No we didn't make the dinner and serve it up for our family and friends but we made a few decorations for the dinner table to show just how happy we were that it was turkey day and what we were thankful for!
Now I'm not gonna lie I got inspired by many posts on Pinterest and I am sure that I am not the only Momma to think this up and post it on her blog so I will preface this craft by saying that I am in no way saying this was my own idea... lets face it I'm just not that smart!
So here is how we got our turkeys started...
For our Thankful turkey I cut out feather shapes from cardboard that I felt were Fall colored and I asked Delaney and all of our family members what they were thankful for.... notice that even little Max got in on the action... (Delaney insisted that we include some from Max and then said what she felt he was thankful for)
Then with double sided tape I added them to the back of a toilet paper roll but you could very easily replace that with glue....
For our other turkey I had Delaney trace her hand on more Fall colored cardboard and then I cut them out and we stuck them to the back of another roll... (sorry I was kinda busy watching a 4 year old eye the scissors to take any photos but its pretty self explanatory anyway...)
Finally we added googly eyes and a beak and then drew on the feet!
Presto two adorable centerpieces for our Thanksgiving table!
I did this with my first graders back when I taught art. We used washed out milk cartons for the bodies covered in brown construction paper, added googly eyes, etc, to make it look like a turkey. They outlined their hands for the turkey feathers, writing one thing they were thankful for on each finger. They used them on their desks to hold crayons.
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