Turkey Gourds



Today we spent the morning putting away our Halloween decorations and getting ready for Thanksgiving. Once the boxes were put away and the house was somewhat clean (I don't think "clean" exists in a house of two active children) we decided to do our first Thanksgiving craft. I must say it was fun and turned out super cute (in my humble opinion).

 

 

Meet Reggie (you guessed it...we also caught the movie "Free Birds" over the weekend). He graces our kitchen table. 

 

 

 

Materials

 

Gourd

Brown Paint

Paintbrush

Felt

Googly Eyes

Craft Glue

Scissors



 

 

Directions

 

1. Paint the gourd. This is the body of your turkey.

2. Cut out feathers, feet, and beak out of felt.

3. Glue the feathers together and then glue to the back of the gourd. Also glue on the feet, beak, and googly eyes.

4. Enjoy this turkey season!

 

 

I am still in shock that it is already November! Where did the year go? 







Apple Stamp Wrapping Paper

In our backyard we have a couple of apple trees. Sadly I still buy apples from the store. Partly because we don't take very good care of our trees and the fruit is not always the greatest. Today I decided we should take advantage of what we have and decided to make some wrapping paper for any upcoming Birthday gift. Easy and fun!

SUPPLIES

Paper Sack

Paint

Apple

DIRECTIONS

1. Cut the seems of your paper sack so that it lays flat and cut your apple in half.

2. Get your paint ready for stamping.

3. Stamp away!!

I will try and post a pic of the wrapped gift. I think we may have to do this again in the future using something else! Any ideas on what we can use?

Fingerprint Tree

I love fall and all of the beautiful colors. After Liv and I's walk today she wanted to paint and if your toddler is like mine they love to use other things beside the paintbrush. So we decided to paint a fall tree and she used fingerprints for the leaves. It turned out quite cute I think!

SUPPLIES
Paper
Watercolors/Brush/Water

DIRECTIONS

1. Draw a tree on a piece of paper (nothing fancy).

2. Help your toddler paint the tree trunk with the brush (or fingerprints) and then start giving your tree leaves!

It turned out pretty cute I think!