Turkey
Hats
Gobble, gobble, chuckle, chuckle. This turkey hat will be the talk
of your Thanksgiving dinner.
You need:
Fall Colored Paper
Orange Turkey Pattern,
Another Orange Turkey Pattern
Yellow Turkey Pattern
Red Turkey Pattern
Glue
Stapler
Scissors
Instructions:
Print and cut out all pieces. Cut
a piece of yellow card stock into enough 1-1/2" strips
to go around child's head. Staple together. Assemble
and glue turkey front using photo above as a guide. Glue
to the front of the band. Glue the feathers to the back
of the band.
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Clay
Pot Turkey
Designed by Amanda Fomaro
This little turkey is quite simple to make. The cost is minimal and
he makes a great table decoration or hostess gift for Thanksgiving
dinner!
You
need:
One 1-1/2" Diameter Wooden
Ball
One 2-1/4" Diameter Clay Pot
3 or 4 Feathers
6" Ribbon
Button
6" Raffia
Tacky Glue
Black Finetip Marker
Small and Large Paintbrushes
Acrylic Paints in Brown, Tan, Mustard Yellow, Red, and Rose
Clear Coat Spray
Instructions:
For Body
Place newspaper down on work surface. Turn clay pot over and glue
wooden ball to bottom of pot. When glue is dry, use large paint
brush to paint entire the outside of the clay pot and the entire
wooden ball with brown paint. Let dry and apply a second coat.
When dry, use large paint brush to fleck on spots of tan paint
for effect. This does not have to be perfect! Using small paint
brush, paint on feet and beak, use the photo as a guide if needed.
For Head
Use small paintbrush to paint on the gobbler in red. Dab large paintbrush
or stencil dotter in rose paint. Dab onto newspaper or paper
towel until all excess paint is removed. Gently dab onto "cheeks" of
turkey's face. With the black finetip marker, drawn on eyes and
dot nostrils onto beak. Spray entire surface with clear coat.
Finishing Touches
Glue miniature bow tie in place, or fashion a simple bow out of ribbon
and glue in place. Trim excess to suit your tastes. Tie a piece
of jute or raffia through the holes of the green button. Tie
a bow and trim excess. Glue button to the body below the bowtie.
Glue feathers to the back so that they stick up above the back
of the turkey's head.
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Handprint
Turkey
This handprint turkey uses not
only the kids', but mom's (and dad's if you like) handprints
as well!
You need:
Autumn Card Stock
Warm Card Stock
10mm Wiggle Eyes
Glue Stick
School Scissors
Have mom (and dad) place their hand
on a piece of red card stock. Trace around their hand
and cut out.
Note: If doing this as a class project, send home a note to parents
to trace their hand on white paper and send back to school with their
child. When the papers are returned, lay a piece of red card stock
under the white paper and use a pen or pencil to trace the hand,
the indents from the pen will show where to cut on the red paper.
Alternatively, you can send home a sheet of red card stock with each
child.
Trace the hands of each child in
the family onto different colors of card stock. Cut out.
Starting with the largest hands, layer smallest on top
of largest, glue together. Cut out a plump circle for
the body and an oval for the head from brown card stock.
Glue on top of the smallest hand. Cut out a small red
heart for the gobbler and orange triangle for the beak,
glue in place. Glue on wiggle eyes.
Print out the phrases below using Notepad, Word, Wordpad or similar
word processing program, changing the name of the children and year
if needed:
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Leaf
Stamps
What you'll need:
3 leaves that have not yet fallen
Heavy, thick book
Construction paper
Hot glue
Paint brush
Acrylic paint in yellow, tan and red
White paper or construction paper
Directions
The best leaves for this project
are still attached to the tree. Find leaves that are
turning colors but aren’t completely dried out.
You need one leaf for each color you will paint.
Press the leaves in the pages of a heavy book. Leave overnight.
Remove leaves from the book. Look at the underside of the leaf. Brush
off any debris, pollen or dust that may have gathered there.
Fold a piece of construction paper in half.
Hot glue the front side of the leaf to the construction paper so
that the underside is facing up. The underside has the veins and
lines of the leaf, the front side is smooth.
Using a paint brush, paint the underside of the leaf with a generous
amount of paint. Be careful to paint only the leaf and not the construction
paper it is glued to.
Using the leaf as a stamp, press it down carefully onto the white
paper. Hold it in place and gently rub the construction paper so
that all areas hit the white paper.
Carefully remove the stamp and repeat this process with your other
leaves and colors.
Allow to dry completely.
Tips:
Try this project with an assortment of different leaf shapes and
a variety of colors. A great way to decorate your own wrapping paper
or paper bags for a Fall party!
Be sure you gather leaves that still have some life in them. Try
gently bending the leaf. If it breaks easily, it’s too brittle
for this project.
If you plan this as a class project, either do it in steps or prepare
ahead of time. To do it in steps, have children gather leaves and
press them in books the first day, prepare their stamps the next,
and finally paint on the last day. To prepare ahead of time, have
children gather leaves, then have parent volunteers prepare the pressed
leaves so that all the class has to do is paint.
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Dream Catcher
Materials:
Netting bags (The type fruit or
vegetables are usually sold in at supermarkets are ideal)
Round plastic rims from margarine, ice-cream tubs lids. (This proved
harder than I thought, it took ages collecting, even when we asked
parents for help, as most plastic containers for ice-cream and margarine
in the UK are oblong shape rather than round!)
Brightly coloured wool.
Plastic darning needle.
Plastic beads.
Feathers.
Directions
Cut out the center of the lid so
you are only left with the plastic rim.
Place the netting bag over the plastic rim, and pull taut, so the
mesh doesn’t move, and tie together at the back to keep it
in place.
Thread the wool onto darning needle, and thread through the hoop,
going through both layers of mesh, continue until hoop is neatly
covered. (When re-threading needle, you may need to go over the area
you have just finished, to cover any joins)
Place a loop of wool at the top to hang dream catcher from.
Untie underneath and carefully cut of all the mesh ends at the back,
leaving the front intact.
Tie double strands of wool at each side and the bottom. Thread beads,
tie a knot to hold them in place and glue feathers to finish.
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