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November 2006
Turkey-Day Treats and Crafts for the Kids
Ingredients:
- 24 frosted cupcakes
- 24 Nutter Butter cookies
- 2-3 TSP. of white frosting
- Mini-chocolate chips
- Fruit leather in various colors
- Wooden toothpicks
Directions:
- Press the lower portion of a Nutter Butter into each frosted cupcake. The top portion is the turkey's head.
- Dab frosting near the top of the cookie and stick on 2 chocolate chips for eyes. Dab frosting in the center of the cookie and stick on a piece of red fruit leather for a wattle.
- For each turkey's tail, cut a dozen feather shapes (about 3 inches long and 1 inch wide) out of the fruit leather.
- Lay 6 of the feathers on a flat surface and place a toothpick lengthwise atop each, so one end of the toothpick extends about one inch below the feather. Lay another fruit leather feather atop each of the six, sandwiching the toothpicks.
- Press the 2 layers together to make them stick. Then let your child stick the colored feathers into the cupcakes behind the cookie.
Supplies Needed:
- Yellow and red felt
- Tacky glue
- Googly eyes
- Brown pom-poms
- Pinecones
- Pipe cleaners
Directions:
- For each turkey, cut out a yellow beak and red wattle from felt. Then glue the beak, wattle, and a pair of googly eyes onto the pom-pom to create the turkey's head.
- Glue the pom-pom head to the tip of a pinecone. Allow the glue to dry
- Wrap a pipe cleaner around the middle of the turkey's cone body, starting from the top and twisting it together a few times on the underside. Separate the ends of the pipe cleaner (below the twists) and bend each tip into a 3-toed foot.
- For the turkey's tail, individually wrap 3 or 4 pipe cleaners around the back of the pinecone, starting from the underside and twisting them together a few times on the top of the pinecone to secure them. Then loop both ends of each pipe cleaner to shape tail feathers.
Supplies Needed:
- Sissors
- Brown paper bag
- Cardboard (thin-like a cereal box)
- Glue stick
- 2 small white pom-poms
- Black permanent marker
Directions:
- Cut a 3 ½ inch circle from the brown paper bags for the turkey's head. Next, cut a 3-inch-wide band to fit around your child's head.
- From the cardboard, cut a strip 5 by 1 1/2 inches to use for a neck. Fold it three times accordion style, then glue one end to the back of the paper circle.
- For a beak, fold yellow construction paper and cut out a small double triangle (1 1/2 inches along the fold). Cut a rounded L from red paper for the turkey's wattle.
- To create eyes, draw a black circle on each pom-pom with the marker. Glue the eyes, wattle and one side of the beak to the head. Let them dry. Then, glue the loose end of the neck to the center of the headband.
- Now, wrap the headband around your child's head; mark where the ends overlap, then remove the band and glue the ends. Finally, glue on construction paper feathers and wings.
If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?
Pilgrims!
Why do turkeys always go, "gobble, gobble"?
Because they never learned good table manners!
What key has legs and can't open doors?
A turkey!
Which side of the turkey has the most feathers?
The outside!
Can a turkey jump higher than the Empire State Building?
Yes. A building can't jump at all!
Who is not hungry at Thanksgiving?
The turkey, because he's already stuffed!
What did the turkey say to the turkey hunter?
"Quack, quack, quack!"
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