Thanksgiving Turkey Pop Up Card Making Craft – Turkeys Beak Opens and Closes

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Have a free afternoon and want to do make cool  Thanksgiving Turkey pop up cards for family and friends?  This is a unique Turkey pop up card in that this one has an open and closing beak. My kids said that it is the coolest pop up card that they have ever seen, so I decided to share it with all of you nice kids and parents. Find out how to make this Happy Thanksgiving Turkey Beak Pop Up Card with the following easy to follow, step by step instructions for kids and parents. Instructions follow below:

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Materials Required:

2 pieces of Paper or card stock (works better with card stock but not necessary…I used paper)

Scissors

Markers

Crayons / Colored Pencils

Step 1

Fold a piece of paper in half.

Step 2

Cut a slit about an inch long in the middle of the folded side of the piece of paper.

Step 3

Now fold a corner to the left and to the right at the slit (like shown above).

Step 4

This part is hard to illustrate, but fold the paper in the opposite direction and push the crease inwards.

Step 5

You might have to push the paper in different direction for the Turkey’s beak to start to look like this (shown above).

Step 6

After being able to get the piece of paper to look like the step above, then turn the paper upside down and glue everything (BUT  DON”T GLUE THE BEAK).  Then glue it to the 2nd piece of paper (BUT DON’T GLUE THE BEAK DOWN).

Step 7

After the glue dries….start drawing the turkey’s face. First draw it in pencil … later outline in marker. Draw the turkey’s beak first. A triangle on top of the slit, and a triangle on the bottom of the slit. Also draw 2 circles above the top triangle (don’t draw over the beak though). This also looks like a sideways number ‘8′.

Step 8

Now put 2 cirlces (with a pizza slice triangle cut out of that circle for a highlight in the eye) inside the bigger circle for the Turkey’s irises.

Step 9

Now draw a bunch of feathers on the turkey…they sort of look like sideways letter ‘U’s

Step 10

Draw the turkey’s ’snood’ (the thing that hangs down over the turkey’s beak. The snood sort of looks like a letter ‘U’ shape too.

Step 11

Now draw the turkey’s feet … I see a ‘3′ in the right foot and a backwards ‘3′ in the left foot…try to visualize these to draw them easier. Also draw 2 nostrils in the turkey’s beak.

Step 12

When you open and close this Thanksgiving card, you should see the beak open like this. If you want to, write ‘Gobble Gobble’ inside the Turkey’s mouth or write ‘Happy Turkey Day’ or ‘Happy Thanksgiving’ in the Turkey’s mouth. Or just leave it blank.

Finished Thanksgiving Turkey Pop-Up Card

Color in your Thanksgiving Pop Up Turkey Beak Card and impress your family members and friends with your handmade card.

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Free Thanksgiving Turkey Paper Toys Model : Make Printable Foldable Turkeys Paper Crafts for Kids

Free Thanksgiving Turkey Paper Toys Model : Make Printable Foldable Turkeys Paper Crafts for Kids

Have a free afternoon and want to make the coolest craft you have ever made? All you need are a printer, paper, scissors, glue, and patience and you will have a fun Thanksgiving arts and crafts activity to keep you busy. Find out more below.

Materials Required:

Printer

Paper

Scissors

Glue

Small Stick

Patience

Free Turkey Paper Models Diagrams Below:

Free Turkey Paper Models Instructions Below:

(1) Print out Template 1 & 2
(2) Cut out all the pieces along the dark outer lines.
(3) Score all inner lines. You can use a dull butter knife to score the folds.
(4) After you score all the inner lines & tabs, most shapes will take on a 3d-like shape..and you should be able to figure out how it folds up. If not, take a look at the finished image  to help you out.
(5) After you visualize how the shape should fold, glue tabs and push together. Use small sticks such as a chopstick, toothpick, end of a paint brush, etc to push together hard-to- reach areas.
(6) Let dry and then play with your toy turkey.

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Turkey Plant Poke Garden Thanksgiving Crafts Activity for Kids

Turkey Plant Poke Garden Thanksgiving Crafts Activity for Kids

Plant pokes are a great way to brighten up and decorate plants in your house and gardens in your backyard. Now that Thanksgiving is getting closer, how about we make a Thanksgiving Turkey Plant Poke to decorate your garden. This turkey plant poke is easy to make and lots of fun to look at. Easy directions for this crafts project follow below.

