Thankful Turkey Craft

This easy Thankful turkey craft is a great for school children .This cute construction paper turkey lists what your child is thankful for. It makes a very nice Thanksgiving decoration.My Daughter made this for thanksgiving in her class.

Materials needed:

    * Construction papers
    * Turkey template
    * Scissors
    * Glue stick
    * Markers
   

How to make your Paper Turkey Craft:

    * Cut a brown construction paper circle or oval (about 8 inches across) for the turkey's body.

    * Print the template of  head ,wattle, legs and cut out the pieces. Trace the template pieces onto construction paper and cut the pieces out.

    * Glue the head to the body.Glue a tiny yellow or orange triangle for the beak and little red blob for the wattle.Either draw eyes with black marker or glue on googly eyes.

    * Glue the legs to the body.

    * For feathers cut six long ovals -use colourful papers if you like.

    * On each oval/ feather , write: "I am thankful for ______".Have the child write what they are thankful for.

    * Glue the feathers to the back of the turkey's body .

    * Don't forget to write the child's name on the turkey.


What are you thankful for?

Here are a few things that my daughter is  thankful for:

1. My Family
2. My School
3. My friends
4. Our Earth
5. My Home
6. My Food

Some more Examples are:-

1. God
2. Grandma
3. Grandpa
4. Uncle
5. Aunt
6. Water
7. Air
8. Books
9. Pets
10.Trees

Thanksgiving Paper Plate Turkey

This Thanksgiving paper plate turkey craft uses a small paper plate, some construction paper and paint.This turkey is simple enough for even young children .It can also be a good class room activity for children for Thanksgiving. Turn it into a craft for the whole family and enjoy your Thanksgiving!

Materials need:

    * 1 small paper plate
    * 3 colour construction papers ( I used yellow ,green, orange )
    * 2 Googly eyes
    * Scissors
    * Glue
    * Tape
    * Brown paint ( I used acrylic paint )
    * Paint brush

How to make Paper Plate Turkey Craft:

    * Paint the small paper plate brown paint and set aside to dry.
    * Cut feather shapes out of the construction papers. You will need 3 feathers of each color.
    * Cut a small triangle out of orange or yellow construction paper for a beak.
    * Cut a small peanut shape out of red construction paper for a waddle.
    * Cut two feet out of orange or yellow  construction paper.
    * Tape or glue the feathers onto the back of the paper plate.
    * Glue the beak,eyes, waddle, and feet to the front of the paper plate.

Your beautiful Thanksgiving Turkey is ready.
 
Source :- Allkidsnetwork.com

Lollipop Ghosts ~ Halloween Crafts

 
Lollipop Ghosts are cute and friendly ghosts which can be a sweet addition to any Halloween party ,trick or treat handouts or for school parties. Make enough for your child's class or make just a few for fun at home. Kids love to make these. These are very easy to make and can be created in very short time.


Materials Needed:-

Lollipops or suckers
Scissors
Tissue paper or facial tissues
Ribbon or string or White thread
Black marker

Method:-

1: Cut a piece of tissue paper to the desired size for your lollipop.
2: Take one lollipop and hold it with the stick, lollipop side up.
3: Get a tissue, center it on the top of the lollipop, then wrap it around the lollipop
4: Gather the tissue around the stick just under the candy and tie with ribbon or string or white thread.Make sure you cut off the loose ends.
5: Draw on a face. Use your imagination and you will come up with many faces for your new spooky-sweet friends.
Now you have your lollipop ghost.

Tree with Pencil Shavings

Materal :-

A4 sheet paper or any chart paper
Pencil
Pencil Sharpner
Markers
Crayons
Glue

Method:-

1) Sharp the pencils.While Sharpening try not to break the pencil shavings.The fuller the shavings the prettier tree will be there.
2) Make pencil shavings and glue it to the shape of tree.
3) Draw the trunk of the tree and grass with markers or crayons.
4) Then  draw the clouds and birds with crayons to give natural look.

Lovely tree with pencil shavings is ready.

We can either frame it or make cute greeting card.

Craft with Pencil Shavings : Flowers

Materials Required:-

A4 sheet paper or any chart paper
Glue
Pencils
Pencil Sharpener
Markers
crayons

Steps to be followed:-

While Sharpening try not to break the pencil shavings.The fuller the shavings the prettier flowers will be there.

1) Draw flowers with the pencil.
2) For flowers ,make pencil shavings and glue it to the shape of flowers.
3) Draw Stem and Leaves with markers OR You can also use green paper cutouts for stems and leaves.
4) Then decorate the flowers with colour markers.

We can either frame it or make cute greeting card.

Trinket Box ~ Craft with Popsicle Sticks

This trinket box is made of popsicle sticks and makes a great Father's Day gift. It can be used to hold your loose change, keys, wallet or just about anything.Popsicle stick crafts are perfect for children of all ages, and challenges their building skills as well as their imagination.

Materials:


    * Box of Popsicle sticks
    * Various colors of Paint
    * White glue

Method:-


First take popsicle sticks and color with a paint ( I used Poster Colors). Then let the painted sticks dry completely.

1) Lay 11 popsicle sticks flat on your work surface so that the edges are touching and they are all even.  We will call this the base of the frame.

2) Run a bead of glue in a straight line vertical to the sticks you laid down and close to one end (means glue them side by side)

3) Lay a stick on top of this bead of glue.  We'll refer to this as the brace.

4) Repeat steps 2 & 3 on the other end of the sticks.

5) Put a dot of glue on each of the four corners.  Lay two sticks horizontal to the to brace pieces you glued down.

6) Put a dot of glue on each of the four corners again and lay two sticks horizontal to the last two you laid.

7) Continue in this fashion, building up the sides of the box until height you desired is reached (each side should have at least 6 sticks).

8) Glue the piece of felt to the inside of the box for a nice finished look.

Source:- Crafts Elf