Category: Art

Fruit Loop Turkey

11/22/2013

Supplies Needed; Print out of turkey (see below), 2 wiggly eyes, a small construction paper triangle (for beak), and Fruit Loops
Directions; Allow children to glue fruit loops to turkey body. When dry, glue on 2 wiggly eyes and a construction paper beak.

Turkey Finger Puppet

11/22/2013

Supplies Needed; Brown construction paper, Silk Fall Leaves, Wiggly Eyes, Bit of Red and Orange construction paper, Glue, Pencil, Scissors, Paper Pattern

Directions; Make a paper pattern for the turkey body. If you choose to draw your own body; Draw 2 holes near the bottom of the body big enough for fingers to fit through. If you need a pattern, use the pattern below to trace the body shape. Cut it out. Trace the turkey body onto the brown craft paper. Trace the leg holes, too. Cut the turkey out. Cut out the leg holes. Draw a beak on the orange craft paper. Cut it out. Draw a wattle on the red craft paper. Cut it out. Glue the eyes, beak and wattle onto the turkey. Glue on the feathers. Once the glue is dry, or hard, or cool, the turkey is ready to be played with.

The Perfect Thanksgiving

11/20/2013

Read the book: The Perfect Thanksgiving by Eileen Spinelli and illustrated by JoAnn Adinolfi.

A story of two different families and their different Thanksgiving traditions. Despite their vast differences each family has a PERFECT Thanksgiving.

Supplies:

Constructions paper
Markers/colored pencils/crayons
Googly eyes
Glue
Feathers

Directions:
Trace both hands onto a piece of paper.

Have the children use the materials provided to create two different yet perfect turkeys.

Ol’Tom Turkey Loses Feathers

11/19/2013

Read: “Sometimes It’s Turkey, Sometimes It’s Feathers” by Lorna Balian and Lecia Balian

Instructions; For fun drop feathers every time Ol’ Tom loses his feathers and let the children pick them up when the game is done.

Supplies Needed; Scissors and crayons or markers.

Directions; Have children color and cut out "Tom Turkey" and his feathers. As you recite the poem (posted above). Ask the children to drop the feather as you recite the poem.

Materials needed: Paper plate, fake feathers, glue, construction paper brown, orange and red construction paper, scissors, and wiggly eyes.

Directions: cut one shape the size of an avocado, one shape the size of an egg, one size the shape of a small triangle for the beak. Put the large shape on the plate in the center-bottom vertical. Put the next size on top of this shape for the gobbler. Put the triangle at the top of the egg size shape for a beak. Put the wiggly eyes near the triangle. Or, let the children use these shapes any way they think is nice. Let the children glue on as many feathers as they think a turkey should have.

Snowflake Turkey

11/19/2013

Supplies:

Paper (any kind will work even recycled newspaper or magazine pages)
Scissors
Glue
Googly eyes

Directions:

Cut paper into a circle or trace a circle onto the paper and cut it out. Fold the paper in half. Fold it in half again (it should look like a triangle).

Fold it in half once more.

Cut designs into the paper being sure not to cut straight through the paper and leaving a few folded areas on each side.

Carefully, unfold the paper until you have a half circle. Cut out a turkey body and glue it into the middle of the snowflake semi-circle.

Glue on googly eyes, beak, gobbler, and legs.

Popcorn Pilgrim Hat

11/18/2013

Supplies:

Popped Popcorn
Construction paper
Glue
Crayons

Directions:

Pre-draw a pilgrim hat pattern onto construction paper for children (older children may want to draw it themselves).

Have them trace the outside lines with glue and place popped popcorn onto glue lines

Be sure to have plenty of popped popcorn ready, as children will want to snack on it as they complete the project.

Leaf Turkeys

11/17/2013

Directions:

Glue googly eyes, beak, gobble, and legs onto leaf to create a turkey.

Supplies:

Leaves (real or artificial)
Glue
Googly eyes
Orange triangle beak (construction paper, card stock, or tissue paper)
Red triangle gobble (construction paper, card stock, or tissue paper)
Chenille stems or any other craft supply you find suitable for legs or tweak the stem into legs

Sophie's World: "Five Little Turkeys" singalong

Colorful Paper Plate Turkey

11/15/2013

Turkey Hand-Eye Coordination Manipulative

11/14/2013

Supplies Needed; Toilet paper roll, Wiggly eyes, Scissors, Long feathers, Rubber Band, Glue, Square piece of brown construction paper (crumpled to soften the texture), Small scrap orange construction paper cut into a triangle, and a Hole punch

Directions; Evenly cut a 3" round off of the toilet paper roll, this will serve as the head and the larger remaining piece will serve as the body. Take your piece of brown 4"x4" square construction paper and use it to cover one end of the body piece affix it with a rubber band, this will be your turkey's chest. Glue the head piece to the edge of the body just above the chest (as shown in the images above). Using your hole punch, create as many holes as desired in the back of the body piece. Now cut a triangle from your orange construction paper, this will serve as your beak. Finally, glue on your beak and eyes.

Instructions; We glued the turkey to a paper plate, to prevent it from falling over. Allow children to place the feathers into the holes/

Edible Turkey

11/14/2013

Supplies Needed; Clear Rubber Glove (be conscientious of latex allergies and use only non-powder coated), Fruit Loops, mini marshmallows, yellow construction paper, red construction paper, orange construction paper, two wiggly eyes, glue, scissors, and a rubber band.

Directions; Fill fingers of the glove with colored fruit loops. Fill the rest of the glove with mini marshmallows. Tie off the bottom of the glove with the rubber band, and cut off any excess glove. Cut out feet from the orange construction paper, a beak from the yellow construction paper, and a gobbler from the red construction paper (see below). Glue on eyes, gobbler, beak and feet. Allow to dry.