Feather Turkeys

This activity is easy enough! But a winner for Thanksgiving.


Materials:

Brown or tan construction paper

Orange construction paper

Red construction paper

White paper

Colored feathers (we found ours at Wal-Mart)

Google eyes (optional)

Elmer's glue

Hot glue


Directions:

On your brown paper draw a shape like a short, squat bowling pin. Then cut it out. Glue this shape onto the middle of a white piece of paper with Elmer's glue - leave an edge around the outside (glue mostly in the middle).


Next, take the colored feathers and decide how you want them arranged around the turkey. Using a hot glue gun put a thin squirt of glue on the bottom of each turkey feather and quickly push it under the brown paper. You can try this with Elmer's glue, but the feathers might just fall out.


After the feathers are glued on, cut out a beak, feet, and waddle with your colored paper and glue them on. Glue on your google eyes as well (or, you can make your own eyes by drawing them on or using white paper to cut some out).


You can have your little one stick on all the parts of the turkey with your help! If your child is old enough he/she can cut out the parts of the turkey.

Paper Bag Pumpkins

Materials:

Brown Paper Bag (lunch size)

String (any color - green is fun)

Newspaper

Orange and Green Paint

Paintbrushes (large foam paintbrush is best)



Description:

Have your child wad up 1-2 pieces of newspaper into a big ball. Have him/her stuff the newspaper into the brown bag. Using the string, tie the bag closed (I used white, but green is a bit more fun if you have it). Then dump some orange paint into a bowl and let your little one paint the outside of the "pumpkin" (we used finger paints, but crayola tempura paints are good too - just make sure they are washable, so avoid acrillic - this gets messy!) Lastly, use green paint to color your "stem." That's it!!



**Tips, make sure your table is well covered with a plastic cloth or newspaper - the paint tends to drift with this activity.



**Optional additions - add a face to make your pumpkin a jack-o-lantern. You can do this activity in October for a Halloween decoration or you can do it in November (without a face) and just use it for a fun fall craft.