Thanksgiving is approaching – construct some really cute decorations and create excitement by making your children part of the preparations. Kids love creating art – and what better way to ‘Give Thanks” than to be surrounded by your little darling’s masterpieces!
This idea is quick, easy and fun!
SUPPLIES:
- Construction paper in Fall colors (brown, red, orange, yellow)
- Pencil or Pen
- Scissors
- Glue
- Googly eyes and orange pipe cleaners (optional – but really fun)
- Most importantly…Your kids!
DIRECTIONS:
- Trace around you child’s feet using brown construction paper and cut them out. The two pieces will be the turkey’s body.
- Trace around your child’s hands using red, orange, and yellow construction paper and cut them out. These 6 pieces will be the turkey’s feathers.
- Glue the two footprints together to make the turkey’s body by overlapping the heels (forming the head) and the balls of the footprints spread out (forming the body) – think ‘triangle.’
- Cut out a round red wattle (small circle) and orange beak (smaller triangle.) Glue the wattle, beak (triangle in the circle facing down,) and googly (or paper) eyes to the turkey’s head.
- Make two legs from paper and glue them to the back of the body (or use the pipe cleaners and tape them to the back of the body.)
- Glue the handprint “feathers” to the back of the turkey (spreading them from the base to the top and back down the other side.)
- Decorate your house with these adorable turkeys! Make sure to put your child’s name and age on the back of the turkey for a fabulous keepsake. Gobble – Gobble!!!
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