Gobble! Gobble! Quick Turkey Craft with the Kids!

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Toilet Paper Roll Felt Turkey

We had a sick day here at Feelgood Falls so we did a low-key Thanksgiving craft this afternoon when our little sicky woke up from a nap. We wanted to do something special because she missed participating in the kindergarten play and thanksgiving feast today. We had everything in the house between the craft room and the kitchen. 

Time required:  20 minutes
Materials
Toilet Paper Roll
          (This was the one item that a little tough to find.  We actually had to remove about half of the toilet paper off the      
           current roll because both kids wanted to make one)
Felt scraps (red, yellow, and brown)
Google eyes
2 Pipe cleaners (yellow or orange)
Adhesive (we used medium weight zots)
Coffee filter
Watercolor paints
Paint brush
Small hole punch

Directions
1.  Have an adult cover the toilet paper roll with brown felt.  We used zots as an adhesive but regular glue would work as well.   We like zots because they aren't dangerous like hot glue and messy like Elmer's glue but make a very strong bond no matter the medium. We found ours at Joann's Fabric, but they are available at most scrapbooking and craft stores as well as Amazon.






2.  While covering the toilet paper roll, give the children folded coffee filter to paint with the watercolors.  I think acrylic paints or markers would work as well.  The watercolor dry fast and make almost a stained glass look.

3.  You could have the children cut out a beak and gobbler from the yellow and red felts but we decided have an adult cut them.  We didn't use a pattern but simply eyeballed a triangle beak and gobbler. The kids decided if they wanted big or little google eyes as well.  We attached a zot to the back of each embellishment and allowed the kids to place them on the turkey. 

4.  Using a small hole punch, punch two small holes about an inch apart at the bottom of the toilet paper roll.  This will be for the feet of the turkey. 

5.  Make the turkey feet by cutting 2 pipe cleaners into four pieces (two 1" and two 1.5" pieces).  Make a V out of both 1" pieces as pictured.  Wrap the 1.5" pipe cleaner around the center of the V leaving about a 0.5" tail in the center of the V.   This makes a three toe foot and turkey leg. 

6.  Allow the children to attach the feet by threading the pipe cleaner leg into the holes that you made in step 4.  For extra stability, we wrapped the pipe cleaner around the bottom of the turkey. 

7.  You want to allow the feathers to dry for a couple minutes before attempting to apply the zots.  We secured the feathers in half by placing a zot on the inside of the coffee filter.  Using at least two zots we placed the feathers to the back of the turkey and your turkey is finished!  You could add some felt to the bottom if you want to fill your turkey with some treats. 

 

 

Bibliography
Amazon . (2013 ). Thermoweb Zots Clear Adhesive Dots, Medium, 3/8-Inch-by-1/64-Inch Thick, 300-Pack. Retrieved from Amazon : http://www.amazon.com/Thermoweb-Adhesive-8-Inch--64-Inch-300-Pack/dp/B000XAOKPS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384995665&sr=8-1&keywords=zots

Sarah. (2013, November 17 ). Paper Roll Turkey - Thanksgiving Craft for Children . Retrieved from My Love-lee Life: Beautiful Randomness : http://www.myloveleelife.com/2013/11/paper-roll-turkey.html