Materials required:

Scissors

Glue

Thick colored paper- yellow, mustard, red

Popsicle sticks

Crayons

A plant

Step 1

On a piece of paper, draw a large circle and a smaller cirle as shown. Then draw around both the circles as shown.

Step 2

Cut out two pieces of the second shape you drew. Stick an ice cream stick on one as shown.

Step 3

Break a few ice cream sticks into 2.

Step 4

Arrange them and stick them as shown in the picture.

Step 5

Stick the second shape on top of the ice cream stick so that the ice cream stick is between the two shapes which are glued together.

Step 6

Now cut out 4 shapes of the exact same size as shown. These will be the wings.

Step 7

Stick a wing as shown.

Step 8

Now, turn it over and stick a second wing exactly over the first one as shown.

Step 9

Add all 4 wings in this manner. Cut out white paper for the eyes and red paper for the beak and glue it as shown on both sides.

Color the sticks on top with crayons.

Your plant poke will look like this on both sides.

Step 10

Insert it into the soil next to a  plant.

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Thanksgiving Turkey Pencil Topper Crafts Project for Kids

Thanksgiving Turkey Pencil Topper Crafts Project for Kids

Here’s a great idea to celebrate thanksgiving at school- a turkey on the top of your pencil…a Turkey pencil topper craft for kids!! This craft is really easy to make and will surprise your teacher and your friends.

Materials required:

Coloured paper ( thicker paper works better)- Red, mustard, brown

White paper

A pencil

Scizzors

Glue

Marker

Step 1

Cut out a piece of paper about 1 inch by 1 inch and roll it around the pencil. Apply glue on the end of the paper and roll, so that the paper sticks on itself to form a cylinder.

Step 2

Pull your cylinder out. Cut out a small circle in a different color as shown.

Step 3

Stick the circle on the cylinder as shown. Draw eyes. Now put it back on the pencil .

Step 4

Cut out a shape as shown. Draw lines as shown with a pencil. Cut along those lines. This will be the turkey’s feathers.

Step 5

Stick the turkey’s feathers behind the cylinder. Bend the strips of paper forward and backward alternatively as shown.

Step 6

Your turkey is now ready. Place your pencil in your bag and get ready for school!!

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Sculpting with Fimo: The Goldfish Crafts Project for Kids

My husband is a toy sculptor and he can do some pretty amazing things with his sculpting medium and at times it can be rather depressing when my sculpting abilities are very basic. I mean, I can create with paper but I have a bit of a hard time creating anything that is three dimensional, which is why I always delight when I can create something that is worthy of even a little bit of praise.  For this reason, I love working with fimo or clay and I enjoy the time spent with my kids as we make little critters that can be hardened into masterpieces that I can enjoy for a lifetime.

Sculpting is a wonderful activity for children and most have some experience with it through playdough.  While I love playdough, I find that not being able to really keep the finished product can be disheartening at times so I find that giving children an opportunity to make some lasting pieces is worth the extra expense that clay or fimo can present (although fimo isn’t that expensive, usually around 5 dollars for a small block that goes a long way).

In this craft, I will teach you how to create a very basic fimo sculpture fish that most children will enjoy making again and again.

Sculpting with Fimo: The Goldfish : How to Make a Goldfish with basic supplies

Gather all the materials you need:

• Fimo (you can use any color, in the step by step I use grey so I can paint it later but in the finished product I used orange, white and black.)
• Toothpicks
• Paint Brush or a round chopstick (if you have any)
• Paint (optional)

1.  Remove a 2 or 3 inch piece of the Fimo from the block and knead it until it softens.  Usually this doesn’t take too long but if the Fimo is harder, you should expect about 5 minutes of kneading to soften it enough.

2.  Take a small piece from the softened Fimo and roll it into the a ball to form the body of your goldfish. This will be the biggest piece and the size you take will depend on how big you want your goldfish to be. Once you have rolled it into a ball, flatten the bottom slightly so it will rest on the table without falling over.

3.  Now that you have the body, it is time to make the fins of your goldfish.  To do this, create a small triangle with the Fimo.

4.  When the triangle is formed, cut away a small “v” in the largest part or base of the triangle and then cut away the excess from the top of the triangle.

5.  Using the toothpick, carve a small “v” design into the tail and then attach it to the end of the ball by gently pressing it into

6.  Once the tail is attached, it is time to work on the fins.  To do this, create two small tear drop shapes with the Fimo and then draw a few lines on your fins before you attach them.

