So, we had a busy day in the Mac household today! TWO projects!
Our first project was a new take on the good old hand print turkey. Here is what you will need for this project:
Several foam sheets in whatever colors you like (found at most craft stores. I got lucky and found some that already had sticky backs to them, but that isn't necessary - you can always glue!)
Craft glue (Elmer's good old school glue will work just as well, but glue sticks will not)
Leaves (real or fake - I had intended to use real leaves, but unfortunately our tree decided to drop all of it's leaves two weeks ago, so we went the fake route)
Scissors
Optional - glitter (if you don't purchase already glittered stuff)
Shaped foam stickers (we used pumpkins and leaves - again can be purchased at craft stores)
Ribbon (if you would like to give this hanging capabilities)
Googly eyes or pom-poms
Now for the fun stuff!
Step One: You need to create a background. I took a non-sticky piece of foam and cut it into quarters. This gave us plenty of space - I believe it wound up around 4x6 inches.
Step Two: Have your child choose the color for the body of the turkey - Monster Boy's favorite color is green, so we have a green turkey!
Step Three: Trace your child's hand onto the foam they have chosen.
Step Four: Cut out (or have your child cut out) their hand tracing.
Step Five: Cut out your feet, legs and beak - I cut the corners off of the sheet of foam for the feet and beak, and just cut a thin strip of foam for the legs, which I later cut in half.
Step Six: Make your wattle. For this piece, I made a tall, skinny figure 8 on the back of the foam and used that as a guide to cut it out.
Step Seven: Place your hand cut out onto your foam backer, using either glue or just sticking it down.
Step Eight: Place your beak piece against the thumb edge of your hand cut-out.
Step Nine: Place your wattle directly underneath the beak.
Step Ten: Place your legs underneath the turkey. For the feet, you will take your triangles you made earlier by cutting the corner of your foam and place them with the longest flat point down.
Step Eleven: Place your eye. Monster Boy wanted a glitter eye, so I took some scrap foam left from our legs to make the eye - you can also simply draw one on, or use a googly eye if you would like!
Step Twelve: Now for our turkey feathers! Take your leaves and glue them on top of the finger portion of your hand cut out.
Final Step: Add any miscellaneous decor you want, have your child sign it if they can write their name, and be sure to put the date on there somewhere!
And Viola! Happy Turkey Day!
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