If you don't have a couple of trees to set the turkey game in between, then you'll need some poles on either side of the game that are set deep enough into the ground for support PVC pipe is a cheap way to add 2 poles for support. They should be around 5-6 ft tall
Footballs It would be great if you had 3 footballs so you don't have to retrieve a football every time someone throws one
Materials
2yards Brown Material4 ft. wide
5Fat Quarters - different colors I picked out 5 colorful fat quarters for the feathers. Then, I grabbed a light brown in contrast to the big fabric for the turkey face. I also grabbed orange for the beak
1piece material for the beakorange
2Googly Eyes You'll want to get big googly eyes.
1 2 oz. Glue - Get good fabric glue. I like to use a brand called Fabri-Tac.
1pair Scissors It's important to have scissors that easily cut through fabric.
1 package twisted nylon or twisted polyester rope You'll need a rope that is strong enough to withstand hard hits from a football
strong tapeI had some Gorilla Tape that is really strong and helped reinforce the corners
Instructions
Set the larger brown material on a work surface
Open up the colorful fat quarters that you bought for the turkey feathers and cut them down the middle - you'll only need one half for a feather
Round out one end of the half to make a feather
Open the light brown fat quarter and cut a large turkey head that is about 3 to 3&1/2 feet in diameter
Cut a beak out of your orange fat quarter and cut a long piece of leftover red fabric for the gobble
Position the feathers in a fanned-out pattern on the dark brown material
Place the head in the center of the feathers and reposition the feathers if you need to
Once you've got everything in the position you like, then glue the pieces down
Add the beak, eyes, and gobble to the head
Use a circle template that is bigger than your football to trace circles onto the end of the feathers
Cut those out, glue any loose pieces of material down
Fold the corners over for extra reinforcement and glue them
Cut a couple of slits into each corner for the rope to go through
Cut long pieces of rope and slide one end through a slit and back through the other one giving the corners 2 pieces of rope for more support
Finally, reinforce the corners and rope by taping them on both sides with Gorilla tape or really strong duct tape
Tie your turkey toss game between 2 sturdy poles like PVC pipe or tie it between two trees
Playing
Set out a marker for people to stand behind
Each feather should be assigned a point value
Players will have 3 tries to get the most possible points
Then, the next player gets a turn
The play continues until someone has reached 21 points or your set number agreed on before the game
Team Play
Divide into teams
Assign point values to each feather
Each player gets three chances to throw the football through the targets before the other team gets a turn
Play continues until a set number of points is reached which is usually 21
Notes
Footballs should be smaller in diameter than the circles in the feathers