Thanksgiving Crafts and Activities
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How to Make Crafts and Learning Activities Relating to
Thanksgiving and Being Thankful

New! - Noodle and Pompom Thanksgiving Turkey Craft for Kids

Thanksgiving turkey noodle craft for Kids

Children will enjoy decorating pictures of turkeys to display for Thanksgiving. A wide variety of items can be used to deocrate pictures of turkeys including: pompoms, colored noodles, buttons, dried seeds, and Fruit Loop cereal.

Printable Patterns in both color and black and white are available to members.

New! - Turkey Puzzle Pieces Pin

What you will need:

Puzzle pieces, Blank Puzzles Pieces or Larger Puzzle Pieces.

You will also need craft foam, acrylic paint, permanent markers, magnet or pin, and glue.

How to Make the Turkey Puzzle Piece Pin:

1. Find one puzzle piece for the body that has three bumps, one for the head, and two for the wings. You will need three more puzzle pieces to make the turkey's tail.

2. Paint the puzzle pieces with acrylic paints.

3. When the paint dries use a permanent marker to add the details and glue the pieces together.

4. Cut turkey claw shapes from craft foam and glue them to the body.

5. To finish glue a pin or magnet to the back of the turkey.

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Turkey Popcan Craft for Kids

What you will need:

Empty soda cans or other cans you want to recycle

Brown and Orange Construction Paper

Different Colors of Pipe Cleaners

Googly Eyes

Glue

Scissors

How to Make the Pop Can Turkey:

1. Cut a piece of brown construction paper to fit around the pop can and tape of glue it to the can.

2. Cut wings, feet, and beak shapes from the construction paper and glue it to the turkey body.

3. Bend pipe cleaners in half and glue them to the back of the turkey.

4. To finish glue on google eyes.

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Created by Corrin Burner

Thanksgiving Turkey in a Glass Jar with Foliage Pens

This is a Great Craft to Use in a Doctor's or Veterinary's Office.

What you will need: Brown, red, and gold felt squares, googly eyes, fall silk foliage, polyfil, hot melt glue, and brown floral tape or duck tape.

How to Make the Thanksgiving Turkey in a Glass Jar with Foliage Pens:

1. Print out the pattern for the turkey. Cut the turkey's body and wings from the brown felt, the beak and feet from the gold felt, and cut a wattle shape from red felt. You will not need the front and back pouch patterns for this craft. (Printing Problems?)

2. Pin the two beak pieces together and sew them together using a very small stitch. Cut around the edge of your stitching close to the seam.

3. Pin the two body pieces together in the middle. Place the beak inside the two pieces at the head and pin the pieces together. Place the top edge of the two feet in the inside of the body pieces and pin them in place. Sew the pieces together leaving an opening on one side to fill it with the polyfil. Stuff the head and the rest of the body, but not the neck. Then sew the body closed.

4. Place two wing patterns together and sew all the way around leaving a one-inch opening. Stuff a small amount of polyfil in the wing and then sew it closed. Do the same thing for the other wing. Glue the wings to the body.

5. Bend down the head as shown in the picture and glue on googly eyes and a wattle.

6. Place silk fall foliage on the pens and wrap them with floral tape or duck tape to secure them to the pens. Note: You don't have to use pens, you can just push the silk foliage into the rocks and use the craft as a Thanksgiving dinner table center piece.

7. Place glass rocks in the glass container, and the turkey on top of the rocks. Push the pens into the rocks behind the turkey making a nice arrangement. Glue some foliage on the turkey's wings so it looks like it is holding them.

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Chenille Stem Thanksgiving Turkey Pencil Topper of Broach

What you will need: Chenille stems, brown, red, orange, and other colors, wire cutters, googly eye, hot melt glue, and a pin back (optional).

How to Make the Thanksgiving Turkey Pencil Topper:

1. To make the body roll one end of a brown Chenille stem into a circle about 3/4 of the way. To make the head roll the other end into a circle to meet the first circle.

2. Cut an orange Chenille stem one inch and fold it in half to make the beak. Glue it to the head. Cut a red Chenille stem one inch and fold it in half to make the waddle. Glue it to the head. Glue on a googly eye.

