Thanksgiving Crafts and Activities from Kids Network

• small to medium sized pumpkin
• yellow, orange, red, green, brown construction paper
• googly eyes
• 5 wooden skewers (or pencils)
• scissors
• double sided tape and/or glue
• pencil
• main turkey template, wings template and feathers template

How to make your turkey pumpkin centerpiece:

• Print out the feather, face, wings and feet template and trace onto construction paper. You will need 2 feathers in each color, 10 total.
• Cut out feathers and tape a skewer between each color. This will help keep the tail sturdy when connected to the pumpkin. (see picture) Make all 5 colored feathers, fan them out, then tape together at the bottom to look like the tail. Tape or glue to the back of the pumpkin.
• Trace and cut out the wings and attach to the sides of the pumpkin.
• Trace and cut out the head and beak. You will need 2 heads! Use a skewer and tape between the 2 heads to keep the head up so it doesn’t droop! Glue/tape on googly eyes and beak. Attach to the front of the pumpkin.
• Trace and cut out the feet. Using 2 long strips of construction paper, fold accordion style to make the legs long and crazy! Glue/tape the feet to the end of the legs. Attach the legs to the bottom of the pumpkin.

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