Thanksgiving Turkeys

Gobble gobble! Here come the turkeys! This craft is simple and so much fun.

Materials:

• paper plate
• construction paper - red, orange, yellow and brown
• giggly eyes
• scissors
• glue
• stapler 
• brown crayons or markers or color pencil or paint

Directions: 

1. Take red, orange and yellow construction paper. Holding the paper in landscape orientation, cut the construction paper into strips approximately 1/2 inch wide. For each paper, cut 2 strips for each turkey. This will be the turkey's feathers. 
2. Take a brown piece of construction paper. Holding the paper in portrait orientation, cut strips approximately 1/2 inch wide. Cut 2 strips for each turkey. This will be the turkey's feet.
3. Cut circles out of brown construction paper, one for each turkey. This will be the turkey's head. 
4. Using yellow construction paper, cut out one square for each turkey. This square will be folded in half to be used as the turkey's beak. 
5. On a red piece of paper, cut out the wattle. This will look like two ovals overlapping one another. 
6. Cut out 2 small triangles for each turkey that are approximately 1/2 inch in length at the base. This will be the turkey's feet
7. Color a paper plate brown
8. Fold the paper plate in half. The straight edge of the folded plate will be on the bottom. 
9. Staple the brown circle (step 3) to the top of the folded paper plate. 
10. Staple the brown strips (step 2) to the bottom of the folded paper plate. 
11. Staple the feathers (step 1) to the paper plate by placing one edge of the strip on the front of the turkey and the other edge of the strip on the back of the turkey. 
12. Glue 2 giggly eyes and one beak (step 4) to each turkey's head. Glue the wattle underneath the beak. 
13. Glue the feet (step 6) to the bottom of the turkey's feet. 

Thanksgiving Ornament

This is an easy craft that also make a great holiday decoration.

Materials:
• construction paper: brown, black, yellow, red, green
• giggly eyes
• white and yellow crayon
• pencil
• scissors
• glue stick
• hole punch
• ribbon

Directions:
1. Trace your child's hand on a piece of brown paper

2. Make a Pilgrim's hat out of black construction paper: cut out a hat from the construction paper and use a yellow crayon to make a buckle and a white crayon to make a band

3. Make the beak by cutting a triangle out of yellow construction paper and a BLANK out of red construction paper

4. Glue the hat, beak, thing and 2 giggly eyes to the thumb. This will be the turkey's head


5. Cut out one oval out of each construction paper: red, yellow, orange and green. Glue one oval to each remaining finger.

6. Cut 2 feet out of yellow construction paper. Glue to the bottom of the hand.

7. Using a hole punch, make a hole in the top of one of the fingers.

8. Loop a piece of ribbon in the hole and knot tightly.

9. Hang up the ornament and enjoy!