Hi friends,
I pulled out a few inserts with the specific colors we needed and worked on our turkeys. We got to repurpose the paper and get color variance with free stuff! We’ll show you how we created them and a few ways to display them. Check it out below!
*Click on photos for closer look
What You'll Need
Paper Plate
Construction Paper (Brown, Tan/Ivory, Lt. Orange, Dk. Orange)
Advertisement Inserts/Magazine Pages
Scissors
Pencil
Round Container(similar in size to the center part of the plate)
Glue
The Steps
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NOTE: Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away, though I’m not sure what it will look like this year. We hope you will still enjoy your time with and family.
PREP
Draw a 1-inch line on the ridged area to the start of the center circle/flat area.
Count out 12 notches/ridges to the right, make a 2nd line. Repeat on the left side.
Cut along those lines and right under the center circle.
BODY
Trace the container onto the brown paper and cut it out.
2. Add glue from the middle to the lower part of the plate.
3. Press the brown circle down, but leave the edges unglued.
Naomi chose to cut each side individually. I folded the papers and cut long, narrow tear drops for more uniform feathers.
FEATHERS
Cut out plenty of feathers from the solid colored paper and from the advertisements.
Naomi’s turkey on the left, mine next to hers.
2. Add glue to the outer parts of the *plate and begin layering your feathers.
*You can leave some white exposed by gluing the feathers a little lower or gluing further out to conceal the white.
DETAILS
Cut out white eyeballs, black pupils, an orange beak, and a red wattle(the fleshy/bumpy skin) from the advertisements and glue them on.
That’s it!
Lean the turkeys or follow the steps below for upright or hanging turkeys.
UPRIGHT
Find three small pebbles, tan/yellow preferably, and hot glue(adult help) two to the front for feet and *one in the back for balance. *If you plan to hang with the feet, the 3rd pebble isn’t necessary.
HANGING
Punch two holes on the edge and feed some twine/string through, then knot and hang it!
These would be cute on the kids’ table! Kiddos can make these while the adults do the other stuff.
Happy crafting!
Amanda and Naomi
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