Make a simple Turkey Treat Holder out of a mitten. This Turkey Craft for Kids is the perfect Thanksgiving craft and table decoration. Kids will be so excited to see their own turkey puppet at their place setting…
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Turkey Craft for Kids
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Make this simple little turkey hand puppet that doubles as a paper cup cozy, and a Goody Bag. When the kids sit down to lunch, they’ll be delighted to see their cup doubles as a fun hand puppet. 🙂 And for all those teachers, and room mothers (or room fathers), this is very simple, and cute Thanksgiving classroom party craft.
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If you like making simple holiday crafts for kids or with the kids, check out my other projects like,
Praying Hands Thanksgiving Craft
Besides making a craft…
What are some ways to make Thanksgiving Fun for Kids?
- Make the kid table fun – cover it with easel paper and set out crayons so kids can color right on the table
- Play football with the family as a tradition
- Take a family walk
- Make a scavenger hunt indoors or if it’s warm – take it outside
- Give out goody bags
- Play minute to win it games as a family
Here’s the very simple how to on this Paper Cup and Mitten Turkey & Goody Bag .
You’ll Need: – for each puppet
- A brown mitten
- 4 bright colors of felt for the feathers
- Orange felt, or orange paper – (felt will hold up better)
- A googly eye
- A red piece of pipe cleaner – about 3 inches long
- Warm glue gun, and glue sticks
- Cotton balls
Instructions:
- Cut the felt colors into feather shapes – long enough to cover the 4 fingers of the mitten. They should be oblong shaped, pointed at the top, and cut straight across at the bottom (They look a little like leaf shapes)
- Glue the feathers onto the 4 fingers of the mitten – For kids that are right handed – the thumb should be on your right. Opposite for lefties. 🙂
- Now, glue the googly eye, and beak onto the thumb like the picture shows
- Wrap the red pipe cleaner around a pencil to give it the curls. Slide it off the pencil. Straighten out a little piece at the top, and glue it onto the beak
- Stuff a couple of cotton balls in each finger, and 3 in the thumb to give them a plush look, and add support so they can stand up
- Fill a paper cup full of fun Thanksgiving treats for a fun goody bag, or leave it empty, and the kids can use this cup as their drinking cup while they play with their new puppet
- Pull the mitten over your paper cup so the turkey has a body
- Kids can leave it as is, or they can pull the turkey off of the cup, pull out the cotton balls, and use it as a puppet
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~ Melissa – KidFriendlyThingsToDo.com