Oh boy, do I have a fun craft for you today perfect for the Thanksgiving season.  Today I’m going to show you how to make Pinecone Turkeys perfect for Thanksgiving.  These pinecone turkeys will look great around the house as Thanksgiving decorations.  Plus, your kids will love to make them.  They are a lot of fun and your kids will have great pride in knowing they made items you could actually put around the house as decorations.  So, grab the materials needed and let’s get started.

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Materials Needed

Pinecone

Tan Puffball

Glue

Googly Eyes

Yellow Felt or Foam

Red Felt

Orange Pipe Cleaner

Different Color Pipe Cleaner, Construction Paper or Craft Feathers

Step 1

Get a pinecone.

Step 2

Glue a tan puffball to the top of pinecone.

Step 3

Glue googly eyes on.

Step 4

Cut yellow triangle out of felt or foam and glue on face.

Step 5

Draw a #7 like shape on red felt like above picture.  Glue red felt on top of beak.

Step 6

Wrap orange pipe cleaner around pinecone.  Then take smaller pieces of pipe cleaner to make claws.

Step 7

Loop pipe cleaners and stick into back of pinecone for feathers.  Or, use paper or craft feathers.

And, now you are all finished.  You just made your Pincone Turkey.  Now, use it to decorate your house for Thanksgiving.  Actually, make a few to put around the house….. everyone will love it!!

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In the last post I was talking about how 100 days of school will be arriving soon, and that got me thinking…. if you are almost at 100 days of school your pencils must be getting old and it is time for some new ones.  Well, instead of just using the same old standard pencils for school… why not take it up a notch.  Let’s make our pencils fancy and fun with some decorations.  Today I’m going to show you how to make decorated pencils.  The craft will be so much fun…. almost as much fun as these pencils will be to use.  So, let’s get started.

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Laura from Dacian Moon Handmade  will show this tutorial step-by-step.

Materials Needed

– pencils
– fluffy feathers
– craft glue
– paint
– metallic powder
– beads

Step 1

Let’s place some beads on a piece of paper.

Apply a layer of glue on the upper part of a pencil…

… like this. Spread it well.

Step 2

To begin, press the pencil over the beads…

… then pour more beads over the pencil.  Do that until it is well covered all around.

Let it dry well.

Meanwhile let’s make the second pencil.

Step 1

Take the eraser out.

Fill its place with glue…

… like this.

Step 2

Place the feather where the glue is.  While it dries you can paint the pencil.

We will paint it all black.

Step 3

Take metallic powder on the paintbrush and spread it over the paint… do this before it is dried.

Like this:

Let it dry completely.

Now, both your pencils are finished.  Don’t they look fun?!  They are so much better than using just plain, ordinary pencils.  It almost makes you excited to do some homework, doesn’t it?   hmmmmmm…..

Here is our video on How to Make Decorated Pencils

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This is a really cute idea to make a Native American Indian Headdress for a Costume or to just play dress up. This is easy enough for kids 8 years and older to make themselves. Find the instructions below.

Make Native American Indian Headdress for Halloween Costume

CRAFTS MATERIALS THAT YOU WILL NEED:

-Corrugated Cardboard / Paper

– Ruler

– Scissors

– Feathers

– Red Crepe Paper

– Paste or Glue

– 2 Pronged Paper Fastener

STEP 1

From corrugated cardboard, cut a strip 1 & 1/2 inches wide and 2 inches longer than your head size.

STEP 2

Into the holes of the cardboard, stick feathers.

STEP 3

Then cover the outside of the headband with a strip of bright red crepe paper 2 inches wide and long enough to make long streamers.

STEP 4

Frill the edges of this strip of paper.

STEP 5

Paste in place.

STEP 6

Overlap ends of corrugated headband.

STEP 7

Punch a hole in each end.

STEP 8

Slip a 2-pronged paper fastener through these holes and spread the prongs to keep it in place.

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