7.  Attach the fins to the ball and smooth the Fimo with the flat side of the toothpick.  Fix any of the lines that were erased.

8.  Roll a small ball with the Fimo for the mouth and place it onto the front of the ball.

9.  Using the rounded tip of a paint brush or chopstick, gently press it into the small ball until you have an indent that looks like fish lips.

10. Roll two more small balls, smaller than the mouth, and carefully press them into the large ball above the mouth. These are the eyes.  Finish them off with a smaller ball that works as the pupil.  If you are painting, you can do all of this in one color but if you don’t want to paint the finished piece, use white Fimo for the eyes and black Fimo for the pupils.

11.  Bake in the oven according to the package until the sculpture hardens.

12.  At this point you will be done, unless you used all one color.  If you did, take the time to paint the sculpture with acrylic paints.

Fimo is an excellent craft for children that are 8 and up but I have seen children as young as 4 make some truly spectacular sculptures with this medium.  One word of advice; however, is to make sure that the children wash their hands after they are finished using it.

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Easy Easter Basket Craft for Kids to Fill with Treats

If you’ve had a new addition to the family, are having an unexpected guest, or just don’t have enough Easter baskets around the house, here is a simple an inexpensive way to create your own Easter basket to fill with goodies and put on display.

Easy Easter Basket Craft for Young Kids, Preschoolers, Kindergarteners, and Moms

CRAFTS MATERIALS THAT YOU WILL NEED:

A box – a shoebox or milk or orange juice carton would work nicely

Pipe cleaners

Construction paper

Scissors

Hole Punch

Glue

Stapler

Crayons or googly eyes

1. First,  cut off or remove the top of your box or one side of your carton. If using a carton, staple the open end closed. Save this discarded piece for your basket handle if desired.

2. Choose one color of construction paper and make sure you have enough for all sides of your box. Cut the construction paper to fit the box and glue to all sides of the outside.

3. Punch a hole in the front of your box. Bend four pipe cleaners in half and stick through the hole, half on the inside of the box, half on the outside. Position the pipe cleaners so they are in place on the outside, and then staple the pipe cleaners into place on the inside. Trim pipe cleaners inside if needed.

4. Draw on eyes, or glue on googly eyes if you have them on hand.

5. For ears, cut out ear shapes from the original color construction paper you used to cover the box. Then cut smaller ear shapes out of pink contruction paper and glue them to the center of the larger ear shapes. Staple ears to the box so they stand up. (Hint: staple pipe cleaner scraps vertically behind the ears to help keep them upright.)

6. If your discarded box top is large enough cut out a 1″ strip and cover it with construction paper to form a handle. Or, simply use construction paper for a decorative handle.

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Bunny Ears Easter Bunny Craft Idea for Kids

Easter is not so far away anymore so I thought that I would share with you an adorable Easter bunny craft for young children and preschoolers … even older children will enjoy it. With just a few craft materials that are probably already around your house, you will be able to make a cute Easter Bunny with your child’s own handprints.  Not only will this be a fun arts and crafts activity, but it can also be a keepsake to keep forever. You will be surprised at how fast your little one’s hands grow when you look back at past crafts activities. Have fun.

Easter Bunny Ears Craft for Kids : How to Make an Easter Bunny with Your Child’s Handprints

Gather all the Craft Supplies That You Will Need:

1. Construction paper, White, Pink, Green, Blue, Yellow
2. Scissors
3. Glue
4. Markers or crayons
5. Cotton ball

1 – Sit your son or daughter down at a table and then trace his hand on a clean piece of paper. Now cut out your child’s hand onto a white piece of construction paper as shown in the picture above.

2 – Now, take out a piece of pink construction paper. Out of this pink piece of construction paper, cut out 2 “slivers” that fit into the first 2 fingers of the white handprint and then glue them  into place.

3 – The next step is to fold over the third and fourth fingers and the thumb and then glue them  into place.

4 – Now cut the bottom of the green piece of paper and the corner of the yellow piece of paper to make the grass and the sun.

5 – Cut a white oval for the bunny’s body. Then glue the hand as the bunny’s head, and the cotton ball as the bunny’s cottontail. Now you can glue the grass and sun into place.

6 – Now that all of the above steps are complete you can draw a cute bunny face. You might have to wait if the bunny’s face is still wet from the glue.

7 – You can add cut-out paper Easter eggs or other Easter themed decorations if you want!!

You are finished. Take a look at your child’s masterpiece and enjoy. Happy Easter!

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