The first easy turkey craft we have for you just takes a pine cone, some orange construction paper, glue, scissors, and some wiggly eyes. Trace your child’s hand onto the construction paper with fingers slightly splayed. You’ll need two of these. Glue them to the back of the pine cone with the fingers pointing out (to resemble feathers). Glue on the wiggly eyes and make a wattle by cutting a small triangle out of the construction paper and gluing just below the eyes. That makes a cute turkey craft that will be a welcome addition to any Thanksgiving table décor!

Another one of the fun turkey crafts we have made also involves your child’s involvement. All you need for this easy turkey craft is some glue, a pencil, a black marker, scissors, and brown, orange, yellow, and red construction paper. Start by tracing your child’s foot out of one of the colors of paper. DO NOT trace the individual toes! Then trace their hands with their fingers splayed out and DO trace the individual fingers! Trace their hands out of the various colors of paper to emulate feathers.

The heel of the foot print will be your turkey head. Arrange the hand prints behind the foot print to look like feathers and glue into place. Cut out two long strips of the brown construction paper and accordion fold for legs. Cut out feet for your turkey – use your imagination – it doesn’t have to be perfect! Draw on a face and cut a small triangle out of the red paper for the turkey wattle. Then you have cute Thanksgiving turkey crafts and be able to watch how your child changes from year to year if you make them every year. Don’t forget to write the age of your child and the year on the back of the turkey!

You can find all sorts of turkey crafts for Thanksgiving on the Internet. Space prevents us from giving you more than a couple, but think about how you can make turkey crafts out of supplies you have lying around the house and then go crazy! Turkey crafts are fun, but they are much more fun when they come from your own creative brain!

To make the glasses case, you will need the following simple materials: a square of craft foam, plastic or large blunt needles, lanyard lace or thick yarn. Cut two rectangles from the foam, each 3-1/2 inches (9 cm.) by 6 inches (15 cm.). With a hole punch, make holes on three sides of each rectangle, leaving one short side unpunched. Make the holes 1/2 inch apart and allow at least 1/4 inch between the hole and the edge of the craft foam. The holes need to line up so that the two pieces can be laced together. If you are preparing the craft for small children, you should make the holes yourself. Otherwise, the crafters can do this step if you have enough pairs of hole punches.

At this point the crafters can cut decorative shapes from other colors of craft foam, or you can buy sets of ready-cut foam shapes. If you are doing the craft at a special event, like vacation Bible school, choose shapes that echo the theme of the event. For instance, if the Bible school or camp has a cowboy theme, find shapes that fit well, such as boots, cowboy hats, and stars. Let the kids choose the shapes they like and glue on as desired. You might also like to provide beads or sequins to glue on as well, especially if the crafters are a little older.

The next step in this arts and crafts idea is to thread the plastic needle with the yarn or lanyard lace. Yarn might be a little easier to handle, but lanyard lace is shiny and attractive. In a pinch, some teachers of small children use a bobby pin as a needle. It is certainly a safe alternative. Simply loop the yarn through the opening and use the open end of the bobby pin as if it were the point of the needle. The children can now begin to lace the front and back of the glasses case together.

To turn this arts and crafts idea into a necklace purse, simply attach a piece of lanyard lace to each corner making a long handle. Kids will enjoy using this case as a place to store secret notes and small objects. If they’d rather, they can give the glasses case to a parent, grandparent, or friend who wears glasses. Either way, this arts and crafts idea will be interesting for all.