scraps of red and orange cardstock or construction paper; glue; scissors.
How You Make It: Fold muffin paper in half with light side facing out. Color to look like turkey feathers, or however you’d like. Glue two eyes near top of clothespin front. Cut out orange triangle for beak and glue on front of clothespin. Punch out heart from red paper or just cut a wattle shape and glue on. Glue clothespin onto muffin paper.
Pumpkin head craft
Thursday, October 4th, 2007This is a craft where preschoolers can really use their imaginations. Set out a bunch of ideas with which to dress up pumpkins: yarn, felt, markers, etc. The best part is, each child will come up with something different.
What You Need: mini pumpkin; feathers; acorn tops (or whatever you’d like); glue
How You Make It: Set pumpkin on its side so the stem becomes the nose. Add acorn eyes, feather hair or anything else. The only limit is supplies and a preschool imagination!
Turkey spoon for Thanksgiving
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007Plastic spoons turn into turkeys for this fun craft. Preschoolers will have fun picking out the feathers and sticking them to the spoon. Place one in a flower pot and you have a great centerpiece for the classroom or on Thanksgiving Day!
What You Need: Plastic spoon; assorted feathers; scrap of red cardstock or construction paper; heart punch for waddle (or just cut out waddle shape); scrap of orange cardstock or construction paper for beak; two googly eyes; scissors; glue; transparent tape.
How You Make It: Using glue or tape, stick assorted feathers into the hollow of the spoon. Use heart-shaped punch to make waddle from red paper or just cut out a shape (doesn’t have to be perfect!). Cut orange triangle for beak. Glue waddle, beak and googly eyes onto curved part of spoon.