Yesterday we whipped up these cute little turkeys from items I had around the house. Easy for a kid craft...with maybe a little help from an older turkey!
Supplies: All from the Dollar General!
One small foam gourd
Gesso or creme acrylic paint
Brown ink pad and a papertowel
Artificial leaves (mine came like 10 in a bag!)
2 clothespins (or you can substitute pipe cleaners for the feet)
googly eyes (i love saying that!)
orange cardstock for the beak
red felt (for the gobbler)
Step 1: Paint your gourd!
I painted mine with acrylic Gesso and left some of the underlying green show through. Then I used my handy dandy Staz-On ink pad in timber brown to "distress" my turkey's body. I did this very easily with a paper towel, rubbing the ink all over the gourd body......
Step 2: Glue on your feet.
Self explanatory...lay your clothespin down and put a big blob of glue on top. Stick your gourd on top!
Step 3: Glue your feathers on.
Layer three or four of your feathers and glue then to the back of your gourd.
I cut off the wire ends of my leaves after I attached them together so they didn't stick out.
Step 4: Attach your eyes, your beak and your wiggly gobbler!
And here's your turkey.....
Isn't he cute??
Share your dollar store turkey creations with us! I love to see
your projects...don't forget to share the love with everyone!
Happy Day!
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