Gobble Gobble

This week we made paper bag turkeys for Thanksgiving. I thought I would outline the steps for all those Daycare-Kindergarten-Grade 1 teachers out there! It's also a fun craft for the stay at home mommies with kids to entertain!

Step 1: Fill a paper bag with crumpled up newspapers. We used medium bags and they required 2-3 balls of crumpled paper. You can imagine how much the kids enjoyed this step.

Step 2: Tie the bag up using an elastic band. It makes a cute tail for the turkey as you lie the bag on it's side.

Step 3: Have the kids pick feathers and glue them on the back. (We had them pre-cut). I found this step tricky as white glue and glue sticks didn't always work. We reinforced everything with hot glue. Some kids wanted curled feathers, others wanted plain feathers and some had frayed feathers.

Step 4: Have the kids draw eyes on plastic spoon (this will be the face.) Googly eyes would be fun too! Then they cut a beak out of scrap paper and glue it on the spoon. Hot glue is required for the spoon.

Step 5: Have the kids cut out triangular feet. We used bristol board as it is much stronger. Hot glue was required for this as well.

Step 6: We tied a ribbon around the spoon to act as a wattle/bow tie. Double knot it!

Totally cute as a center piece for Thanksgiving dinner! 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

xo,
Meg