3. To make the feet cut an orange Chenille stem two inches long and another one inch long. Fold the two inch stem in half and wind it around the one inch stem. Make two of these and glue them to the body. Cut one-inch lengths of different colors of Chenille stems and glue them on for the feathers.

4. To make the pencil topper wind another Chenille stem around the top of a pencil and glue it to the pencil. Glue the turkey to the Chenille stem on the pencil.

5. To make the broach glue a pin back to the back of the turkey.

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Thanksgiving Decorative Can Craft

This decorative can makes a great container for dried flowers and other fall foliage!

What you will need: Empty aluminum can, two-ply twine, hot melt glue gun, piece of fun foam, Shurtape AF 912 aluminum duct tape (You can find this tape at a Lowe's or other home improvement store in the heating and air conditioning section. It costs about $7.00 for 120 yards. It is not Duck tape.), black acrylic paint, paper towels, and utensils to engrave the tape. I used a ballpoint pen, the end of a paintbrush, and the tines of a fork to make this design.

How to Make a Thanksgiving Decorative Can Craft:

1. Start by gluing the end of the twine to the bottom side of the can. Wind the twine around the can gluing as you go. If you don't have a glue gun you can use tacky glue.

2. Measure the circumference of your can and cut the silver tape just a little bit longer.

3. Lay the tape on top of the piece of fun foam. Do not take the backing off the tape. You don't want it to stick to the fun foam. The fun foam just gives you a soft surface to work on so that the utensils can indent the tape.

4. Press your utensils into the tape to make shapes, designs, and words. You can work from the back or the front of the tape. If you press into the back of the tape, the designs will be raised. If you press into the front of the tape, the designs will be indented.

5. When you are done with your design remove the backing on the tape and stick it to the can over the twine.

6. Paint the entire surface of the tape with black acrylic paint. Let it dry for a few minutes, but not completely. Pat the paint off the surface of the tape with a folded, damp paper towel. Press lightly so that you don't remove all the paint. You want the paint to remain in the indented areas so that the design shows up better.

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Thanksgiving Turkey in a Pot with Feather Pens

What you will need: Brown, red, green, orange, and gold felt squares, googly eyes, terra cotta pot, small decorative glass stones, pens, polyfil, hot melt glue, and buttons.

How to Make the Thanksgiving Turkey in a Pot with Feather Pens:

1. Print out the pattern for the turkey. Cut the turkey's body and wings from the brown felt, the beak and feet from the gold felt, and cut a wattle shape from red felt. You will not need the front and back pouch patterns for this craft. (Printing Problems?)

2. Pin the two beak pieces together and sew them together using a very small stitch. Cut around the edge of your stitching close to the seam.

3. Pin the two body pieces together in the middle. Place the beak inside the two pieces at the head and pin the pieces together. Place the top edge of the two feet in the inside of the body pieces and pin them in place. Sew the pieces together leaving an opening on one side to fill it with the polyfil. Stuff the head and the rest of the body, but not the neck. Then sew the body closed.

4. Place two wing patterns together and sew all the way around leaving a one-inch opening. Stuff a small amount of polyfil in the wing and then sew it closed. Do the same thing for the other wing. Glue the wings to the body.

5. Bend down the head as shown in the picture and glue on googly eyes and a wattle.

6. Cut feather shapes from different colors of felt. Sew two feathers together in the middle and leave an opening for the top of the pens. Glue or sew buttons to the top of the feathers. Slide the feathers on the pens.

7. Place glass rocks in the pot, and the turkey on top of the rocks. Push the feathered pens into the rocks behind the turkey. Glue a business cards, sign, or other object on the turkey's wings.

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Paper Plate Turkey Craft for Kids

What you will need: Small lunch-size paper plates, paint, glue gun or stapler, feather, and eyes.

How to Make the Turkey Paper Plate Craft:

1. Fold a small paper plate in half and cut on the fold line.

2. To make the head roll one half of the plate into a cone shape overlapping the sides about 1/3 of the plate. Glue the cut side closed.

