I love Fall crafts, anything that captures all of the beautiful and fun parts of nature. This Turkey Craft is perfect for kids of any age.
So as a mom and an art teacher I’m always looking to bring a bit of fun craft time into my double life. I was looking for a thanksgiving craft to do with my students and realized that this craft was actually perfect for a family with children of a variety of ages. My daughter is 4 AND A HALF (caps required when she announces her age) and my students are 11-12 and I have reworked this craft to suit either age group.
Materials:
– template – see link
– construction paper
– scissors
– glue (I used wet school glue)
– googly eyes
– any decorative elements your Little chooses (we used stamps)
– tissue paper if you’re going to ‘stain glass’ the tail as I have with my students
The beauty of this craft is that you can print the template right on the construction paper! That makes my inner lazy mom so happy. Once I printed the template on a variety of ‘thanksgiving’ coloured construction paper, we cut out the shapes – my Little cut the tail feathers. While she was stamping and decorating those, I cut out the more intricate pieces.
Then it was simply a matter of gluing the feathers and feel onto the back of the body, then flipping it over and gluing the neck and face details onto the front.
For my students, we folded each feather in half along the length and then cut out simple shapes making sure we left an outside border around all sides. We then used glue to stick the tissue paper onto the back side of the feathers. The tissue paper tail looks so pretty when in the window.
Stephanie LaPlante says
That is such an adorable craft.
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Jessica says
What a great idea for feather. I will show this to my daughter and I am sure she will want to make it.
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mommasbacon says
Wow! I love the cutout feathers. What a cute idea.
Mama to 5 Blessings says
super cute craft, she did a great job!
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Dede says
Love it!! The tissue paper on the back of the feathers really makes it stand out. It’s also a great way to liven up cut-out snowflakes, I bet.
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Staci L. says
These are adorable! I love the feathers!
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Agata Pokutycka says
Great idea, especially now when winter is almost upon us and playing outside is not an option any longer
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Ellen Christian says
Very cute. My kids used to love making these when they were little.
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Filipino Kakanin Recipes by trina says
This looks nice! I’m pretty sure my niece would love this, gotta try it on weekend! :)
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Lisa says
I love this! My little guys is a huge crafter. He would love this but would probably want to put real feathers on it somewhere:)
Susan Carraretto says
What a fun little craft… and super cute!
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Kerrie @ Family Food and Travel says
Thank you so much! Glad you liked it :)