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Make an easy turkey craft for Thanksgiving.

For less than $20, we can make 4 of these easy turkey crafts.

MyFixitUpLife TurkeyCraft Thanksgiving turkey gobble

My son Jack challenged me to make a turkey craft for Thanksgiving decorations this fall. He was looking around the house and realized that we have made a lot of decorations for Halloween and Christmas, but my already-made options for Thanksgiving are sparse.

So, the turkey challenge was accepted.

On his day off from school for election day, Jack and I shopped at Michael’s for supplies for this easy turkey craft. He helped select the feathers, the size of the styrofoam balls, and he snuck a few of his own project supplies in my basket along the way. Jack seems to have an endless need for a variety of glue and tape options. He is always making something.

The supplies for this easy turkey craft:

  • styrofoam balls
  • feathers
  • googly eyes
  • clothes pins
  • twine
  • pins
  • nail
  • red ribbon
  • metal cake tester
  • scissors
  • glue

The steps for this easy turkey craft:

1 MyFixitUpLife TurkeyCraft Thanksgiving supplies
The supplies for this craft included scissors styrofoam balls glue twine googly eyes pins and one nail I also used a tiny bit of red ribbon for the gobble not pictured
2 MyFixitUpLife TurkeyCraft Thanksgiving pin string to ball
The first step is attaching the end of the twine to the ball with a pin
3 MyFixitUpLife TurkeyCraft Thanksgiving wrap twine around styrofoam ball
Apply glue around the end and start wrapping the twine
3b MyFixitUpLife TurkeyCraft Thanksgiving string the ball
After the ball is covered cut the end
4 MyFixitUpLife TurkeyCraft Thanksgiving attach balls with nail1
Insert a nail in the end of one ball
5 MyFixitUpLife TurkeyCraft Thanksgiving attach balls with nail
Then insert the other end of the nail into the other ball
6 MyFixitUpLife TurkeyCraft Thanksgiving attach feet
Take apart a clothespin and use the two wooden parts to make feet
6b MyFixitUpLife TurkeyCraft Thanksgiving feet attached
Now that the turkey has feet it can stand up
7 MyFixitUpLife TurkeyCraft Thanksgiving insert feathers
Apply glue to the end of a metal cake tester and insert into the end of the turkey to make a hole for a feather Repeat and repeat
8 MyFixitUpLife TurkeyCraft Thanksgiving turkey gobble attach
Insert two wooden parts of a clothespin for the beak Cut a red gobble from a ribbon or fabric and attach with a pin
MyFixitUpLife TurkeyCraft Thanksgiving happy turkey after face
Its a happy turkey now

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Theresa
A handy designer and writer, she shares DIY projects, tool how-to, and home makeovers as a book author, home show speaker, DIY workshop coach, and radio host. Plus, she has a degree in journalism with a minor in architecture, and is a Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist (CAPs) and certified color consultant. She's created fast-paced makeovers for TV shows, and shares home trends and DIY tips as a freelance writer and guest on news shows and satellite media tours for TV and radio.

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