3. To make the body roll the other half of the paper plate into a cone shape overlapping the side only about one inch at the edge. Glue the cone closed on the cut edge. Fold the tip of the cone down about 1/2" and glue the head to the folded tip. Paint the head and body.

4. Cut another paper plate in half and use one half for the back tail feathers and the other half for the wings and feet. Paint the tail feathers and wings and then glue them to the body as shown in the picture.

5. Glue on the eyes. To finish glue a feather to the top of the head and cut a wattle from red paper and glue it to the underside of the beak.

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Treat Holder Turkey Craft for Kids

What you will need: TP roll or card stock rolled into a toilet paper-sized roll, brown, red, and orange craft foam or construction paper, brown felt, fake fall leaves, sticker eyes, and glue gun or stapler.

How to Make the Turkey Treat Holder Craft:

1. Cut a two-inch piece off a TP roll or make a two-inch roll using card stock.

2. Cover the roll with brown felt. Start by closing up the bottom. Place the roll on the felt and trace around the bottom of the tube about one-half inch from the edge. Glue the circle on the bottom of the tub by bringing the extra half inch up over the sides of the tube and gluing it to the sides. Cover the entire side of the tube with the felt.

3. Print out the turkey pattern and cut from brown craft foam. glue the wings to the back of the body as shown in the picture. Cut the wattle from red craft foam and the beak from orange craft foam and glue them to the face. Glue on eyes or use eye stickers. (Printing Problems?)

4. Glue three large leaves to the back of the tube to make the turkey's tail features, and glue two tiny leaves to the bottom of the tube for its feet.

5. Place candy corn or other treat in the TP roll holder.

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Silver Tape Thanksgiving Napkin Rings Craft for Kids

What you will need: Card stock or light card board, craft foam, black acrylic paint, Shurtape AF 912 aluminum duct tape (You can find this tape at a Lowe's or other home improvement store in the heating and air conditioning section. It costs about $7.00 for 120 yards. It is not Duck tape.), and utensils to engrave the tape such as a ballpoint pen, the end of a paintbrush, and the tines of a fork.

How to make:

1. Cut pieces of duct tape 7" long. Cut card stock in 6 1/2" by 1 1/2' pieces.

2. Place the duct tape pieces on a piece of craft foam and use utensils to engrave a design. The craft foam makes it easier to engrave because it is soft and springy.

3. Remove the backing on the pieces of engraved tape and stick them to the card stock pieces folding over the edges.

4. To make the rings look old paint black acrylic paint over the entire surface then pat off the extra paint with a dry folded paper towel.

5. When the paint is dry roll the pieces to form a ring and glue the rings closed using hot melt glue.

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Thanksgiving Turkey Napkin and Silverware Holder Craft

What you will need: brown, red, and gold felt squares, googly eyes, a cloth napkin, small rock or heavy object, polyfil, hot melt glue, and rickrack.

How to make:

1. Print out the pattern. Cut the turkey's body and wings from the brown felt, the beak and feet from the gold felt, and cut a wattle shape from red felt. (Printing Problems?)

2. Pin the two beak pieces together and sew them together using a very small stitch. Cut around the edge of your stitching close to the seam.

3. Pin the two body pieces together in the middle. Place the beak inside the two pieces at the head and pin the pieces together. Pin the front and back pouch to the front and back of the body. Place the two feet in the inside of the body pieces and pin them in place. Sew around the head and about two inches of the neck on both sides. Insert a small rock or other heavy object in the head and then continue sewing all the way around the body.

4. Place two wing patterns together and sew all the way around leaving a one-inch opening. Stuff a small amount of polyfil in the wing and then sew it closed. Do the same thing for the other wing. Glue the wings to the body.

5. Bend down the head as shown in the picture and glue on googly eyes and a wattle.

6. If you are using a plain napkin, sew rickrack or other decorative items such as lace on the edges. Fan fold the napkin, iron it, and then fold the fan-folded napkin in half. Insert the napkin in the back pouch of the turkey and spread out the napkin to make a fan shape. Place silverware in the front pouch and then fold the head down over the silverware.

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