A Couple of Turkeys

It is that time of year again, turkey time.  It is rather interesting we make all these turkey crafts, then eat the bird, but that might be should be another post, on a different blog.  

This year the boys had a more free-form challenge, I gave them a few supplies and they went to work.  They each came up with something quite different, but both turkeys. After a few years of turkey making I quite frankly am out of ideas, so here are the details on theirs...

E's bird is a hand-shaped die cut but you could easily trace your child's own. He taped different coloured feathers to the fingers, glued on a googly eye and beak and twisted on a wattle (that red flap under the beak, yes I had to look up the word for this).

C used a clothes pin for his body, which turned out great because it could stand up! Taped on some feathers, then wrapped the body in pipe cleaners to hide the tape I think and "make the turkey fatter".  He glued on some googly eyes and a beak.

I thought these designs were better than anything I could come up with and would make great guided craft for kids as well.  Maybe we'll make our own flock...